I have had Lyme for almost 3 years now, (antibx for one year), and in the past couple of weeks I have been waking up in the middle of the night with what feels like my heart racing.
It does happen during the day too. When I take my pulse it is in the normal high range - around 70.
I am on Biaxin and Plaquenil (since January).
Does anyone have insight to this? i don't know much about the cardio issues with Lyme. I had an EKG in December before starting the Biaxin/plaquenil and it was normal.
Thanks for any insight!!
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AZURE WISH
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If your heart feels "funny" I would make your dr aware of it. Lyme can cause heart problems that need to be addressed.
What is the normal range?
Mine is usually about 90 sitting doing nothing unless fatigue is very bad ...
then I think evrything in my body starts to fall asleep - my brain my heart all just sleeping
LisaS
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Yes I get this too. Usually I'll be asleep and wake up with this. Drinking alcohol made me have this too.
I've had ultrasounds on my heart, and worn holter monitors, and the Drs just say it's skipped heart beats or mild tachycardia. One Doc said I might have mitral valve prolapse...
Basically never really got a definate answer. But I had them pre lyme treatment and still have it now. So hopefully these symptoms will go away. And hope you feel better soon!
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I get the same thing and have for a few years now.
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Are you usually laying on your left side when this happens at night? If so, the odds are overwhelming that it's a Mitral Valve Prolapse.
You are at the right stage for it....it usually develops in the 2nd or 3rd year of the disease.
Ask your doc for a referral to a Cardiologist for an echocardiogram (a painless ultrasound of the heart). VERY IMPORTANT = drink as little as you can stand for 12 hours before the echocardiogram, or a mild MVP can be missed. As many as 40% of MVP's are missed because ducks don't tell patients this.
It is important to know if you have an MVP, since you must take certain types of ABX before all procedures that may involve bleeding, even having your teeth cleaned, in order to prevent the small but deadly risk of getting bacterial endocarditis.
It can be treated to help lessen the palpitations by drinking a quart of water per 50 lbs. body weight per day to hydrate the valve, and by taking a highly absorbable form of Magnesium, like Mg citrate, to bowel tolerance, daily. IMO, all valve problems have Mg deficiency at the root of them,and we know that Bb causes massive loss of Mg.
Best wishes,
Klutzo (I have 3 prolapsed valves)
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At night I always associate it with Babesiosis!!!
My palps went away with 2 years of Mepron but I still have my MVP!!!! Wow- klutz- 3 valves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yikes!!!!!!!!!! I see a cardio too-
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groovy2
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Hi All
Crazy heart beat is most likely Babs-- symptoms usually get worse at night and when laying down----Jay--
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Thanks for the replies! I think I started two posts by mistake...
I think you all might be right about babs. I've always suspected this, but never tested positive for it. The Dr B (retired now) didn't think so, or that it was active, and Dr. P in CT didn't think so at first meeting, but I have a handful of the symptoms, and responded well to Zithromax before I was even diagnosed...I used to get shortness of breath, and now feels like I have less lung capacity.
If it is Babs, does it cause permanent damage to the heart, or do things resolve with treatment? Is Babs something that can "go away" for the most part after treatment??
Thanks again!
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Oh and it happens 99% in middle of night, and not when I am on my left side. I'm usually on my back or right side.
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SForsgren
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Sounds like Babesia to me. Try to get some EAV or ART or other energetic testing done to see if you can confirm. For me, those options have been so beneficial. Take care
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