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PVCs back but this time i know why....
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A quick question:
Why is it whenever i become careless with my diet and get indigestion/acid etc my pvcs come back?
I have months and months with no pvcs but as soon as my tummy gets upset the pvcs come back?? Does anyone else get this??
A quick question:
Why is it whenever i become careless with my diet and get indigestion/acid etc my pvcs come back?
I have months and months with no pvcs but as soon as my tummy gets upset the pvcs come back?? Does anyone else get this??
"Doctors that have more education and training than your entire family"?? And how exactly do you know you're not addressing someone who's entire family has PhDs ? How incredibly
In my experience most doctors practice medicine that is twenty years old because they are too busy to keep up with the latest research, and only those who are most passionate about their careers or are actively in research actually keep up with the latest knowledge.
In my experience most doctors practice medicine that is twenty years old because they are too busy to keep up with the latest research, and only those who are most passionate about their careers or are actively in research actually keep up with the latest knowledge.
I started having PVCs in 1999. My first thought was that they were related to an endoscopy with dilatation that I had after getting food caught in the lower part of my esophagus. After a 2 years, all the heart tests, my doctor, prescribed 37.5 mg/day Effexor. Once I started taking Effexor they disappeared. I also take Liptor, Diovan, and Prevacid. I do have GERD. In 2010 I stopped the Effexor and 5 months later the PVCs started up again. I would like to get off all the meds but the Effexor worked and I am considering going back on it. The stress seems to be the culprit however, when I feel stressed, really stressed I don't seem to get PVCs. The arise at times of no stress. Alcohol does cause episodes but I drank while taking Effexor and had no episodes. I am off all caffeine, no garlic, onion, tomato, or spices. Effexor is not for everybody and can have side fx. I think even a lower does would work but 37.5 is the smallest they come.
I also have skipped or extra beats only when my stomach or chest is burning.It is somewhat of a relief to know I'm not the only one.i never experience this until the burning starts and can predict it right before it happens.Its such a disappointment that no one can figure this out or at least I haven't read anything that can explain it.Its frustrating and scary and I try to keep myself calm so I don't panic.If anyone has any new information please share it.Thank you
Great post Marya, I agree totally. I just ate a rather big meal, and I think my hiatal hernia would like to play a game of "jump" with my heart, I am trying to stay relaxed though and not get too upset.
I have not found one doctor that will really come right out and say my PAC's are related to tummy problems, it infuriates me, the only one that comes close is my chiropractor. Just the same, I keep telling the docs it IS related and they keep looking at me and saying they don't really know. UGH, grrrrrrrr.
I have not found one doctor that will really come right out and say my PAC's are related to tummy problems, it infuriates me, the only one that comes close is my chiropractor. Just the same, I keep telling the docs it IS related and they keep looking at me and saying they don't really know. UGH, grrrrrrrr.
Just had a bad episode last night after eating the wrong foods and a slightly stressful work day.
Doctors do not have all the answers. In fact, rather than speculate a connection, they will tell you (if they have not learned it) there is no connection. Also, it seems that there is a problem with specialists talking to each other as the cardiologist does not understand the specialty of gastroenterology. In fact, once I was admitted to the hospital for severe abdominal pain. I had two things going on in my lower stomach, one involved the large intestine the other my uterus (as I had been bleeding for 8 weeks). I had to laugh when the gastroenterologist visited me at bed-side and suggested I return as an outpatient for a gastroscopy. She suspected bleeding in my stomach just because I was severely anemic. At that point I became angry and bluntly asked her if she had confirmed with my gyne that I had been bleeding for 8 weeks. She said NO and sheepishly left the room. End of story, I was diagnosed with a uterine polp and large fibroid. A DNC and later a hysterectomy corrected for this.
Case in point: The medical profession is so specialized they are incapable of finding the source of the problem beyond their field of knowledge. Ego plays a big factor as well as they will not admit "they do not have an answer". They will stick with what they learned in medical school rather than risk a speculation that could lead to malpractice.
If doctors new everything, they would not have prescribed drugs like Viox and others, procedures to cure mental illness ....like labotomy's only to find out later that these things were in fact harmful to the human body.
There are very few good diagnosticians today. Most doctors get paid for reading lab reports and are too busy to connect the dots. Few are willing to "think outside of the box."
It is good to have this forum. True sufferers of PVC's understand the triggers of stress and food. It seems to make sense to me if the hiatal sphincter is protruding through the diaphram into the chest cavity, the pressure of over-eating or eating spicy foods that irritate the stomach lining will cause more vagal nerve activity. The word vagal translation is "wandering" as in wandering nerve. It is the largest nerve with branches throughout the body that regulates all the autonomic processes like breathing, heartrate, digestion and so on. Ever scratch a dogs neck and have his back leg start a thumpin? Dogs and human nervous systems are interconnected in ways that science does not thoroughly understand. Perhaps this is why acu-puncture works for many.
There are a few great doctors out there who are capable of "thinking outside of the box" and making the connections by the treating the body as a whole. Thank God for them.
It is hard for me to understand why someone hasn't come up with a combo pill that would address this issue by reducing stomach acid and a little somethin to address the vagal response at the same time. It has the potential to be a nice money-maker as there are many that have been reporting this and also far more suffers that are unreported.
Marya Taylor
Doctors do not have all the answers. In fact, rather than speculate a connection, they will tell you (if they have not learned it) there is no connection. Also, it seems that there is a problem with specialists talking to each other as the cardiologist does not understand the specialty of gastroenterology. In fact, once I was admitted to the hospital for severe abdominal pain. I had two things going on in my lower stomach, one involved the large intestine the other my uterus (as I had been bleeding for 8 weeks). I had to laugh when the gastroenterologist visited me at bed-side and suggested I return as an outpatient for a gastroscopy. She suspected bleeding in my stomach just because I was severely anemic. At that point I became angry and bluntly asked her if she had confirmed with my gyne that I had been bleeding for 8 weeks. She said NO and sheepishly left the room. End of story, I was diagnosed with a uterine polp and large fibroid. A DNC and later a hysterectomy corrected for this.
Case in point: The medical profession is so specialized they are incapable of finding the source of the problem beyond their field of knowledge. Ego plays a big factor as well as they will not admit "they do not have an answer". They will stick with what they learned in medical school rather than risk a speculation that could lead to malpractice.
If doctors new everything, they would not have prescribed drugs like Viox and others, procedures to cure mental illness ....like labotomy's only to find out later that these things were in fact harmful to the human body.
There are very few good diagnosticians today. Most doctors get paid for reading lab reports and are too busy to connect the dots. Few are willing to "think outside of the box."
It is good to have this forum. True sufferers of PVC's understand the triggers of stress and food. It seems to make sense to me if the hiatal sphincter is protruding through the diaphram into the chest cavity, the pressure of over-eating or eating spicy foods that irritate the stomach lining will cause more vagal nerve activity. The word vagal translation is "wandering" as in wandering nerve. It is the largest nerve with branches throughout the body that regulates all the autonomic processes like breathing, heartrate, digestion and so on. Ever scratch a dogs neck and have his back leg start a thumpin? Dogs and human nervous systems are interconnected in ways that science does not thoroughly understand. Perhaps this is why acu-puncture works for many.
There are a few great doctors out there who are capable of "thinking outside of the box" and making the connections by the treating the body as a whole. Thank God for them.
It is hard for me to understand why someone hasn't come up with a combo pill that would address this issue by reducing stomach acid and a little somethin to address the vagal response at the same time. It has the potential to be a nice money-maker as there are many that have been reporting this and also far more suffers that are unreported.
Marya Taylor
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