pacemaker risks magnets

She has to be careful to know what to avoid with having a pacemaker. High power lines can actually cause the pacemaker to stop working and then she would need to get another one.

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.

I recently had a pacemaker implanted and I'm concerned whether it is safe or not to continue using our Ionic Pro ionic air purifier in the same room?

I assume you are referring to the risks involved with the pacemaker. You should be aware of your surrondings and devices that may interfere with the pulse generation. Because it is pulse generation, interference can cause irreguar heartbeats that could be serious.

also you can now have an MRI with a pacemaker. I had one done in Febuary. The pacemaker representative has to be there to turn off the pacemaker (to keep the settings from being messed up) and a cardiologist usually is there in case he might be needed. Then afterwards, they turn the pacemaker back on and recheck the settings. Very good write up though!

Okay I'm 53 male with a st. Jude pacemaker. Today I was wearing a set of wireless headphones. While carving some wood I felt unusually faint. I stopped and took my pulse. Heart rate was 46. Is it possible the headphones interfered with the pacemakers computer and caused it to stop...my rythum is set at 60bpm...

You simply inform the technician on the day of the scan. Usually you fill in a form before the procedure which asks these questions. The powerful magnets in the mri scanner can heat any metal implants so you must inform them, then the equipment is adjusted accordingly. I believe they lower the intensity of the magnetic field.

There are no special risks associated with flying with a cardiac pacemaker. It is a good idea, particularly for people with circulatory problems to take a bottle of water with them. Particularly on long flights, it is very easy to become dehydrated.

My son is 17 year old. I was advised by to input pacemaker by 1 doctor. Another cardiologist said that pacemaker can have side effects like leads leakage which ultimately can lead to heart problems. And other infections as well. They said he is too young to have pacemaker. Has anyone got any experience or suggestions please? Thanks in advance. Worried mom.

My mother-in-law, who will be 95 is April, was recently hospitalized has several episodes of arrhythmia at the hospital. the doctor recommends a pacemaker. What are the pros and cons of someone her age to have a pacemaker implanted?

Aside from the collapsed lung which happened to you, other risks during pacemaker procedure include swelling, bleeding, bruising, or infection in the area where the pacemaker was placed or blood vessel or nerve damage. It is important to have regular follow-up appointment with your doctor. He or she will want to check your pacemaker and monitor your response. Take care and keep us posted.

Are you saying the pacemaker is not pacing properly when rates go over 100? That sounds like a problem with the pacemaker then.

This seems very extreme for someone that age, who also is developing mild dementia. What are the risks to that age, and is it worth putting her through all of this? She has never had surgery, and is in fairly good health living alone at this time. The doctor said if not done she could faint, or fall and would not be able to live alone as she wishes.

s and to keep anything magnetic away from the close vicinity of her device. We place magnets over an ICD to dissable the shocking end of the device and this should ONLY be done by a Dr or the device rep.

Do you know why your heart rate is lower? Can you get a second opinion? I do not know much about pacemakers, but I have seen people with pacemakers exercising at the fitness center I attend. You deserve answers to these questions you are asking and they need to be answered by your doctor. Good luck.

I may soon have to have a pacemaker implanted. I have a 1 cm cavernous angioma deep in the right hemisphere of the cerebellum. I've been told there's a 4%-6% annual chance of the angioma bleeding on its own. Is it required that blood thinners be given when a pacemaker is in place? How does one evaluate the risk of clot formation without blood thinners versus the risk of bleeding in the brain when on blood thinners? A neurosurgeon told me that blood thinners were definitely out.

Currently I am taking Plavix and Asprin and now my Doctor wants to start me on Warfarin as well. This suggestion makes me very uncomfortable. I feel that a pacemaker would be a healthier alternative.

I have a pacemaker and it is keeping me alive. I am paced at 100% which means if I did not have this device, I would not be here. A "danger", if any, might be the fact that you need to have the devise interrogated every 6 mo. There is a battery life and when it runs down, the device is replaced. I still have 3 yrs on my battery and have not experienced the battery change. I rank this invention right up there with antibiotics.

I know that the recent studies say that magnets do not help arthritis, but they sure help my neuropathy so that I can sleep! This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/906679'>Re: Magnetic Therapy</a>.

ll need a pacemaker. If this were going to happen, would it have already? And is there a risk of developing Afib or a different type of arrythmia? Basically now that it's been 6 months and none of these things have happened, am I out of the woods?

I'd ask him why not just put in the pacemaker and skip the rest. I just put a question on the forum myself about something similar. I have no problem with getting a pacemaker. I really can't see messing with ablation which may or may not work when I know a pacemaker will work and stop messing around with tests. Maybe pacemakers are as good as I think they are, but my mother lived a very long life because of one. She sure felt better too.

My mother is 83. She has had irregular heartbeat for nearly 20 years and had a pacemaker implanted 3 years ago. Her last echogram showed her EF to be 20% and she has had several episodes of congestive heart failure. She is physically run down.....weight loss, loss of muscle, not to mention depression. Her cardiologist wants to implant a biventricular pacemaker. I am wondering if the benefits will out weigh the risks at this point.

You need to sit down with your doctor to assess your symptoms and risks to decide if further testing is necessary. PVCs tend to wax and wane in frequency as you have described.

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