My heart starts beating about 190 when it starts, and it's suddenly.
My doctor gave me flecainide as medicine for it, i have to be takin it for 5 months. My heart starts beating fast suddenly when i do a sudden movement. The last time it started when i took a really deep breath. It's weird it only happend about every month or so. I get dizzy if i keep running or doing something that makes my heart beat even faster. it starts and stops suddenly. any advise about it?
2006-09-28 00:55:38 · 3 answers · asked by strongman 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Having rhythms that are symptomatic can be dangerous. You could be driving or on a ladder or swimming when the rhythm occurs having potentially dire results.
If medications have failed you - and I presume they have if you are now on flecanide and it is not working - then there is an ablation treatment that can be employed to correct the issue.
Basically they map where the impulse that is causing this problem is coming from. They then use a laser catheter to ablate (destroy) either the (a very small) area or the pathway that is causing the trouble. They access the heart via your large blood vessel (femoral vein) between your hip and your crotch on the right side.
Regardless whether they have trialed all of the medications or not, the ablation therapy is becoming more of a front line, initial therapy. It is a one time procedure. Additional therapies are not required. You often do not require medications either. Ask you cardiologist about this matter. You are looking to speak with an electrophysiolgist (a sub-specialist within cardiology)
See the link to the Mayo Clinic as an example below.
Good luck.
2006-09-28 06:03:55 · answer #1 · answered by c_schumacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's tough, heart conditions are always scary. Have they considered maybe a pacemaker to regulate your heart beats? I am not familiar with your condition, but my daughter has a congenital heart block. In her case, one side of her heart was beating normal, but the other was almost flatlining. With the pacemaker, her heart now beats at a 'normal' beat, and evenly on both sides. Talk to your doctor if the medicine is not helping, there are so many things out there, he might be able to change it to something that works better.
Good luck!
2006-09-28 01:01:50 · answer #2 · answered by Gaby A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A heart beat which is too fast, tachycardia, can produce palpitations and is also responsible for dizziness, light-headedness and fainting. Rapid heart-beating in the ventricles can be life threatening.
Please see the webpages for more details on Flecainide and PSVT.
2006-09-28 01:13:29 · answer #3 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are some maneuvers that you can do to halt the supra ventricular tachycardia episode, and they are called Vagal maneuvers .
they trigger the vagal nerve which will slow down your heart.
Some techniques include holding your breath and straining as if passing a bowel movement, blowing against your thumb as if blowing a trumpet, coughing, dunking your head in ice water, holding ice to your face, or doing a headstand.
2006-09-28 02:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by kymd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋