Pacemaker insertion length

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Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar n tn will there be personality changes after pacemaker insertion?My son is 24 and fears becoming"hyper",he now is fairly "laid back".Is this unfounded?
306245 tn?1244384967 Thank heaven he finally listened to you! Now at least you will have access to another cardiologist, albeit in another state! I have worked in pedi heart surgery but it has been a long time ago. My guess would be that he would only be in a couple of days, unless they have plans for a more thorough evaluation, which might be likely. Kids bounce back quickly, typically. We would have some that had simple open heart surgery and would be happily playing in their crib in 2 days, asking for soda!
Avatar n tn 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.
Avatar n tn 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.
Avatar m tn We are trying to figure out if we should go direclty to the insertion of a pacemaker vs. an ablasion procedure. Since ablasion procedure may need to be repeated and flecainide (drug after ablasion) is questionable, should we just go directly to the pacemaker?
Avatar f tn severe pain and vomiting. The IUD insertion was practically painless though. It has been about 4 days since the insertion and I am still feeling very faint and uncomfortably nauseous. Is this a common side effect to a small dose of misoprostol? I have had unprotected sex with my long term boyfriend since the insertion, with no pain, but am worried about: 1) infection 2) pregnancy 3) the length of time for misoprostol side effects to last. Is this normal?! I'm very uncomfortable.
Avatar n tn hi my question is with regards to reponse Teak and Alien gave about 'penetrative insertion'. Are you saying that only insertion by penis (vs toys, objects, fingers) leads to infection? also does HIV 'die' when it's exposed to air (e.
Avatar f tn 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?
Avatar f tn 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.
Avatar n tn 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.
Avatar n tn I've had a pacemaker for 28 years now. And because of the amount of time I have had my pacer I have gone into heart failure. My doctor is planing on putting a bivent. pacer in me in about a month. My pacemakers normally have lasted me 7-8 years. I was just wondering how long is the life expectancy of the new pacemaker.
Avatar n tn I am a 70 year old women who has had a pacemaker for 9 years. The pacemaker was changed in October 2008 for a new pacemaker. The rate of the new pacemaker was set not to go under 60 or over 120 beats per minute. I started having feelings of pounding in my chest and irregular heartbeats. The cardiologist told me that there was nothing wrong but changed the lower rate to 70. When I take my pulse, It is frequently under 70. Is this normal or something I should be worried about?
Avatar n tn so i said in my previous question that my encounter was a 10 to 15 second insertion, vaginal sex with a white female who i had known for some time. im just wondering if theres any facts or thoughts on duration of the encounter, and how it effects your risk for hiv?
Avatar f tn ) How common is it for the guy to hold himself up with his arms, like in push-up position, so that his body is about almost an arms-length away from the woman's? 3.) In the position described in No. 2, what does the man usually look at while ejaculating? (i.e., the woman's face, down south at the point of insertion, the wall?, etc.) Thanks!
2127574 tn?1335359217 its calles the paragard iud (copper t) Its okay but it you can live with heavy and longer periods its fine i guess it works aganist pregnancy great. Insertion hurts like hell real close to labor. I should know i have two children also after insertion you will bleed for a good 2 weeks-1 month. But weigh your pros n cons.
Avatar f tn 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.
Avatar m tn means i always put condom to the entire length of pennis or sometimes it may be possible that i had not put it to the entire length but to the significant length, it had never happened that i have sex without condom. is there any possiblity...??
Avatar f tn She had irregular heart beats since utero, but went undiagnosed for 2 years. At 3, she had a pacemaker put in for a 2nd degree heart block. Now, at 7 years old and only 38lbs, she is having bouts of 180-200bpm, at resting rate. Pacemaker has been recording these bouts for 4 years now. Nurse explained to me that her pacemaker is constantly kicking in when it shouldn't be (70-100bpm), even though it's set at 60bpm.
Avatar m tn 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?
Avatar n tn So im on an intravenous receiving antibiotics and there is a bruise above the sight of the iv insertion spot I was just wondering if this might be caused by the medication going in. It did the same hing to the opposite arm.
Avatar m tn My Nerve Cunduction Studies Came back completely normal. THE EMG showed increased insertion potential for both the medial and lateral gastrocs with spontaneous fibrillations some CRD's and some MUP's that were long in duration and High in Amplitude. The Timbialis Anterior and Posterior showed normal insertion Activity with some long duration and High amplitude changes. The Thoracic Paraspinals showed increased insertion potential but no other changes.
Avatar f tn Well, good news and bad news. You've been told what the risks are for HIV. And a penis not in a condom inserted into your anus is a risk. Good news, almost no risk though. Even if you had a normal length of unprotected anal sex, it's less than 1 percent risk. And you had one insertion, seconds long. While you need to test, there is so little chance that you got HIV from this that you have almost no reason to worry. No, you don't need pep. Just test at 28 days or beyond.
1917408 tn?1421952040 One of the electro-cardiologists even mentioned her frustration with the lack of ongoing studies of patients with this problem. They seem to stop shortly after the insertion of a pacemaker. Most of those people however have incidents more frequently than every 8 years! I think that, unfortunately, this is likely to be yet one more medical issue where there are no clear cut answers.
Avatar f tn I am scheduled for a stress test and an echocardiogram next, however the cardiologist is saying that I need a pacemaker. This seems very extreme to me since I have absolutely no symtoms. My question is " is this the best solution?