7th wk tx - anemia tachycardia

[maylilly]

Have had a rough time for the past 3 wks with anemia knocking me down. Labs show hematocrit at 33.8 and hemo at 11.3. Doc says I am stable and do not need procrit yet. But I am getting tachycardias at 150 BPM and skipped heart beats, due I am sure, to the anemia. My heart doc wants to give beta blockers, which I have read coud be a death sentence when used where anemia is present. So what do I do?

The first 2 wks of the tx related anemia I had paleness, shortness of breath, faintness near collapse, weakness, headache, chest pain, complete exhaustion, low brain function and very destructive thoughts.

Now I have changed my lifestyle to almost complete inactivity for fear of trigering a tachycardia. This inactivity can't be good for my heart health either. I really don't know what the heck to do.

Any suggestions?

[maylilly]

From what I read, tachycardias from iron def. anemia can be controled by getting rid of the anemia. So beta blockers wouldn't be prescribed, and getting rid of the anemia would be the main focus.

But taking riba gives many people a perpetual consistent low level of oxygen deprivation to the heart, a side effect of the riba anemia. Additionally, taking beta blockers suppresses the heart even more. So the addition of beta blkrs can suppress the heart rate too much & bring on problems... ie: tachycardias, heart attacks.

That's my understanding. Don't know how complete it is...

maylilly

[Bobby1952]

   Are betta blockers a problem with regular Iron defecient anemia or with Hemolytic anemia which is what tx causes.

Bobby