I am having heart palpitation (fast heart rate) soon after eating from the last 6 months. I have tried low carb diet, small portion of meal but nothings work.
Been to cardiologist and he requested an ECHO (he suspected a murmur) and holter monitor for 72 hours.
I have just received the results today through post. I need someone to interpret the results:
HOLTER MONITOR RESULT:
This confirmed sinus rhythm throughout with a heart rate ranging between 56 bpm and 177 bpm. There were very occasional ventricular and atrial ectopic beats only with no sustained arrhythmia seen. The patient kept a diary with 7 events reported and these corresponded with either sinus rhythm Or atrial Or ventricular ectopic beats.
ECHOCARDIOGRAM RESULT:
"There were no structural abnormalities seen with the left ventricle demonstrating a normal ejection fraction and no valvular abnormalities were present"
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Please bear in mind that I am not medically qualified. Your heart appears to be structurally sound with occasional arrhythmias. Seven were reported - how often did you eat in the 72 hours.
Standing back to get a larger overview - bear in mind I am a scientist - the thought "food intolerance(s)" strikes me. MSG gives me palpitations and nausea (sometimes with vomiting), and had caused a few trips to A&E before I understood the cause. I could not get tested by the NHS so went privately. Everybody told me you will be found intolerant to wheat, gluten, egg, dairy... In fact they were all fine but I had a severe reaction to MSG, and bad ones to soya, smoked fish, most seafood, cauliflower and a few others. My niece is dairy intolerant and my sister has to avoid the onion family. I think the tests are worth doing as establishing by trial and error is time consuming, and may cause nutrient deficiencies.
Talk to your GP about food intolerance testing. Mine was not keen so I went privately. Fifteen years ago it cost me about £25 which I thought good value.
I would discuss the results with your GP. Mine has always been happy to explain things and translate for a layperson. Though if you are seeing your Cardiologist again, he surely will, if you can wait for that.
Mainstream Cardiologists haven't got a clue as ever. . .
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