i received my first pacemaker in july 2008. i never felt better after receiving the pacemaker than before i got it. my wife was persistent with my doctor, after two weeks of complaing, she finally got his attention when she noted that my heart rate kept dropping innthe 30's during a medical procedure. she confronted the doctor. i was brought into the er, where they checked my pacemaker, one lead was off.
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. With loss of fluids, cells will start to die, blood pressure will drop and this is not a good situation to be in. From reports I've read with brain cells, they may start to die at 42c.
From the patients I've observed in intensive care, they keep the heart rate low, 70-80 to keep it from overworking over long periods of time.
It's interesting that everyone has irregular beats--but most people simply don't feel them. We sensitive types do.
Perhaps you've read what actually happens during an ectopic beat? If not, here's a simplified rundown:
The 'Pacemaker' in the upper right atrium normally sets the heart rate, but it's important to know that every cardiac cell in the heart is naturally rhythmic and contractile.
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. But, if a particular group of cells in areas remote from the SA node become extra- or hyper-excitable they can take over as the pacemaker for one or several beats, or for a longer term.
You might think of the heart's cells as a schoolyard full of young boys playing soccer.
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. But, if a particular group of cells in areas remote from the SA node become extra- or hyper-excitable they can take over as the pacemaker for one or several beats, or for a longer term.
You might think of the heart's cells as a schoolyard full of young boys playing soccer.
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.
Yes, the condition can infect the heart's natural pacemaker. The heart's "natural" pacemaker is called the sinoatrial (SA) node or sinus node. It's a small mass of specialized cells in the top of the heart's right atrium (upper chamber). It makes the electrical impulses that cause your heart to beat.
s very worst is based in part on the fact that there are several sites in the stomach where the main pacemaker cells to trigger stomach contractions are found. In traditional chinese medicine, the deeper organs can be accessed by more peripheral local points on the arms, legs, and body - some of those points connect up with the stomach. So it's very worth a try. There are also chinese herbs that could be tried.
Strictly speaking, palpitations are a particular awareness of your heartbeat, be it regular or irregular, regardless of the anatomical origin of the beat. It's interesting that everyone has irregular beats--but most people simply don't feel them. We sensitive types do.
You mention an uneven pulse. The very nature of PVCs is unevenness: The letters stand for 'premature ventricular contraction.
Hi,
My Dad has a history of diabetes,chronic (but stable) kidney disease because of diabetes. The kidney disease does effect his ability to produce red blood cells so he is watched closely for his anemia with H&H counts. He has twice in the last year had mysterious stomach/intestinal bleeding which causes the anemia to get worse quickly. Each time being hospitalized and transfused.
Sounds like you don't need a pacemaker. I think I'd want it out if I didn't need/use it.
I do not have a pacemaker and don't have any idea how difficult removal is, hope (would guess) it is a out-patient (same day in/out) procedure.
You say the pacemaker never "kicked" in, I assume you don't have any related heart problems like dizziness or shortness of breath. If you do, perhaps you should consider having the pacemaker set to cut in sooner.
Welcome to the gastroenterology community! Has he been evaluated for gastroparesis with a gastric emptying scan? How many calories is he getting each day? I don't think a gastric pacemaker would help because gastric pacemakers help with nausea and vomiting but they don't actually speed up the emptying of the stomach.
since Jo first mentioned this, I'd thought it was a fascinating thing, and ended up watching a few video presentations. Apparently, they just get the stem cells and inject them into a coronary artery. I'd suppose that they hope/expect some cells stick there in the heart and then do their magic. The cells can be gotten from such places as the marrow (naturally, because of the hematopoeitic stem cells used in blood cancer therapy), but also from fat or muscle areas.
Nationwide is one of only a few hospitals in the U.S. that have implanted a pacemaker in the stomach to help with gastroparesis. There was no guarantee it would work, but it was Gentrie’s best shot at eating again. In July, Gentrie underwent surgery to have the pacemaker implanted. As she was prepped for surgery, the teenager asked her doctor, “Can I have KFC root beer when I wake up?
Are you having problems with just your large intestine, or also your small intestine. The way a gastric pacemaker works is that is helps the symptoms of nausea and vomiting that go along with gastroparesis (slow emptying of the stomach) but it doesn't actually speed of emptying of the stomach. So I don't see how a colonic pacemaker would work, if it used the same means as a gastric pacemaker.
My 83 year old mother wore a 24 hr. holter monitor, which found her heart was experiencing 7 sec. pauses. She was contacted by both her family and heart doctor one evening and had a pacemaker put in the next morning. She is really doing quite well, but has trouble sleeping and doesn't know if she can sleep on the side the pacemaker is on. (Which is the side she has always slept on.) The book says NOT to sleep on your stomach. How about the side of the pacemaker??? Thanks for your help.
Right bbb means that the usual route the signal takes to activate the muscle in the large right chamber is blocked. The signal cannot get thru the usual route. There can be different reasons, but it generally finds a different way around, through normal heart cells. However, this can cause a delay, meaning the right chamber is contracting slower or is delayed compared to the left. This is probably what they are referring to with regards to borderline.
s side-effects, we discovered that Plavix causes ulcers. He was bleeding from a huge ulcer in his stomach. They immediately DC'd his Coumadin and Plavix. Are there any alternatives to these two medicines that you are aware of? His cardiologist says he needs to stay on both of them for the rest of his life. Thank you.
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