Sick sinus syndrome symptoms?

[DaveT81]

Hi guys,

Exactly what it says above - do any of you have this and, if so, what are your symptoms?

I've had bad breathing issues since July last year and since my ablation in 2017 I've had increasingly more heart rate and rhythm issues. I was recently diagnosed with chronic fatigue, which I know can come along with heart issues, but I'm getting long pauses between beats at the moment quite often, I'm getting headaches and back of neck pains, my heart rate is up and down seemingly for no reason, it pounds a lot too.

Just curious to know if anybody has this and how it has manifested for you guys?

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Not me personally, but have a friend whose pauses caused fainting & she required a pacemaker. There is a specific Arrythmia group on Health Unlocked, they may be able to help - search on ‘my hub’ at the top of the page.

Pat x

[achillislander]

Hi Dave, I found out about sick synus syndrome following 4 collapses in 1 afternoon, my wife called 999 after the 2nd and I had 2 further collapses in A&E the last showing my pulse dropped to 10 bpm. To cut a long story short, within 24 hours I had a pacemaker fitted and this is now monitoring my heart and stopping any further collapses. It is treatable but you need to keep the health professionals updated as your symptoms get worse so they can take the appropriate steps.