I have had for a long time what feels like a skipped beat, or double beat, I could feel this as a heavy feeling in my chest, so I knew it was happening. A few months ago I had what the doctor said was Bells Palsly. She gave me a type of steriods that I took for a week. To make a long story short....My face cleared up, got all the movement back..and my heart stopped missing beats too, I had these sometimes 5 or more times a day, sometimes less, but now, I have yet to feel anything in months. I guess Im wondering if the steriods helped my heart?
2007-02-12 03:48:30 · 2 answers · asked by casino_mech2 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
You were lucky, sometimes Bell's palsy doesn't ever totally reverse. The doctor was smart to use corticosteroids. If the Bell's palsy and/or any inflammation was causing you heart to skip a beat, then steroids would clear it up, but the usual causes of what you describe is anxiety and if you were developing a palsy you may have become anxious, Caffeine can also cause SVT's as well. Discuss this with your doctor, she may want to run a stress test and/or an EKG on you to see what your heart is actually doing. also a holter monitor is possibly useful in this situation
2007-02-12 03:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by cuban friend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutly! Steriods are great when not abused. They are considered to be a fountain of youth. They most likely helped the muscles in your heart to become stronger. Thus, not skipping any beats. That's great!
2007-02-12 11:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋