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any experience with irregular heartbeats?
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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 244683" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>I have something called Super Venticular Tachycardia...........(sp?) Or SVTs. This is where instead of just having irregular heartbeats once in awhile, your body basically gets stuck in a flight mode, and it feels like you are running a marathon, but you are sitting down. In actuality is a something like a spasm, and if you put pressure on the Vagus Nerve, it causes the SVT to stop. It is extremely scary, but actually completely non-life threatening. I have learned to manage it by when I feel it coming on, I hold my breath and push my stomach out, which puts pressure on the Vagus Nerve. It works.</p><p></p><p>Regardless, my point is, that I have seen a zillion cardiologists, and had to wear that heart monitor thing he has on, a couple of times, and endure a bunch of other poking and prodding since I was 20. Yet I still have a completely healthy heart - says the doctor. Our heart can do wonky things, and it still be healthy - the problem is, is that when it does wonky things it makes us feel like we are dying. </p><p></p><p>If PCs dr visits don't allay his fears, than maybe doing some research on it himself would help?</p><p>I am also on blood pressure medications that help. Is his blood pressure high?</p><p></p><p>Give him a big hug, and let him know that he is going to be OK. He is not going to die (which is what it feels like), it is just a condition like any other he has to manage. Frankly diabetes would be more concerning than some heart issues. It is all about perspective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 244683, member: 3301"] I have something called Super Venticular Tachycardia...........(sp?) Or SVTs. This is where instead of just having irregular heartbeats once in awhile, your body basically gets stuck in a flight mode, and it feels like you are running a marathon, but you are sitting down. In actuality is a something like a spasm, and if you put pressure on the Vagus Nerve, it causes the SVT to stop. It is extremely scary, but actually completely non-life threatening. I have learned to manage it by when I feel it coming on, I hold my breath and push my stomach out, which puts pressure on the Vagus Nerve. It works. Regardless, my point is, that I have seen a zillion cardiologists, and had to wear that heart monitor thing he has on, a couple of times, and endure a bunch of other poking and prodding since I was 20. Yet I still have a completely healthy heart - says the doctor. Our heart can do wonky things, and it still be healthy - the problem is, is that when it does wonky things it makes us feel like we are dying. If PCs dr visits don't allay his fears, than maybe doing some research on it himself would help? I am also on blood pressure medications that help. Is his blood pressure high? Give him a big hug, and let him know that he is going to be OK. He is not going to die (which is what it feels like), it is just a condition like any other he has to manage. Frankly diabetes would be more concerning than some heart issues. It is all about perspective. [/QUOTE]
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