Where are the pacemaker cells located
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Awhile back I posted a quote from a wonderful website as a response to a question similar to this one. The original set of posts can be viewed at http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/600583?personal_page_id=9026&post_id=post_3309923 Just copy and past that address and you can see the whole discussion. The gist of it is listed below....
The following excerpt was taken from an article that was copied from this web address:
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Hello. Welcome to the MedHelp MS Forum. I don't know off hand about the location of lesions in that part of the brain, but I found this:
"The basal ganglia refers to large clusters of nerve cells which are located within the cerebrum and upper parts of the brain stem. These structures help start and stop movement, as well as keep movements smooth and fluid.
The spread of electricity throughout the heart muscle is possible because all heart muscle cells, not just pacemaker cells, are excitable. Usually, the heart muscle cells keep time more slowly than normal pacemaker cells. This allows the pacemaker cells within the SA node to be in control of generating and pacing the heartbeat.
You have suffered a great injustice, and I'm sorry for your experience. I do not know what the black substance was, or what the results of exposure may be. However, the skipped beats may be caused simply by confusion in the heart muscle itself.
Your heart cells are all capable of contracting and causing the heart to beat. Usually, this job is segregated to specific cells that most people refer to as the "natrual pacemaker.
t coming from the natural pacemaker which is located in the high atrium. It is normal to have this as long as you are not limited in terms of your physical activity such as climbing stairs, running or playing with your colleagues. If that's the case I would not worry about this at all. On the other hand, if you do notice some limitations, a visit to a cardiologist may not be a bad idea. He would do history and a physical exam and evaluate your heart function with an echocardiogram.
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. Or are you referring to: Pre-syncope which is where everything goes black and your hearing goes, but you don't actually FAINT? Either way, this is common with the problem you have. You may want to have a Tilt Table Test done to see exactly what your BP is doing.
By the way...I noticed the ??? near the "natural pacemaker" portion of your post. Thought I'd take a minute to help you understand.
The sinus atrial node is a clump of cells in your heart that put out an electrical current that causes the rest of your cells in the atrial center of your heart to contract. The electrical current continues into the ventricular node and causes the bottom of the heart to contract immediately after that.
Honestly, English is your second language.
Have you talked to your doctor about becoming pregnant with your pacemaker being placed where it is? You have to talk to your doctor NOW about it, if you haven't. It could absolutely be a problem, because the uterus will eventually occupy the place where your pacemaker is! If your doctor has okay'd becoming pregnant, then all you can do is keep trying, but if you haven't spoken to him/her yet you need to do it ASAP, and I mean like this week.
There are several facts to be considered here. The longer the pacemaker stays in the body, the harder it is to take out. A pacemaker that has been inside for ten years is difficult to extract although not impossible. Once these devices get infected, it is very difficult to treat using antibiotics due the reason that you have mentioned. In that case scenario, the patient might require multiple courses of antibiotics or even sometimes life long suppressive antibiotics.
My Dad had his done at age 79. A big age difference I know but he was in very poor health at the time. The procedure only took a short time, we waited in a waiting room. They made a small incision, removed the old device (they simply unhook the leads), cleaned out the "pocket" where the old device was located, hooked up the new one and put in a few stitches. They did the programming and he came on home. Still had to keep the arm down for a period of time but it was pretty easy for him.
My son, daughter and I all have pacemakers and it doesn't have any effect on their golf game (I don't play). The device is located on the upper left.
Depending on which side the pacemaker is located, and how much rotation and force is exerted by the shoulder on that side. Typically I recommend waiting 6 weeks for the pocket to heal before any activity that involves a lot of shoulder movement. Remember that regardless of the age of the pacemaker you should avoid excessive movement on that side, such as throwing a ball, so you might have to modify your golf swing accordingly.
If the body starts to use more and levels start to drop, we produce more Haemoglobin in bone marrow and send it into the blood stream, giving a higher saturation. The biggest issue with fever is getting the infection under control and trying to maintain body temperature. Dehydration is by far the biggest killer with fever, and fluid loss can be counteracted by monitoring the patient and using IV to push more fluids in.
Check out MaryLL's story on here. It should be posted in her journal. After 15 years of Afib, she was cured by having a thoracic maze procedure. They go in through the ribs and it is performed on a beating heart. She was having episodes every week. She had had 3 ablations before this procedure. It was a long recovery.
Also, Dr. Sirak at Ohio State University does a thoracic maze procedure and lots of people on here have posted that they were cured after the procedure.
Where are you located? I have Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia as well, and I really like my doctor in Md. They're associated with the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. I've had two catheter ablations so far, and unfortunately had to have a pacemaker implanted as a result of one. However, the docs are always on top of things with me..sometimes to the point where they're annoying! How long ago were you diagnosed?
The problem is the test does not tell you where the cells are from. That is why they have to do all this testing. Their assumption is, since he has had bladder cancer, the cells are from somewhere in the urinary tract system. This could lead to a whole lot of testing. As with the recent news questioning the value of PSA testing, it is something for him to discuss with the doctor.
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