Fainting and the heart
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I also have anxiety problems and adult add. I am on lexapro and take adderrall during the school year. I went to the ER again a few days later because I was feeling the same signs of when I fainted, like uncomfortable tingling in my arms and chest area, as well as kind of dizzy, and very panic-like. It turns out, it had nothing to with my heart or blood pressure, I was just really wound up and it really effected me, but I felt like something was physically and medically wrong.
I was advised to take a bit of epsom salt/magnesium sulfate for it and it has been helping a lot. However, the heart racing and pounding have not completely gone away and I've been getting them the most after eating, especially when I eat complex carbs, so I'm wondering if my heart issues could have anything to do with blood sugar levels (or anything related) that could have been caused by any of the meds that I've taken this past year.
I am 53 and in menopause and I have actually fainted now while driving. My heart was racing and I had a hot flash and then I lost consciousness for 3 or 4 seconds. Went off the road, through a fence and into a field. Very luckily, no one was hurt. This happened a year ago. Had tons of tests done on my heart, blood work, etc. Nothing found. Now, a year later, I'm starting to get the dizzy spells again (not vertigo though, I've had that before).
I have had EKGs done, and EEG done, and an ultr sound on my heart. The results show that my heart is fine. It can come on randomly. They thought maybe I had diabetes, that was not correct. I faint no matter what I do. It happened while I was laying down, sitting, while driving, and just walking. I sometimes at night get woken up quickly, and my husband took my heart rate while I was asleep it dropped to 22 bpm. I dont have high cholesterol.
t appear to be dehydrated according to them and it was a precautionary step. They also have me benadryl and duladid(sp) and I was discharged at 4:30am. Went in for my anatomy scan in the morning (baby boy like I said!!!! :)) and felt pretty faint all day. Well this evening around 4pm, it got worse so I tried some honey to see if that would help cuz some sites suggested it. It helped some, enough to keep me off the floor.
I had a holter monitor a few weeks ago and my Dr called me today and said im having pvc's in my left ventricle. Now I do have a family history of heart disease. Mother, both maternal and paternal grandparents. I am scheduled to see a cardiologist in a few weeks. Also I do have high cholesterol and take meds for that. So can anyone tell me what this means for me?
Lower blood pressure reduces the workload of the heart and provides time for the heart to completely recover from the operation. If you experience dizziness, fainting, etc., your doctor may want to adjust the medication, but if you can tolerate your current blood presssure the better it is for your heart.
Since it does not always happen, go back to the few episodes and see what the trigger was. Try and avoid the trigger which may be as simple as standing up suddenly on an empty stomach. Sit down immediately and place your head between the knees. Let the episode pass.
Also this needs a detailed evaluation of heart and nervous system. A tilt table test, holter monitor, echocardiogram etc are done for confirmed diagnosis.
You have some very serious symptoms, and I am disappoint to read your doctor hasn't taken a stronger interest in finding the cause.
While some of your symptoms could be related to heart problems, you have had the main first tier tests and no problems were found, so I suspect the problem isn't your heart.
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Two years ago I fainted and was taken to the ER. My heart rate was 40 bpm and I could not stand. The Dr. Kept me there for 5 days and did a Tilt Table Test that caused me to faint. Since then I have seen a cardiologist who has diagnosed me with POTS because of my constant fainting and fast heart rate upon standing. All of my ECGs and echos are normal. I am wondering if perhaps my disaitonomic problems are caused by something more serious. I mentioned the bradycardia to my current Dr.
I am 21 now and i have been suffering from blackouts/fainting since i was about 14yrs old. At first i was told by my GP that it was hormonal, then that it was something called vagesvagrel syndrome (i think thats how it's spelt). However this last few month i'm still suffering and knew it couldn't still be hormonal, i've had an ECG test done and been told i have an ectopic heart beat but this is not related to my fainting. Do you have any suggestions?
Viagra(Sildenafil) is a vasodilator (that is, a drug that dilates blood vessels), and consequently it lowers the systolic blood pressure (the "top" number in blood pressure measurements) by an average of 8 mmHg. In the majority of patients with heart disease, including most of those being treated with antihypertensive drugs, this is not a problem.
I have had a really bad tooth ache/infection, and I am wondering if that could be the reason I have been getting light headed, blacking out to the point of passing out and sometimes doing a flooping episode like a seziour afterwards, and very low blood pressure? Can you help me on any info of what might be going on with me?
The term "Triplets" usually refers to 3 consecutive Premature Vebtricular Contractions or PVC's. In rare occasions they may report weakness, dizziness, or fainting. This is because frequent premature ventricular contractions can diminish the ability of the heart to pump blood to the other organs, resulting in low blood pressure. Patients with three or more consecutive premature ventricular contractions in a row have ventricular tachycardia.
So it is likely fluids accumulated slowly, and the pericardium (sac surrounding the heart) may have and is stretched enough to accommodate it without symptoms and the signs and symptoms may not occurred until a large amount of fluid collects over time. But a rapid fluid accumulation...even if the fluid amount is relatively small...can severely impair the function of the heart.
Heart problems such as an irregular heartbeat or blockages in or near the heart that block the blood from getting to the brain. Diabetes, anxiety or panic disorders, dehydration, low blood sugar, high blood pressure etc.
It is difficult to speculate what the underlying cause for your fainting eposides without further information but just to rule out a condition with just an ekg is not adequate. Unless you had a fainting episode while taking the ekg that may have been of some help.
If the problem is your walls are too thick, Calcium Channel Blockers are the drugs they generally use because they help to relax the heart muscle and therefore the filling action of the heart is better. If the walls are too thin, then I would think the Beta Blockers would be the drugs of choice. What are you calling a "small" fainting spell? You either faint or you don't.
I have had that, but never blacked out. And as for the heart stopping and then starts up with a hard beat, I did have that also with supraventricular tachycardia. I could feel my heart stop and start again even in my wrist. SVTs can cause you to faint, so I would want this evaluated a little better. Did your doctor run any tests before shrugging this off as nothing?
I'm only 16, pretty healthy, and have been feeling very strange in the last few days. I woke up one morning feeling fine, went to church but by the end or close, to, i was really dizzy, couldnt hear anything but a buzz, my stomach dropped like on a roller coaster, and i lost all color in my face.....and usually i have very rosy cheeks. I didnt notice any thing with my heart then, but i was a bit preoccupied with not falling over. when it stopped....after like 3 minutes....
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