supraventicular tachycardia questions????

[travis487]

.last Thursday...here is Chicago it was like 43 degrees and cold windy..I played outdoor tennis for 3 solid hours at medium/intensity... with only drinking around 30 ounces of water...I came home and I was cold and fatigued...I ate a healthy dinner and then showered...I showered with warm warm water....then I turned it to ice cold on my body for recovery on muscles... for a few minutes. I came out of shower and when I bent over to put lotion on my legs I came back up and my heart went crazy... I called 911 and emergency had my heart rate at 224 per minute. then gave me some iv medicine and slowed it down to normal..in the ER they said I had this and because of cold tennis/ warm house, and hot shower, then cold shower right away..I have to see a cardiologist this thurs. They said everything with my tests were great my entire heart and everything... I do workout a lot and eat very very well...throughout my life I get this racing heartbeat for around 5 to 8 seconds and then back to normal..a few times a year also..but this time was scary. Also, for the last 4 days since ER.. my heart rate is around 55 to 70...athletes heart rate right? I mean I am a huge biker, tennis player, and gym guy...thanks!! happy new year...

[travis487]

   Hello just wanted to update you all...It has been 10 days since ablation..I feel wonderful, but leg is still sore in that area; walking much better now though. How did you all feel after the procedure, any blips? I am dying to go back and play tennis and exercising in the gym..ahhhhhh !!!!!  

[travis487]

  OK thank you two for everything, have a wonderful Spring.....thanks!!

[tom_h]

It's a safe bet that a radiograph was probably involved in each.  But don't forget to add in all those bite wings you've gotten on the trips to the dentist,  any trips in high altitude aircraft, the air you breath, the food you eat.  Got a smoke detector in your house? Live near a nuclear power plant?  How about all those years in front of the TV CRT?

The average US citizen receives over 300 mrem annually just from stuff that occurs around us.  Now consider that a chest x-ray doses us with about 10 mrem. It puts things into perspective.  Dude, you worrying needlessly.

[MichelleP_3811]

I really don't think you have anything to worry about.  I will have to see if I can find it but I did some research about radiation exposure during the Japan crisis and you really have to have a lot of xrays over a very short period of time for there to be any real risk to your health in the short or long term.  So I really just kind of think you may be over thinking this.  When we get sick or have medical issues we need to deal with we can get a bit personally focused and it can sometimes be hard to let it go.  Our brains just go into overdrive about our health.  So just try to do your best to release these fears and turn your focus back to any goals you have in life or the things that bring you happiness and before you know it you will have forgotten all about this little medical pit stop in the whole journey of your life.  So take care and go have some fun.  

[travis487]

  ok just one other thing now. These are all my surgeries I had in my life..


Jan 2000..... camera into my penis to check my bruised kidney and ruptured bladder...... had some type of ct with dye....

Dec 2002..... Jaw surgery for under bite and extended my upper jaw slightly also...... any x rays you think????????

June 2003.....Hand surgery from being impaled with a chunk of wood fully inside and under my skin.. about 2 to 3 inches long...... any x rays?????

Feb 2012 .....Ablation.... 12 mins of fluoscopy....


Thanks for helping me out with these....God bless...

[MichelleP_3811]

I don't know that you had a CT scan but you likely had some sort of scan and it would have been more your abdomen as opposed to your chest.