I don't understand ischemia or if it is serious or a minor problem. Is it the same as brachcardia or tracycar

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Is ischemia seriious? Is it the same as bracycardia or tachycardia? Should i be worried about it or is it OK like an allergy bothers you, but isn't serious? Are there better meds for it than Lipitor? Is there minor ischemia and worse ischemia. I haven't had an echocardiogram. I can't get a handle on this through my dr. I cannot stop the stress or PTSD that I have. I know that the stress is very bad for me, but I can't seem to stop it.. Any info. anyone can give me will be greatly appreciated.

I would love a medical referral for the ischemia or PTSD in San Francisco or Berkeley/El Cerrito area. Thank you all. Jay

Jay

Answer 1

Ischemia= not enough blood coming to an organ to nourrish it.
For example : ischemia of the heart muscle, renal ( kidneys )ischemia, cerebral ( brain) ischemia.
Ischemia is a severe condition since no organ can survive without enough blood irrigation.
In your case may be you have got myocardial ischemia because your coronary arteries ( arteries that nourrish your heart muscles ) are narrowed and failed to bring enough blood to your heart muscles. Narrowing process is due to cholesterol deposits on the inside layer of your coronary arteries.
So you should take Lipitor regularly to control you blood cholesterol.
You should make the ECG and Echocardiogram to check the function of your heart.
You should avoid the distress conditions of PTSD, it may worsen the myocardial ischemia.
Tachycardia= when the heart beats excess 100 per minutes.
Bradycardia= when the heart rhythm is lower than 60 per minutes.
Always have good relations and regular contacts with your cardiologist and your psychiatrician.
Hope that may help you!

Good luck!

Answer 2

As I can see, you are quite apprehensive about such situation. First Ischemia is not the same as bradycardia or tachycardia but they can have association.

Bradycardia is term used when the heart beating is slow while when the heart beating is speeded up it is termed as tachycardia.

Ischemia is a situation where a certain organ (as in the heart) is not adequately perfused or oxygenated due to a limited blood supply arising from some problems in the blood vessels and circulation. As the result, it can cause a certain tissue damage or dysfunction. If the situation worsens it could end up in death of the tissues leading to what they call Myocardial Infarction (if the organ involved is the heart) . Definitely if a part of an organ has been nonfunctional, it can affect the function of the whole organ. Heart functions can stop causing death as the ultimate end.

If an occasional chest pain,or shortness of breath on exertion is experienced, you need to have a check up and have an ECG and some blood tests done.

Ischemia can possibly be treated but Lipitor may not do the job alone. As you see, ischemia could be caused by different factors and not only due to "fats or cholesterol".

You can have a check up in any family medicine clinic. You may actually do not have an ischemia for now which can be determined after a check up. If ever you really have an ischemia then you will be given proper referral to a cardiologist.

Try to relax as you could.......you have to care for your "heart".........

Answer 3

Understand that I'm not a doctor or nurse. I'm a volunteer firefighter part-time and a 911 dispatcher full-time; therefore, I'm not at all qualified to give anyone medical advice. That said:

Bradycardia is a slow heart rate.

Tachycardia is a rapid heart rate.

Cardiac ischemia is a restriction of the blood flow to the heart.

Have you looked up these conditions on WebMD to familiarize yourself with them? That might be a good place to start. But please, sit down with your doctor and have him or her explain these conditions and their consequences to you thoroughly. If the doctor you're now seeing is not willing to do that, you should find one who will. Maybe someone on here can refer you to a doctor in your area who would be easier for you to speak with. Good luck to you.