I am having palpitations and stomach issues constantly!!!! I hope that someone has had the same issues and can maybe shed some light.
It all started a few years back when i was at work my heart ran up to 260bpm. The hospital and doctors said that it was an SVT. That was the first and only time that one happened.
Some time later (months) i started feeling what i call skipped heartbeats. It would seem like every couple of heartbeats my heart would miss a beat and then ramp up and do a really hard heartbeat right in the middle of my chest. When it happens and i say hard i mean like a hammer hits me right on my chestbone smack in the middle of my chest. Usually they only happen a couple at a time, except for one time it was doing it for about 1 hour straight. When these happen they always seem to take my breath away.
I always have had stomach issues. ALOT of bubbling goes on in my stomach all of the time. Cramps espically toward the top of my stomach. I have had constipation issues in the past which i do have under control now. I have fully changed my eating habits and drink only water.
It seems that these are only getting worse and the arythmia and issues with my stomach always are happening at the same time (seems like my stomach never stops). It is literally driving me crazy.
I have been to many hospitals and doctors and extensive tests have been done which they have only found the SVT once and damage in my stomach lining. And when i say i have been seen alot i mean alot. Over the past 5 years probally 10 times to the hospital and 20 to doctors offices and specialists.
Does anyone else have these similar issues with the heart palpitations?
Yes I experience exactly what you report. It is horrendous and has been going on for too many years now. I am in the uk and currently having the stomach and cardiac connection investigated separately but with both medics being aware of my insistence about the connection. No one either medic or layman will ever convince me otherwise, there is definitely a connection in my case, but so far not getting anywhere. Had loads of tests and more to come then hopefully some bright spark will accept there is a connection and hopefully, just hopefully, will suggest some type of assistance. At least my EP is being open minded and willingly looking into the connection for me.
It's horrid trying to live a normal life like this, I empathise.
Nice to actually see someone with some of the same issues here! The scariest part for me is when the hard heartbeats happen in the very middle of my chest that take my breath away.
They always say that when you feel chest issues to go straight to the hospital. My father had his first heart attack in his 30's and my mother died in her 40's from heart attack.
The problem is when i go to the doctors they tend to tell me i am too young for heart issues (which makes no sense). Also on top of that here in the USA every time that i go to the hospital it can cost me $1000's of dollars.
So when i start having issues and my wife is scared there is a point where i debate on even getting help because of the wasted time, people looking at me like i am lying, and all the mounting up hospital bills.
These issues have been going on for years now and i would be getting used to them but they seem to just be getting worse and coming at closer intervals. I started a new job last week, a life changing job and im scared something will happen at work where i need to say "im having chest pains".
Sorry to blab on and/or complain lol. I really hope you can get your issues figured out as well and maybe someone that has been through some of the same issues can shed more light.
I did forget to add that my stomach doctor found damage in my stomach lining which at first led them to believe that i had celiac disease. That was ruled out and they never tried to find anymore reason for the stomach lining damage.
Good luck to you and i hope you find help!
Those chest kicks are horrendous, I often describe it as if a donkey has reared up and kicked me mid chest with the full force of its back legs. They are so intense I Yelp and stagger backwards, most upseting. Not very many people in the forum speak of experiencing such wild kicks, not sure if they are unusual though. My EP says that I feel them in different areas of my chest and intensity depending on where in the heart beat cycle they occur. He seems unconcerned about them but then it's me feeling them not him lol but I try to be reassured, it doesn't always work though no matter how I try to rationalise it.
The stomach heart connection drives me nuts as finding someone to connect the two with any sort of treatment seems impossible. I have changed my diet, cut out all sorts of things, eaten at various times and in small amounts but it all seems to have a mind of its own and I can't find a pattern, indeed I don't think there is one to find.
I empathise as life is a trial when it should be so good and work life has been compromised with me so I appreciate your current position with a new job. Family are stressed likewise as they see our pain and distress and feel powerless to help. I don't know how you cope with the medical cost concern on top of it, at least our NHS means there isn't that pressure although it's got it's short comings and waiting lists can be long but we can go private if we have private health insurance ourselves or through our employer or can afford to pay ourselves. That added stress must be horrendous.
I hope you find someone medical who will and can find a cause but in the interim you are not alone if that helps at all. Best wishes.
Hello meadfoot, I've followed you for years on our journeys! I get the hard PVC that does make you yelp and I have to stop dead in my tracks....but EP not a bit worried!!!! Dr Sanjay Gupta has done lots of videos on the heart/stomach connection...vagal!!! Im sure you can find them via Google. Good to know we are not alone with all this but hard to get my head around even all these years and 3 ablations later!!
Thanks frenchgoose I will have a look. Yes it's a hard old game we are involved in but we do our best don't we. Here's hoping you are managing ok with this weird and not so wonderful condition of ours. It's no fun that's for sure. Stay safe.
I manage quite well most of the time, but if Im with someone who doesn't know me when I get these bolts that stop me dead in my tracks, I get strange looks and comments!!!! They mostly occur when Ive been sitting for a while and walk/move quite quickly. I have recorded them on my AliveCor and EP is not concerned about them....the vagal nerve has a lot to answer for!! Keep safe too!
I saw several medics and mentioned a possible link between my PAF and digestion but they all looked at me as if I was mad. My present cardiologist has been the only one to admit that there is a link with arrhythmias, vagus nerve and digestion. Why can't they all say the same thing. Very frustrating and the patient not getting any help.
I agree, would have thought the connection would have been made medically and recognised before now for those of us in this position.