Pacemaker insertion site
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The pain associated with an implanted pacemaker may be musculoskeletal or nerve related. Most likely related to the minor surgery required for insertion of the pacemaker. This type of pain related to the incision should heal within weeks. If you have persistent chest pain at the site of the pacemaker, it might be reasonable to see your doctor so that possible causes can be evaluated.
could happen if your insertion site is too close to one recently used ..I have taken insulin injections now for over 47 years and have so much scar tissue finding a site that will accept infusion is a big problem ..I recently changed infusion sets (Paradigm) to ones with a "long" metal insertion needle rather than the shorter variety ..this, along with moving insertion sites to previously untried places on my abdomen and sides has helped a great deal ..
My father, 89, recently had a pacemaker inserted due to bradycardia. His PMD and internal medicine specialist started him on Coumadin afterwards. Since my step-mother had been hospitalized a week before with GI bleeding due to long term (20 years) effects of Coumadin, my father is reluctant to keep on with the medication now he's at home.
In my experience, when a Pacemaker is inserted by a Cardiologist, a representative by the Pacemaker manufacturer follows up the insertion and programs the pacemaker in the hospital. It's not unusual that it has to be tweaked from time to time. If your husband still isn't feeling right, I'd request that you contact your Cardiologist and ask for a manufacturer's rep to be present to review the history of your heart beats since it was inserted.
Normally, she should not have such pain after the insertion of the pacemaker. Maybe its position is causing some muscle spasm that is affecting her arm. The best option is to take her back to the doctor who inserted the pacemaker and explain the situation to him.
If she has some fever, it may mean that the pacemaker place is infected and needs an urgent intervention.
I got a pacemaker June 20th on the left side. There has been swelling in my left shoulder and arm from almost the time I got the pacemaker. The left side of my neck is contantly stiff. A venogram showed no clots. The shoulder and are feel very tight and the left arm is obviously larger than the right arm to the naked eye.
My cardiologist said this is unusual but didn't think I have anything to worry about.
Did my surgeon put the pacemaker in incorrectly? Is it crimping my vein?
I am on my 3rd pacemaker after an ablation and pacemaker insertion 12 years ago. Since my new one on the 5th of May was ok with the exception of lacking energy to walk far. Prior to my last insertion i was walking 4k's a day. Since then no way. i went back to my Doctor 4 weeks ago and told him. He said he would make it more sensitive. Then I experienced headaches amd feelings of nausea on many occasions.
i went back the following week to be told my BP had gone sky high. 160/102.
Your rate indicates you are on the back-up pacemaker site. There are rare exceptions to this, but normally a rate such as yours does not come from the atrial pacemaker site. The rate comes from the last-ditch-emergency back-up site. If this is the case it makes good sense to get a demand pacemaker while you are still relatively healthy.
The American Heart Association Guidelines list a range of indications for permanent pacemaker insertion, including a period of asystole lasting more than 3.0 seconds. Does your 2.8 second pause warrant pacemaker insertion? Once again, this should only be considered in patients without an underlying reversible cause such as hypokalemia or pauses occurring in the presence of SVT. A repeat Holter following correction of your hypokalemia will be important.
I hope this information helps.
He has already gone over the risks high chance of ending up with a pacemaker. I will have to stay in the hospital over night to have my heart continuously monitored. I wanted to hear some other stories from people who have had this procedure, how long was the hospital stay? when did you go back to work? any complications?
The heart has back-up pacemaker sites. A rate under fifty usually (although) not always suggests the atria is not the pacemaker site, but the site is in the ventricles. Pacemakers are a mature technology, emplaced with negligible mortality, and if the physician's recommend a pacemener do not hesitate to listen to their advice. The age of 86 should not be an issue.
I don't think that's the general use of a pacemaker. People usually get them because their heart rate is too low and the pacer will keep it up where it belongs (60-65 bpm). PVC's are so random and unpredictable, I don't know how a pacer would correct that.
My father has recently had a pacemaker installed, which has been a great success. However, he has a query. For years he has slept with a small but very powerful horseshoe magnet in his bed to prevent cramp. (This may be classed as an Old Wives' Tale, but it's undoubtedly very effective - for him anyway!) However, he is now nervous about whether this magnet could affect the settings of his pacemaker, so has given up sleeping with it in his bed.
Mom who is 89 had pacemaker surgery approximately 18 months ago. It has always bulged at the site and now she gets occasional pains and itching. He cardiologist tells us not to worry. But her friends tell her this is not normal. Does any one else have these symptoms with a pacemaker?
t engage in swimming mostly because the site where the implantation site can become stressed. And after three months, you can swim but have to avoid strokes that could damage the pace maker like butterfly. I know there is conflicting information on line about this so again, check with your doctor. It's my understanding that it is very few cases that there is any sort of 'shock' from a pacemaker when swimming although it has happened. But rare. https://podcasts.ufhealth.
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