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I'm having pvc's right now as a matter of fact. I don't know why but they seem to have flared up over the last few months. I'm hoping that it gets better very soon.
When I get them, they can feel different depending on when they happen. If I have one very close to the previous beat and without the compensatory pause, (interpolated) it feels like there is an extra beat in between two normal beats. Feels scary.
If it happens slightly later after a normal beat, there is a compensatory pause, and sometimes the beat after the pause is more forceful, and then a return to normal rhythm. Also feels scary.
There have been times when I have gotten them frequently, like every few beats on and off, or even every other beat for a few times. Very scary.
I have been to 2 cardiologists over the years including recent visits. I have also been to a heart rhythm specialist. They all say that they see no signs of lyme heart block and that I have a healthy heart.
The heart rhythm Dr said that it is possible for inflammation to cause pvc's. As for treating them, he said that the medicine would probably be a bad idea for me due to side effects.
I have had as many as 1800 pvc's in 24 hours show up on a holter monitor.
Bottom line, everyone says that I will be fine so I am upping my magnesium and ordering some more lyme fighting herbs.
Posts: 413 | From nj | Registered: Nov 2005
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I am sorry to hear that improver. When you have them, do they ever happen so suddenly that you almost cough or cough like midsentence?
I have had them where they actually feel like I am going to pass out for a fraction of a second, cough mid-sentence, and then I am fine although scared for a good while after. I have them less infrequently, knock on wood.
Just wanted to know if anyone has felt the ones that make you cough and come out of nowhere so quickly you don't even know its happening.
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Just did a two week monitor. Was told that they saw PVCs. I was having a lot of them until was changed antibiotics. Doing better but cardiophysiolgist didn't believe infection was causing it. I asked him to compare the dates from when I was on the abx meds that weren't working until the time I was switched. He said he just looked at the PVCs which he had a record of as its recorded but even though the rest is recorded he said the person that sends him the report doesn't look at that.
They have valuable data but its not used. What a sad waste of time as I have all kinds of PVCs when I'm sleeping.
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I have these. I just did the 30 day monitor . I also have mitral valve regurgitation. I know it is all caused by lymes. I am having TTE test this next week. Then they will decide what to do. They want to see if the valve is calcified and if that is causing the PVCs. I am hoping not to have to have surgery! I am very discouraged as I was symptom free for so long and now this! Oh well onward and upward! Hope you all are feeling better!
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