Can bad toothache cause palpitations?

[Padayn01]

Evening all haven’t checked in for a while hope everyone ok, quick question I was sitting this evening watching the footy on the sofa when bang my heart rate just went up I quickly sat up and for a brief moment my heart was beating fast only 80bpm but it shot up from 45 to 80pm straight away, I can’t think why but my tooth been in agony all week I know they say teeth are connected to the heart can’t think why it happened?

[Ianp66]

Hi Pad , yes infection can cause higher heart rate, as anything that causes inflammation I'm led to believe , as can tooth decay which also has a negative affect on the heart etc. I did read that dental hygiene etc seemingly can be linked to heart disease in general somewhere.

[Padayn01 in reply to Ianp66]

Hello mate how are ya? Yeah that’s what I’ve read aswell I have gum diseases quite bad the dentist told me so need to get that fixed

[Ianp66 in reply to Padayn01]

I had a tooth go bad a couple of years back set the afib off like a rocket and high pulse. Il tell you another time, been ill a few weeks, basically GPs being absolute whoppers.

[Padayn01 in reply to Ianp66]

Ahhhhh message me private pal hope your ok bud let me know your ok 👍🏼

[Ianp66 in reply to Padayn01]

Had a nightmare mate to be honest, getting back to normal now.

[Padayn01 in reply to Ianp66]

Was the ticker ok?

[Ianp66 in reply to Padayn01]

Is now but had a wobble due to the idiots prescribing a BP drug I didn't need, one which basically put me in hospital more than once before the penny dropped.

[Padayn01 in reply to Ianp66]

Oh no mate I can’t stand certain GP’s when they just Chuck tablets at you really drives me nuts sounds horrible mate glad you come out the end of it pal you still doing your walks when you can?

[Ianp66 in reply to Padayn01]

See the post I just put on pad 👍

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According to this article toothache and gum problems can trigger AF:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

[Frodo]

I had an abscess and was diagnosed with paroxysmal AF before it was treated.

[Padayn01 in reply to Frodo]

How was your AF after your tooth got treated?

[Frodo in reply to Padayn01]

Further testing didn't show AF. That isn't conclusive evidence, but I feel myself it is significant.

[Janith]

I have a ganglion cyst on my ankle that periodically causes unbearable pain. I went to the doctor this morning and she gave me a steroid injection and scheduled a little surgical procedure on Wednesday to remove it. Well, we celebrated and made homemade pizza for dinner! It was pretty spicy! Well perhaps thirty minutes following dinner l went into afib. I drank some v8 juice and off to the emergency room we went. I converted five minutes after entering the emergency room. Nonetheless, they hooked me up to all of the monitors, took blood, chest X-ray, etc. Well, to make a long story longer, during the stay at the hospital, l hit my cyst ... the pain was unbearable and although l was in natural sinus rhythm, my heart shot up on the monitor ... we watched it ... with each jolt of pain, my heart rate would increase ... then when the pain started to subside ... my heart rate returned to normal. So l saw with my own two eyes what pain does to one’s heart. Avoid it at all costs. I’m also wondering if the steroid injection might have triggered the afib attack.