Question about PVCs?

Question

I have what a dr told me were PVC's and a history of my blood pressure basically bouncing back and forth like a rubber ball. Sometimes, out of the blue, for no reason at all, my heart will literally stop for a split second, skip and flutter a couple beats, and then beat fast enough to make me short of breath, dizzy, and make my chest hurt and speed out of control so fast I can see it through my shirt and has more than once sent me to the hospital. I have to immediately stop whatever I am doing and drop straight to the floor or bend over while i am in a sitting position in order not to pass out. But heres the frustrating thing...I once had to lay there in the hospital and fill out paperwork during this whole thing and it stopped suddenly...almost like it started...except in reverse. How at risk am I for going into cardiac arrest? And why does it always stop at the most inopportune times???

Answer 1

The heartbeat is normally controlled by the electrical system of the heart which consists the SA node (sino-atrial node), the AV node (atrio-ventricular node) and special tissues in the ventricles that conduct electricity.
The electrical discharges pass from the SA node, through the special tissues of the atria into the AV node, and through the AV node to the special conduction tissues of the ventricles and causing the ventricles to contract.
During a premature ventricular contraction, the ventricle electrically discharges (and contracts) prematurely before the normal electrical discharges arrive from the SA node. These premature discharges are due to electrical “irritability” of the heart muscle of the ventricles, and can be caused by heart attacks, electrolyte imbalances, lack of oxygen, or medications. Immediately after a premature ventricular contraction, the electrical system of the heart resets. This resetting cause a brief pause in heartbeat, you will have a feeling of the heart briefly stopping after a premature ventricular contraction.
PVC's are especially common among the elders, those with high blood pressure and heart diseases, and among older African Americans. It can also occur in young healthy individuals without heart diseases or high blood pressure.
It may be caused by different heart and lungs diseases, medication and substance intake.
A feeling that your heart has stopped briefly is due to usual brief pause in heartbeat after a PVC when the electrical system of the heart resets. Frequent PVC's can diminish the ability of the heart to pump blood to the other organs, resulting in low blood pressure that is why you will feel weakness, dizziness, or feeling of passing out.
VC's in healthy individuals without high blood pressure and heart diseases do not pose any health risks. Those with heart diseases are at risk of developing ventricular tachycardia.
If you got more than three consecutive PVCs in a row then you have ventricular tachycardia. Once it is prolonged, it can result in low cardiac output, low blood pressure, and fainting, and can also develop into a fatal heart rhythm (ventricular fibrillation) .It is life-threatening because it occurs suddenly with no prior warning, and it may turn the heart unable to pump blood effectively to the brain and the rest of the body which can be fatal within minutes if untreated.

Answer 2

iYou need to go to your Dr. or a cardiologist to have this diagnosed. Before you go, prepare yourself. Try to remember when some of these incidences have occurred, what you were doing before, and if anything made them better. Write it down so you remember. If your Dr. brushes you off, find another one who will take you serious. Heart monitors can be worn for days, or even up to a month, so a Dr. can see what s going on, and hopefully catch the episodes so he can give you a good diagnose. Many times a bad rythm can be treated with medication, and by all means if you have another eisode return to the ER or call an ambulance where they can begin immediate monitoring, but don't wait for the next episond to start seeking treatment.

Answer 3

I'd say you need to see a "Flobotomist" (a blood specialist). You COULD have something as simple as "Strail Tachardia Syndrom"...where your heart just gets "out of gear"...Have you ever tried, plugging your nose and blowing hard (like you do in an airplane or driving over a mountain ...to clear your ears?)??? Try it, lying down...and see if it doesn't help. this is something you can outgrow..how old are you?...but, if you had one doctor tell you this, what did he tell you to do with it? didn't he refer you to a specialist? If he didn't, he's an IDIOT doctor and I'd never go back to him....
Call another hospital (not the one you mentioned obviously)...and ask them to refer you to a 'blood' specialist.
Blessings to you.

Answer 4

You may be having episodes of atrial fibrillation. Have you had an ECG during an episode? or it could be WPW syndrome. ECG diagnosis. Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia can occur.

Answer 5

accepted untimely ventricular contractions. p.c.. originate while another component to the middle (interior the ventricles) than it rather is organic heartbeat inititator initiates a beat.