Are muscle spasms related to SVT?

[Rishuan00]

Hello,

I've been in and out of Dr's offices and hospitals for the last 4 years. Myself old Dr said I needed to lose weight and I did. My back has bern going out at times along with very painful muscle spasms. I ditched all Designed and started fresh. When I went to request a referral to a Cardiologist and a Rheumatologist, my Dr noticed my heart rate teetering back and forth between 180-200 and immediately hospitalized me. Two Cardiologists diagnosed me with SVT. I have nearly a month to go before I see another Cardiologist for possible surgery. Could my spasms be caused by this? As I understand it the top of my heart has a disconnect of blow flowing to the bottom part and I'm on meds until I see the next specialist. My spasms keep popping up too.

[2210485]

Your spasms are likely unrelated, however you might be confusing spasms with cardiac pain.

Unfortunately it does not sound like the doctors gave you a very detailed picture of exactly what is going on with your heart.

SVT is not necessarily a sufficient reason to hospitalize someone. A few exceptions exists. To better understand what types of exceptions may be going on we would need a better description regarding the SPECIFIC type of SVT involved in addition to the rationale for the hospitalization.

99% of SVT cases should not have to stay at the hospital.

Further, you described another, completely independent problem which rather confuses the matter. If the top and the bottom parts of the heart are no longer related to one another the Tachycardia wpuld be considered Ventricular. It would no longer be SVT but rather "VT".

Of course if the top and bottom of the heart were related, but with the top occuring after the bottom (backwards), it would be unlikely that this would be your primary problem or even a concern for a physician. In fact at 180 it would likely be negligible as the reversed contraction may be sufficient to aid in filling the ventricle, at least to a very small degree.

A third scenario exists in which you have an underlyong heart block AS WELL As SVT. However such a scenario would be extremely unlikely as the SVT circuit most likely is dependent on the AV Node for Antegrade (Forward) or Retrograde (Backward) conduction. This scenario would thus be something I would question, unless an exceptional rationale is presented (I.E. AFIB or Flutter with WpW and 3AVB or a scenario with 2 distinct accessory pathways connecting the circuit).

[2210485]

To clarify, I am not suggesting the doctors are wrong or anything. There IS a reason they are doing all of this.

I am only suggesting that maybe there has been some confusion in communication between yourself and the providers.

I encourage you to request records or ask questions, just to ensure you understand the care you are receiving.