Heart and breathing?

[Natura]

My daughter has been complaining of feeling like she has a slow heart rate, along with stressed breathing. Does anyone have any experience with this condition? She is 18.

[buzzards]

She needs to get this checked out as lupus can affect your breathing.

[PMRpro]

You need to take her to the doctor and get them to check her pulse and ECG as an absolute basic and then have at least a 24-hour Holter ECG tracing to see what her heart is doing at various times of the day. It doesn't hurt and provides a lot of ino. Only then can ANYONE say what is possibly going on.

If she has a slow heart rate she will feel out of breath - the oxygen isn't getting to the tissues and beathing heavily is the natural response. Whether it is associated with an underlying autoimmune disorder of something else comes later - begin at the beginning.

[Chickenmonkey]

When I have a particularly bad flare my heart rate can go as low as 38 bpm. I feel short of breath, chest pain, dizzy and tinnitus. I have always had a slow pulse and low bp. Since my diagnosis of sle 3 years ago and taking plaquenil these symptoms have been very mild. Prior to my diagnosis I was in the hospital twice. Went to the Cath lab. I was referred to an electrophysiologist to discuss a pacemaker. He sent me to a rheumatologist. After many years of thinking that I was crazy I finally had a diagnosis. If she is having bradycardia and difficulty breathing, she should probably seek medical help as there is th possibility of inadequate organ perfusion.

[Natura]

Thank you everyone. I realize I need to get some bloodwork done, and she may have to wear a monitor 24 hrs. My sister had to do this. I am in the process of getting health Insurance. We don't have any. Ugh.

Thought i could get through this stupid disease myself. Now my children are affected. I am angry.