Pacemaker insertion pain

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Avatar m tn A PACEMAKER WAS IMPLANTED IN ME IN JAN. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD MODERATE TO SEVERE PAIN IN MY LEFT CHEST AREA. XRAYS SHOW NOTHING AND MY LUNGS ARE CLEAR. COULD THIS DISCOMFORT BE EMINTING FROM THE SCAR TISSUE RELATED FROM THE INSURATION AND IF SO IS THERE A SOLUTION?
Avatar n tn i would like to know how long she will be getting this pain. Please advise me want i want to take it futher.
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?
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 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 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 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 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 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 At that time he had a cardiac cath with showed moderate blockage of the LAD and ultimately underwent a single bypass, MAZE procedure and pacemaker insertion. Post op course was normal, with good recovery. July 2010, 3 months post bypass, developed severe chest pain was still in A-fib with an EF of 35%. He underwent a transesophageal echo for possible cardioversion and was found to have a clot in his left atrium, which is still present.
Avatar m tn from time to time i get a burning sensation around my lead and pacemaker connection, with this i will have a pain from that area to my shoulder. my wires/leads stick out under my skin a little more then rest of my pacemaker, but i dont know if this is common since my pacemaker is placed on my right side of chest. shoulder pain and burning sensation with pacemaker kind of work as a team, is there anything that i'm doing wrong? i'm not tugging or pulling on anything just sitting around.
Avatar m tn i had a biotronic duel-chamber pacemaker implanted feb 2009, i need an icd due2having sick sinus syndrome&no circumflex artery. the past month ive been getting extremely severe headaches that arent relieved by pain meds plus my back is hurting more 2. im getting bradycardia despite the pacemaker & tachy is worse also extremely exhausted & still fainting alot. my chriropractor, primary dr & neuro are all mystified. any help would be greatly appreciated...
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 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 m tn I had pacemaker implanted. 4 days later I had mild throbbing pain in chest and throat, this went away after 24 hours. About a month later pain came back and has continued for last 8 days. Pain increased today; I feel it in my chest throat, neck, jaw and back. Had echocardiogram and it was normal. Recently had stress/nuc (before pacemaker) and it was ok. Cardiologist office thinks it is not damgerous. Also pacemaker was adjusted to lower voltage and seemed to have no effect.
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 After I masturbated for the first time I'm 13 btw. I got pains in my leg and foot and right now my arm is sore but that could be from working out too. It's all on my right si this was my first insertion . This was yesterday and I'm still experiencing this pain. Is something wrong??
Avatar f tn I had a nightmare experience with misoprostol prior to an IUD insertion: 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?
Avatar m tn It has been a year since i did that stupid act. Though the pain was not prominent and very minor i ignored it. Recently i started having pain in my left side of the tuberclues also. Its not always there but sometimes it becomes severe. I need help as i can't dicuss these problems at my home....
Avatar f tn It might take a few weeks to get rid of the bruises but not the pain. The pain that I had (first pacemaker), it last for a few months. May be it was done under a Local anaesthetic. Yes, second, third. fourth........ It heals much quicker because they don't need to dig a pocket. Less burises and less pain. It takes a week to heal. After 3 days no more pain. May be it was done under a General anaesthetic. It heals faster and better. Those are my experience.