How could I be healthy one day and sick with Bradycardia the next and have been sick for over a week !?
I have Bradycardia, I HAD a normal life with a normal heart rate of 88-94 up until last week. I started having chest pain and felt like someone had just taken a rug and pulled it out from under me. I went to the ER the EKG was fine my CT was fine but my heartrate was in the 30's - 40's. I am very scared and concerned, Im so tired that I am afraid that I am not going to wake up. I did go to my dr and they sent me home with a 24 hour monitor. I do not have the results yet. I am freaked out by this happening to me so sudden just over night. When I feel really bad my pupils are and stay dilated, my skin becomes tight as if I am dehydrated. What do you think is wrong? What will become of me? I am scared that I will die. I have kids and I want to be here forever. Any ideas?
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I have had test a CT came back negative EKG is fine, but would SSS (sick Sinus Syndrome) show up on those test ? I will do anything to feel like my old self, Today my heart rate is only 41 !! I had to beg my Dr for more test ! I am over 200 pounds and am 5'7. I have been dieting and occassionally excersising but far from a marathon runner or anything like that !!!! But the ER Dr and my Dr want to pass it off as an athletic heart !!! Come on now !!! How could that be possiable over night. For years I have watched my heart rate it has always been the normal rate of 88 or higher .. then now just over night it drops to 40 and stays there over a week now !!! I do have a cardioligist (sp/?) they are the ones that gave me the Holler Monitor. I just went the their office for the first time this past Friday. I feel like they will help me. But in the meantime I am just freaked out and can not function, just to take a shower or anything wears me out ! I was not like this before last week.
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December 7th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
You are right, an "athletic heart" does not happen overnight. And only athletes like Lance Armstrong have a normal resting heart rate in the 40’s with any consistency.
There are many causes of a slow heart rate. Are you sure the bradycardia happened "overnight"? Sick Sinus Syndrome can sometimes develop fairly quickly, but not overnight. I know you said your EKG was OK, but did anyone consider a narrowed Right Coronary Artery? Narrowed heart arteries can cause bradycardia, and it may correlate with the chest pain you experienced. This is probably NOT the case, but you may want to hear it from your MD.
Your fatigue is probably related to your heart rate. It could be that you need a pacemaker.
The other symptoms of dilated pupils and tight skin are probably related to stress and anxiety. You will not die. All this is treatable. Listen to your doctors.
You will be OK.
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December 7th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
They didn’t do anything for the bradycardia? It sounds symptomatic. If the bradycardia is asymptomatic (without symptoms) they usually do nothing. If it is symptomatic, which is what it sounds like in ur case, it needs to be treated. If the bradycardia continues, they might think about a pacemaker. It is implanted under the skin and the leads r placed at certain cites in the heart. They r usually set at a certain number of beats a minute, say…60 or 70. If ur heart beats less than that, the pacemaker will kick in and stimulate the heart to beat. So many things can cause the heart to beat faster or slower than normal, but it can and usually does happen suddenly. U may never find out what caused it.
December 7th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
There are many causes of Bradycardia. It could be your thyroid, a heart valve not working properly, an electrolite imbalance.
Your doctors need to do a completely blood work up—everything—to see what is the underlying factor.
Here some info: http://www.medtronic.com/brady/