Man, as I am suffering and scared of my heart rhythm all the time, this video keeps me calm, no doctor whatsoever had explained me this like you did, they always said "you're normal, go away" and my questions stayed unanswered. Had very great time listening you, even I am not native english speaker, I understood around 99% at first take, thanks to your superb explanation and speech gift. Thank you a lot for this type of educational stuff. Cheers man!
Doesn't there HAVE to be a reason why these are happening? A heart muscle wouldn't just start misfiring 2-3 times per minute all day long just because. I'm glad that they're mostly benign and for most people will cause no issue besides feeling the uncomfortable rhythm every day. But I'm not convinced that there isn't an answer out there for those of us who have tried diet, magnesium, potassium, taurine, arginine, meditation, breath work, trying to pretend they aren't there, exercising, vagus nerve stimulation, etc... (feel free to add more to the list). You don't just "get things", there was something that changed in each of our lives and bodies at some point to create the short circuit that's currently going on. The most frustrating thing for me is that now heading into year 2 of having an average of 1-2 palpitations per minute (5-7 per minute on bad days and this is all day long 24/7) is that I've had about 3-4 times during the past year where they completely went away. Once they stayed away for almost a month! The other times were anywhere from 3-4 days up to 2 weeks. Life was so much better, everything was brighter, more colorful and I was so much happier and able to enjoy things. On bad days, I can barely do my job (luckily I can get away with it since I work independently). But I can't even relax and watch TV with my wife because my focus is on what's happening inside of me and not on the show/movie. Anyway, my point is that if I can somehow get a 1 month reprieve from them and I didn't change a single thing, there has to be a way to keep it going and never get them back again. If something was wrong, they would stay and never go away and would likely get worse. So I know that something is causing the palps to happen. Somebody somewhere HAS to know something that might work for a few of us. If anybody has heard of any possible solutions, please respond to this post with the info. I'd love to try anything new and see how it works. I've seen things that palps can come from gut issues, anxiety, etc... I dont smoke, drink, do drugs, take medicine. I eat 95% organic produce and grass fed, wild caught or pasture raised beef, chicken, eggs, fish, shrimp, bacon and butter. I drink no caffeine, only filtered water, I walk in the sun a lot, stay hydrated and drink electrolytes. I just can't figure it out. I am definitely a thinker/analyzer and I do tend to overthink things but it's not like I'm a neurotic psycho who stresses out about everything. I'm a pretty calm guy who takes things as they come. So none of this makes sense to me. Let's help each other out and post new ideas of how to heal ourselves! Good luck to us all!
Thank you! This video is over 5 years old but the information is timeless. So many people, myself included, are finding relief and reassurance in your videos. What a gift you are putting out to the world!
@@YorkCardiology how much correlation is there between the arrhythmias? With respect to PACs and PVCs, how likely is someone who has one to also have the other?
@Jonathan Diaz anxiety should not be normalized as an acceptable occurrence in the USA. We are the most anxiety written people on the planet and moreso than third world countries.
I’ve always been very anxious, & I could remember having slight pvc’s in high school, but i didnt know what they were, so i just kinda brushed them off. I have them now & more frequently, sometimes a couple times in a row & several everyday. I realize that they become heightened because of sudden spikes in anxiety that i may have & sometimes its miserable, so thank you for this video.
I’ve been sporty and active all my life and stared feeling these weird thumps after going through anxiety and panic attacks for a short period of time about 5 years ago. I don’t suffer from panic/anxiety attacks anymore nor am I stressed but these things just don’t seem to go away. :( I’ve been to the multiple doctors in India and Sweden and have had pretty much all the extensive tests done (eggs,24h holter, x rays, 2 stress tests, 2D,3D ECHO, blood work) and all that the doctors can say to me is “it’s no biggie, deal with it”... yes, it’s good to know they aren’t harmful or malignant in nature but they aren’t something I can just ignore, especially when they feel like your heart is dropping in my stomach every now and then. It’s mentally exhausting me. Smh
I have the same thing! It’s been happening for 6 months. I finally caught that feeling on a ECG in my Apple Watch and it was a PVC. My husband (ICU nurse) read the ECG and confirmed.
I am 50 years old. I had a cardiac arrest at age 45. I have an ICD now. I've had 1 shock and it was almost three years ago. (2 years after they put the ICD in). At the time I was taking metoprolol. After the shock episode (cardiac arrest #2) the doctor changed my medicine to sotolol (80mg). Since switching to the sotolol I've been doing alright for the most part. I still feel some PVC's every now and then but I haven't had any cardiac arrests. Thank you Jesus. The doctors wanted to try to do an oblation but when they did my stress test it showed that the location where the PVC's were occurring was all over my heart in multiple locations and not centered to any specific location. So, therefore they could not do the oblation. I hated to hear that but I guess that is just how it is. I just wanted to leave this comment to see if anyone maybe could relate? Hope y'all are doing well and just thankful that I have my ICD because it has saved my life once already. Take care.
@@football24091 I am fine. Update: I had a shock in April but all is well thanks to my device. I have discovered something that helps noticeably with the PVC's and that is this stuff called "LIQUID IV". It's electrolyte packets that you mix with a bottle of water. One packet a day in addition to the sotalol has really helped keep the PVC's at bay.
Dr. Gupta giving peace of mind to someone is one of the greatest gifts you could give. I have NSVT...20 beat runs at 220 and I was so scared. I have a loop implant. Thank you.
@@stephen1922 for me bunch of tiny skip beats in a row. Fluttering. I was always seated when it happened so never got dizzy or light headed really. You get anxious afterwards and heart races at least for me
Wow. I would've never guessed. You really feel alone with this, and it reinforces my perception that anxiety, inflammation, and ectopics play a unique role in our perception of these events. To have a healthy heart but feel things so substantially as opposed to these people who are considered perfectly healthy is just an interesting fact to discover. Thanks for your work. I have no doubt that your videos help many people find peace of mind.
As always, another great video! You are doing such good and important work, Dr. Gupta. So many of us dealing with palpitations often feel so lost and fearful. You are informing and comforting so many of us with your knowledge and kind spirit. Thank you so much for doing these videos. You have saved my sanity many times.
Of course the topic ends that heart rhythm disorders are benign and normal finding but “as you get older they become prevalent”.. so why do they get prevalent? Sure, age, weight, diet, medical conditions, medications and others may be a factor but I feel as though these disorders are concerning as you get older. It shouldn’t misfire and if it does, I feel cardiologists needs to really dig deeper with the patient and find out the root cause. I had to pursue my cardiologist and electrophysiologist to get a second Opinion. They found my PVCs but couldn’t answer where and why. I exercise, no history of heart disease and No history of drug use, alcohol abuse, no high boood pressure, diet is clean, plenty of sleep, no caffeine no stimulants not overnight..no stress but still get PVCs. I get them 6 times a day. A forceful feeling my heart skipped and once in awhile it’ll convert to VT of about 180bpm for 5-10 min and goes away. Doctors still find this as benign. I had to pursue and ask them to do another test of a stress echo and Holter. Asking for a two week Holter. Then hoping for an EP study. Doctors will never know a root cause as it could be anything but I’m tired of hearing from doctors that these are from stress and the more I hear it , it causes stress because i feel stress, for young healthy hearts are “nothing to worry about” . Not to discriminate anyone but i envy people that are overweight, drinking and eating away their coffee and meals and going on vacations and traveling without a a single heart issue. Meanwhile, a fit healthy person with heart rhythm disorder can’t do any of those as my rhythm is out of whack and doctors can’t figure out why. Inconclusive statement but great information video overall.
One thing that most people are unaware of and that doctor's never mention during a diagnosis is the realm of microwaves, wifi, power lines, radiation etc. These are contributing factors that affect our health and is one of the main causes to these issues but it's rarely spoken about because it's something that no one thinks about. Which would probably explain why healthy people still get these kind of conditions.
i come here to calm myself down doc. thank you! I had a 2 week holtor and had pvcs less than 4% of the time, which doesn't seem like much yeah.. but it feels like a lot and it freaks me out. u always calm me down. lots of love to you.
Both My Primary Doctor and EP told me that these arise from a heart cell that's out of place, normally in the Ventricles. It can take years to surface & fires randomly because there''s nothing to tell it not to. It can last for years or burn itself out sooner. It's more or less a slight Birth Defect.
Glad u did this video. I'm a very healthy and active 70 year old and hate these SVTs! I'm on meds and love my cardiologists, however day by day I worry about this. Now that I watch all your videos though, I'm learning how to live with it and keep positive. Thank you!
I have pvcs and sometimes they hurt, usually when I lay down/bend over/take a deep breath. Totally random but come on more during a lot stress. I’m convinced the pain is from my pvcs NOT my anxiety because I feel the palpitation at the same time it happens. I have severe panic about them. Which increases the pvcs. I feel them all the time. I’ve been to the ER/ambulance/doctors/cardiologist over a dozen times this month. They say I’m fine. I’ve had panic attacks about them them for 9 years and the pain for about 2 years. And recently my panic is just out of control because I feel the pain in the center of my chest. It could be once a day or twice a week. Just super stressed and feel doomed. I got on lexapro 2 weeks ago. Anyone else relate?
Savannah Smiles i get thousands a day. Sometimes up to 25 a minute feeling everyone. It’s a struggle, trust me I’m only 20 been in the same issue. But you gotta listen to the doctors. Been going through this for a couple years now. If you have a normal healthy heart and doctors say you are fine YOU ARE. I used to have bad panic attacks because of it sometime I still do but trust me it will get better.
Just wonder - im happy with it being fine and not life threatening, its just that how do you deal with it whist its symptomatic (been very frequent). what can you do when it comes up again? @@ohhFIow
Savannah S I’m going through the same thing right now I’ve been in and out. My heart beats never happen when I’m getting an ekg and I had 8 this year I finished getting an echo my heart is normal. Just finished seeing a cardiologist and he said you’re fine. But this is annoying
Great vid. I’ve had PVCs for about 2 weeks now and I can’t stand it. I have them all day long every day. Went to the cardiologist and my echo and blood work was great, but I still have them. I got prescribed beta blockers which I’m supposed to take in 2 days. Currently have a holder monitor on. Want this to be over 😢
@@torontomundaabliation is cure I have this problem long time I ask the doctor for abliation and he said u don’t have many simptoms to go for that,cuz when I had monitor didn’t happen much but I still have even I’m talking beta blockers this is really bad ask u doctor for abliation
I'm an MBBS student Ive had ectopic beats since I was 13 and obviously it caused a lot of stress and worry my family were worried that I might have some heart problem and I was too so one day I took a visit to a cardiologist he put me on holter and yeah I had them and then he put me on echo but there was nothing wrong with my heart so he advised me to pay a visit to a psychiatrist and so I did and it turned out I have anxiety this caused me to be more aware of my heartbeat and these increased every time I had panic attacks now I'm on anti anxiety medications and I have improved significantly. So if you're worried about your heart it's completely fine just trust your doctor he will get you through this and yeah have faith in yourself you can beat these. MAY GOD BLESS YOU.If you have any queries please I'm always here maybe I can help you too.
Prashant Koirala same with me dear im 37 year old guy frm india i feel same as u like .....my past echo ecg all normal but my etopics come and go after 2 months ......but i feel whenever my stomach system disturbed i fell frm that day theae pvc or thuds..plz help how to come out from these
@@ernestovega7861 propanolol and Venlafaxine. At first they gave me Fluoxetine but it didn't work for me. I don't take meds anymore cause I don't need them now!
I had ectopic beats for over a month every couple of mins i had a skipped beats very upsetting i wss told they were caused by anxiety and i wondered how anxiety could cause a missed beat i understand a fast heart caused by anxiety but to have these skipped beats was a whole other level, people suffering with these please dont worry if ur heart is normal its not anything serious, thankfully mine went away ive been just a week free from them, i think the oressure of Christmas done it to me, and when Christmas was over my heart went back to normal with an occasional skipped beat but nothing like before. Dr gupta settled my mind with his videos he reassured me more than my own doctor so i thank him very much ❤️
Thats good to hear. But how much skipped beats did you have a day just approximately? And for how long. Because it would be nice to be able to put it in context. And did you use anything ro get rid of them?
@@ahmedahonzada562 i still get them every day just not as frequent i take magnesium, vitamins, cod liver oil and beta blockers cut out caffeine and drink alot of water. I work on my anxiety not my ectopics and i dont check my pulse constantly.
I went to see the doctor because of shortness of breath, they did EKG and noticed an irregular heartbeat. Went to see a cardiologist and everything was ok with the structure of my heart. I still had the shortness of breath which turns out was caused by an ulcer in my esophagus. I don’t know if I had PVCS all along or if they just started after my body was going through stress. But I’m still hoping they’ll go away when I get better 🙏🏻
Thanks for the informative video. The key question is however if any of these arrhythmias predicts more serious heart conditions (with time). Most likely these researchers will do follow-ups on this cohort.
This video is very helpful. I have stress induced anxiety. Mainly health anxiety in the form of cardio phobia. I experience PVCs sometimes I feel maybe 5 a day or none for a week or on very stressful days more. Sometimes it feels like 3-4 in a row. I have had countless EKGs, 2 echocardiograms, 2 stress tests, CT scan, circulation tests, carotid artery ultrasound, full blood panel twice. I’m in counseling too. All of this was at my request because of my anxiety surrounding my heart and PVCs. I’ve been told repeatedly I’m healthy. I still find myself on google looking for reassurance and avoiding physical activity. I’m missing out on life with my wife and 3 young kids. I’d appreciate any advice to help me past my fear.
All I know brother is that you’re not alone. Pray to God to give you the relief you need and leave it in His hands. Stay positive, live a healthy lifestyle, eat Whole Foods, make sure you’re not mineral or vitamin deficient, increase your magnesium intake and make sure if a highly absorbable type like magnesium glycimate, learn coping strategies when they come in bunches like coughing and drinking water, stay well hydrated, electrolytes are very important, check your thyroid, excercise! Sleep well! Avoid alcohol and tobacco and coffee. Good luck and God bless!
These are soooo scary I was just diagnosed as having these (PVC's). I'm only 36yrs old and this just started. They think it's because of the Methadone I'm on but I've been on it for over 10 yrs??? My cardiologist said they were coming from the top part of the heart.... He now has me on Metoprolol 50mg once a day.
One word doc - ablation. Best thing I ever did. My life is so much better. My PVC’s were unbearable. I felt awful at least half of every day. 24 pvc’c per minute. Multifocus - 2 focus in my atrial septum had gone rogue causing a wicked bigeminy beat. My doctor said it was easy to spot but hard to get to. A third focus was so intermittent he could not pinpoint the spot. Mine were killing my quality of life.
Thank you for all that you do. You are such a generous doctor, giving so much of your time to address the many issues most cardiologists don't want to discuss. It is good to know that healthy people have the same ectopic beats that I have. However, what percentage do they have and what percentage is safe? Why do my ectopic beats range from 0% to 40% over a 30 second Kardia reading? This cannot be good for the heart over time.
Nurse here- recently had a heart monitor on for two weeks . The results came back and I had 2 runs of non sustained VT. Which means if you have 4 or more PVCs in a row it’s considered VT. I’ve had heart palpitations since my teens, I’m 26 now. On and off in the Dr office , lots of EKGs, blood work etc and everything was fine.. I limited my caffeine intake and it has helped a lot with my palpitations. As far at the VT - completely new . Not sure what is triggering it, unless it’s stress. If it’s stress related then I definitely need to work on it. Other than that might have something electrical going on.
Can you make a video about what the origin of the pvcs and nsvt signifies? My pvcs originate from my LVOT and according to my google search benign pvcs usually come from the RVOT. My cardiologist can't be bothered to explain. He just says to ignore them. Thank you for these videos. They really help
I've been suffering from palpitations after my cardioversion first episode of AFib, I tried apple cider vinegar two tablespoons in a glass of water with some honey and it helped a lot.
i was so much worse after my first cardioversion too (about 3 weeks ago), i took 2 magnesium in the morning and 2 at night and it did wonders, i then found out that it's a calcium channel blocker which treats arrhythmia, i'll have to try the apple cider vinegar also. just wore a holter in the past 24hrs and see the doc again in 2 weeks to see what he says - hopefully he is confident that an ablation will work.
I find it hard to believe that our hearts can even misfire. My Dad didn't even know what a "Flutter" or "Premature" beat even felt like but he's heard of it. I wish I was like him, 92 years old and plenty of heart issues and doesn't suffer from them. We take care of ourselves and don't smoke, over drink, take drugs and abuse ourselves like some of my family and friends and they don't have these. I've had chronic anxiety for over 50 years and never had anything like this until 2017. Why now ? My EP's nurse said, "Just Ignore Them". lol. Yeah, easy for you to say. Maybe if they knew what I was going through they'd do something. Like my ex wife said years ago, I'm just unlucky.
Chronic anxiety for 50 yrs is the key. Do you have racing heart symptoms with your anxiety? I’m 23, have occasional panic attacks, and heart can race on a daily basis with anxiety. Had this for years. I also put my body thru lots of stress in college. What I’m thinking is the stress from anxiety/panic on your heart can eventually give you heart problems. I don’t know why dr’s find this so hard to believe...
@@stephen1922 I had the same thing I developed svt after 2 years of university stress but I dont believe the anxiety and panic will cause heart problem. I think adrenaline can certainly make the hesrt very irritable and more likely to get ectopica but if your heart is structurally sound then it should be about to handle it. Just my opinion
@@stephen1922 what about exercise? Exercise induces adrenaline so surely that what also apply to people who exercise daily? Running for an hour straight would be more "stressful" for the hesrt than 5 10 minute panic attack
Stephen: Sorry to be late to the show. Yep, quite a bit. For the past few months my PVC's and PAC's quit and now have returned, Worse. I've read on some other replies on this subject that their's did the same.
you do good work. A couple of thoughts : on stress - In the 60s Hans Selye, the grandfather of stress research, devised a list of life events , good or bad, and a value assigned to each, as to how much stress they caused, which were than added up. If the result was over 300(?) 90% of the people would end up in the hospital within a year. on anxiety - admittedly, planet Earth is a scary place, but I noticed that my level of what I experienced as anxiety was rising for no decernible reasons. about 4 mos ago I was diagnosed w/ectopic heart beats(and more), the meds worked and immediately the sense of anxiety disappeared.I had side effects and the 2nd med doesn't work as well and all is back. My experience is that the tightness and pain in the chest is the same as the physical experience of fear and is interpreted as that. I may have discovered something about what to do about it and if it works I'll let you know. Shanti
Our 20yo died with pvcs. He ran himself ragged, was a part-time bodybuilder, did martial arts and won a lot of 1st plce trophies, had the flu, was dehydrated and wiped-out by stress(he worked up to 23hrs a day during the busy season of his job). As his parents we didnt limit him in any activity he wanted to do. We could have instilled the fear we had for him into him but refrained. Everyone should live their lives to the fullest. In our opinion- fear kills. Granted- we need to be aware of our health and try to get&stay healthy. Thank you, Dr. for helping so many people.
Wait, only .6% of healthy people had NSVT show up on a holter under the age of 45? That doesn't sound reassuring or normal to me :(. Please explain how this is normal or reassuring...
I had the same thought... Those 0.6 % seemingly "healthy" people could have some ion channelophathys or other yet not diagnosed heart issues since heart disseases especialy in structural healthy hearts are very hard to diagnose
Candyce Fillmore hey Candyce hows the magnesium working and I agree it is very difficult to live with I get pvcs daily. I hate it when I get like 3 in a row it’s so scary! I think I might try the magnesium hopefully it will help get rid of half the amount I get haha
Just some advice. Because of 'it's all normal' cardiac advice from experts like you I underestimated the severe pvc's I was experiencing. I didnt have to have studied a Phd to predict that these knock out pvc's were going to develop into something worse, even though they were under the threshold of 10%. I did actually say to my catdoilogists right at the start, if this is contunues I will develop pvc induced cardiomyopathy. Put it this way there are pvc's and pvc's. On an ecg in hospital one day I drank a cup of tea and bang I had a string of pvc's suddenly develop. I could not even feel them and this is the normal pvc's a healthy person will have. The pvc's I was complaining about were very severe and would put me out of action, not able to walk and hurt like a red hot poker shooting through me every time. This 'healthy people get 100's every day, all harmless' philosophy caused me to put up with them. And sure enough one day my GP said look, go to the hospital ED next time you have a bout and it was atrial fibrillation with severe dilated cardiomyopathy. That's what not worrying over them caused. It's not the burden, it's the severity of each pvc that should be the diagnostic subject. 4000 severe pvc's per day is a serious cardio prob and it should have been considered so instead of everyone referring to the usual med protocol. It's logic. I studied immunology but by logical commonsense I came to the right diagnosis. Unless you're sure, this rush to calm down the patient is dangerous. My GP said most doctors, even specialists don't look at problems scientifically. They go straight to known protocol.
Dr. Gupta is the Cardio Master! Why can’t my GP or the Cardiologist I’ve visited give me this information? I’m taking Eltroxin for Hypothyroidism since 2014 and that’s the year my chronic anxiety started. I’ve had numerous tests and assessments done in that time but I still get that “pause” and it’s frightening. All tests and Holters came back normal. I really do think I’m obsessed with my heart 24/7.
@York Cardiology I suffer from allot of PAC's and I have no Idea why. When I'm active or moving, they can happen many times a day. I've had a stress test, echocardiograms, and doctor's don't seem to be concerned. I am so frustrated as I have no answers as to why they are happening to me. I have like up to 100 of them a day. If I usually relax and rest, they, for the most part, go away. I've had 14-day monitors and a 30-day monitor, and they said that I had some rare SVT's. I am 47 years of age, I am 6'1" I am a bit overweight at 266 bls. I sometimes feel bloated. I've always thought that it could be Roemheld syndrome. My cardiologist is useless to be honest. If I mention Roemheld syndrome, he has a blank look on his face that says, "What the hell is that?". I'm not sure what to do. I wish I had a cardiologist like you, as Kaiser Permanente has incompetant ones.
Thank you so much. I got Pvc's like ones in a week for very short period of time . Discovered them purely by accident using my watch It's supposed to take ECG. I got really worried. But now I feel much better. I still gonna see a doctor but feel much better .
I used to agree....until I felt unwell...pulled off the highway and apparently lost conciousness. Had another bout of 30 sec NSVT in ambulance on way to pacemaker / defibrillator implant. So...there IS sometimes cause for concern. In my opinion the key is the trend. If your PVCs are trending higher over time see your cardiologist but also increase your mitigation measures which for me were meditation, heavy magnesium supplementation and taking more care to get adequate sleep. On the day of my ambulance ride I had missed taking my magnesium, had not meditated, had slept terribly and tried to maintain functionality with coffee. All bad choices!
@@kyriekayhalford3501 not good...not good at all. Mine were something like 150 or 160 beats per minute...in the ambulance..dont know what they were when unconcious. For me the biggest sensation was of feeling unwell, wobbly, shaky, bit nauseaus and close to passing out...not real close...but that sensation. The fast heartbeat was....um...worrisome to say the least....more fluttery than outright pounding. Thought I was all set after cardiac resynchronisation, pacemaker defibrillator implant...Previously I was having over ten thousand ectopics (PVCs) ..afyer implant, amiodarone and metoprolol...ZERO in months! But ....just a couple days ago...felt a little unwell...checked my pulse and it would suddenly race..for two..maybe three consecutive beats...then back to normal....so something got worse...my guess is cardiac sarcoidosis is progressing. So...it feels intensely unpleasant. Magnesium in supplements and diet, as well as deep restful sleep are, for me, absolutely essential to avoid trouble
@@salsspar2132 pulmonary sarc diagnosed with ultrasound guided biopsy. Cardiac sarc diagnosed by concurrent heart block followed years later by re-entrant ventricular tachycardia.
I was diagnosed with SVT after the covid vaccine and today got the unfortunate news that I have NSVT- presumably as a result of covid a few months ago. I am having a CT Angiogram tomorrow. I am 45 and normal health. This NSVT seems like a sudden death death sentence if you read medical journals. I'd rather be in the 98% that don't have it than accept that 2% of normal people that have it.
@@footballforlife5311 no - after covid infection I started getting nsvt and pvc. I only saw pvc on my own monitoring but a 24 hour holter picked up a 9 beat nsvt when I was sleeping. Now I may get one or two pvc a day and I havent seen any nsvt recently. I bought a holter on Amazon for $500 and do a 24 hour monitor every month
@@footballforlife5311 after Vax I got PACS and still get PACS and atrial runs/SVT. Some bigeminy and trigeminy or some longer runs still happen a few times a day
Hi Dr. Thank you for taking the time to summarize these findings! was wondering if you have ever felt PVCs or PACs or any other palpitations and have you ever felt a run of them, say a few in 30 seconds or so? Thank you!
Thank you very reassuring when I first started having sustained PVCs I thought I needed to run to the ER but my doctor said maybe I should try to ride it out for a while since being in the ER can be quite stressful in itself and cause more PVCs a vicious circle.
MN Patriot - by sustained PVCs, what do you mean? Ie, how often do you get them and how long do they last for when you get them? I get PVCs and PACs , 3-4 at a time, in between 3-4 normal beats, for 1-2 days during PMS. I'm trying to figure out whether it's considered "sustained" and whether or not I should also take your doctor's advice! :-/
I know exactly what you're talkin about I ended up having a round of them at work try to stay at work half a shift which is 6 hours for me but I couldn't do it I ended up being taken to the hospital by ambulance they're very frightening I've had them for 5 years now
I talked with a cardiologist today about PVC and how it often a pulse marker isn't counted properly. In my case, the Dr. said the bradycardia they referred me to him for was a mere measurement error, since the referrer didn't use a good machine or something to measure the < 60 bpm. (they claimed it was in the '40's.). Did I sweat it out until I saw the doctor today? Yup. Let me tell you it was a relief to hear what it really was and nobody's going to chip me up with a pacemaker as a natural progression of things that might go ahead from here. The study's results are reassuring, and it appears PVC is as common as the data indicates. whew. more tests will be done to follow up, but that pacemaker idea just makes my skin crawl.
Your videos have helped me gain peace of mind more than other research I have done. I am 28 years old and have been active and healthy my whole life and for the past 4 years have followed a plant based diet. 2 years ago I had my first panic attack and since have had terrible pvcs and anxiety episodes. Your videos have helped me more than my Xanax prescription! Haha I am also looking into POTS and Dysautonomia because I have had a lot of these symptoms as well and it finally is making sense. Thank for you everything. I wish you were my cardiologist. Have a GREAT day!!
Emily Honorè It’s crazy how similar it has been for me. I’m 23 years old and have been really active and sporty all my life. I started experiencing these things after going through a rough time in my life. The anxiety and panic attacks left but these nuisances decided to stick around and haven’t left since. I’ve been to innumerable doctors in and outside the country, and have had all the extensive tests done MULTIPLE times and they all come out normal! The medical professionals assure me that they’re normal and I just need to learn to “ignore them”. Pretty Easier said than done if you ask me lol. I have also been looking up more info on Dysautonomia since I a friend who has it told me that I have a lot of the symptoms sadly not a lot of people here in Europe even know what Dysautonomia is :(
Tiffany Russell I'm so sorry. I totally feel your pain. I've been through some pretty dark time because of this and all of the symptoms. Sometimes thinking about being dead sounded more appealing than living with this. I know that everyone has struggles though. And the phrase "This too shall pass" always comes to my mind. I have found that anytime it's getting to be too much I stop and list all of the things I am grateful for. It's the only that helps sometimes
I started my pvcs and being aware and more anxious the same way, I am 17 and since I had a bad panic attack I have been so anxious and also I’ve been aware of pvcs, you aren’t alone!
@@EmilyRose723_: Wish mine would pass. 2 years now for no reason and nothing found. Pain is what we're all feeling with this. I think about being out of this life as some of us do. I don't have time for counselling to help with the depression and I just get bad side effects from the meds. I think it's hopeless to find a cure and doctors refuse to help.
Dr pl put more n more videos on skip heart beats people like us get lot of relief reading it only u can understand wt v r going through cardiologist don't understand n they just put us on blood thinner n bp tablets pl let me know if u visit mumbai
Hey doc been watching you since you started your you tube hopefully you come out to california for business us people from usa would love your help......
At how many beats of VT is it no longer “ normal “ and a risk of str oke or risk of death ? When is it sustained vs non sustained . Tremendous understandable education . Great communicator/presenter .ty
It makes sense also that the older you are. they are more prevailant because of what we know about the gastric link. Older people are far more likely to have hiatus hernia which exacerbates ectopics...
I appreciate this study/comparison but I have a hunch. If ever 20secs an American has a heart attack or stroke and 1 out of 2 Americans will experience CVD... is it possible to assume that palpitations are a warning sign to these current facts. Mind you disease causing inflammatory nutrition has been determined to be damaging to the endothelial cells in the arteries... I mean I never went to York but I have to make this connection. I feel all studies are not accurate bc what’s normal and health... if normal & healthy includes a western diet that’s not a normal and health study bc so I can’t go by those numbers bc who says they don’t have any precursors to cvd that their unaware of. Dr Esselstyn referenced a recent study in Europe and it was just to check to see if normal people had any precursors to cvd and 1/2 the study did without knowing it, it’s funny bc that 1/2 sounds very similar to what’s being said above I feel it’s a warning sign to change your lifestyle, forks over knives
You are very welcome Lee; Glad it was useful. Thanks so much for your support. It'd mean a tonne if you'd consider subscribing to the channel:-) -Sanjay
@@YorkCardiology Yes sir, absolutely. I’ve been subscribed for a while now. I’ve had palpitations off and on most of my life, even since high school and I’m 50 now. I lost my job last July and the palpitations are much more noticeable these days. It’s been very distressing as I’m sure I have health anxiety and a history of panic attacks. I’m going to a cardiologist in February and I’m scared to death something is wrong. Thanks again, you are awesome.
This year I started experiencing many PACs per day. They go for maybe six weeks and then stop for a few days or a couple weeks and then start again. I still don’t know why I get so many after I eat the increase is a lot for two hours and after two hours after a meal they subside a quite a bit. My cardiologist says don’t worry about it. I’m wondering if anyone else knows why they increase so much after a meal.
That's because your body is working harder to digest your food and your heart rate probably goes up. I get that problem too especially when I eat too much so eating lighter meals is better.
im 29 yrs old and ive been getting constant pvcs for the last 10 days out of nowhere i was diganosed with tachycardia about a year ago i had stress tests on my heart and all the other tests they do iv been on carvidol since then i went to the er the other night they took xrays and blood tests and said other then the pvcs everything came back fine im in the process to find s cardioligist to go to has anyone else have constant pvcs for long periods of time its so scary and dont know what to do
The MovieZilla Podcast hey I go to the gym, and during excercise I get PVCs so frequently it’s scary and annoying at the same time. It gets as bad as a pvc every 3-4 beats it pisses me off, just want to be normal.
@@joshjohnson2145 and sometimes i get it not every 3 or 4 beats but constantly for about 20 secs it feels like a fish is twitching very irregularly under my chest and i think that's it i'm going to die
Hey bud, how you holding up? Still having pvcs? I just turned 30 and I’ve had them 2 weeks. I super fit , Train mma, workout eat clean. All my tests show a good healthy heart and blood work. Wondering how you’re doing
I'm just going to say, when my PVC burden was 13.4% 8 years ago, I didn't "worry" about them but they did affect me. I was healthy--at least, after a sustained period of pretty intense chest pain took me to the ER "just in case" (my brother had two heart attacks in his late 40's, right? He's an elite athlete, he was on a century bike ride when he had the first one--didn't know it was a heart attack until he had the second one, I mean, what are you going to do? He finished the ride. But it gives you pause. I'm not an elite athlete but at the time I was doing a lot of distance running. Knew I had PVCs and though I felt them, no one suggested I be concerned so I wasn't, but chest pain of that magnifitude gets your attention when a close relative has had two heart attacks, so...I got checked out...) I found out I was in bigeminy (the pain had subsided by then,) which I had not heard of at that point. No evidence of a heart attack but they seemed to think it was worthwhile staying for some tests (slow day?) so, I did because I was curious. Everything checked out, but I wore the monitor for 48 hours anyway and that's how I found out my total burden was 13.4%. I went on my way. In the ensuing 8 years I obviously got older but until I started having trouble with my back, I was still doing everything I wanted to do. Occasionally I would feel my PVCs act up and if it was really bothering me, I'd take one if the beta blockers they gave me, but I already had a very slow heart rate (it dropped to 26 while I was in the hospital (at night) ran in the 40s during the day,) and didn't really want it to be slower, so I just took them as needed. Fast forward to 2023 and I finally figure out what's wrong with my back: very advanced osteoporosis, with fractures almost surely already a thing. (I discovered I'd lost 1 1/2 inches in height in spring 2022, another half inch by Jan 2023, and a full inch more disappeared before my eyes between January and June 2023. I'd be interested to hear someone talk about the effect of height loss on the muscles, heart, vessels, etc. but that's for another day.) All to say, around the same time, I noticed the PVCs kicked into high gear again. To be fair, I was pretty stressed. People don't want you to be freaked out about osteoporosis either, and for most 61 year olds, it's no big deal. But if you're active and discover you have the bones of a frail 90 year old, you're literally like a bull in a china shop. Maybe it's still "not that bad" relative to REALLY unfortunate physical conditions, but...interesting twist maybe is that, per Dr Google, the rate of heart disease is considerably higher in those with severe osteoporosis than in the general population. I took myself off the charts in one arena (when my lifestyle should have been preventing it,) who was to say I might not veer off the charts in another, potentially related arena? Still, I wasn't worried about the PVCs because I've been assured there's no reason to worry. Then my mom had a massive aortic aneurysm that had a pretty massive dissection. (She waited 12 hours in the ER before they discovered it--that's what happens when you walk in on your own two feet? And, I mean, she is still with us, no surgery, no intervention at all aside from our favorite drug, the beta blocker.) That opened up a whole new can of worms (apparently aneurysms really do run in my family, and whatever mechanisms predispose one to severe osteoporosis apparently disposes you to very flexible blood vessels--if Dr Google is to be believed.) We're still long-lived people, but still, it feels like I've gone off-script a bit, so...when the endocrinologist I saw for the osteoporosis said "Have you ever heard of bigeminy?" I was not tooo surprised, although at that point, I honestly wouldn't have said they were bothering me. Two months later at a follow-up, still bigeminy. Five months later I see a new PCP and I mention it, so he listens and says, "You ARE in bigeminy." (I don't think he believed me.) So he said, Maybe you should wear the monitor again. So two weeks ago, I did. This is what we found: 37 premature atrial ectopic beats, 56,555 premature ventricular ectopic beats, 294 ventricular couplets, 1004 ventricular triplets, 16 episodes of ventricular tachycardia, (longest run--7 beats). Worst hour 3,362 ectopic beats with the average per hour being 1,165, for literally every waking hour. (They disappeared when I was sleeping.) Is this still normal?
Just found out today that I have this PVC I’m 55 very active for my age. I’m a avid runner,cyclist and hike. The doctor and I sat and he let me listen to my heart rhythm I thought it sounded pretty cool actually lol. The doctor did say it was normal he said most of his staff had it but he didn’t.
Thank you so much for this explanation! I have one question dear doctor: could you please tell me why some people feel them and other don’t? 😔 I would be grateful for your answer! All the best!
That you for your video I have had heart beat problems going on it’s new and every time I have one I think my anxiety make it works cause I automatically think I’m gonna die that my doc missed something and you explaining it like this help my worries so much I’m almost ready to get my 30 Holter in a couple days
Thank you! This brings some peace of mind. It helps understand how many people are affected by those. What was the average number of PACs in 24 hours in people affected by those?
I don’t except this as normal as I’ve never felt these in my life till last November…. Now it’s daily and I get faint and exhaust easily when they occur… sensation of not enough oxygen to where it’s sometimes debilitating. And I’m not scared… many times happening when in resting state.
Does this study stratify the population on the basis of ECTOPIC LOAD, i.e. the percentage of premature complexes in the number of total daily beats (usually around a hundred thousand in a 24 hr period)?
In the pursuit of putting my "mind at rest" I now feel one step closer after watching your video. Although, I'm still having a hard time shaking this heart awareness with VT worries at night. Which basically equates to a fear of dying in my sleep. My background: male (45) healthy, non smoking, not super active, slightly underweight. With occasional 2 second spurts of VT, as recorded on an event monitor. Cardio Dr. Tested me for Brugada and QT Long with sodium channel blockers. Tests came back negative. So what to test for next; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia or a right bundle brach block? Needless to say, there were no further tests. So now I'm left here, still with VT, trying to guess at my future.
@@YorkCardiology Sir I have pvc .my 24hrs holter report shows 21 % pvc burden . Bigemini and trigemini noted. My symptoms. Sweating profusely with no constant time .. pls guide sir
I’m dealing with PAC’s. I have no idea how I got them. Maybe the caffeine in preworkouts but it’s not even that high. Mild preworkout nothing wild. Inwas sick with the flu in February and took nasal sprays for a month and read it can mess your heart up. Idk. Im tired of them.
All the data in the world doesn't make a difference... People like us who suffer daily with these heart palpitations... It's a daily struggle... Not only physically... But psychologically... Knowing that these "Heart rhythm disturbances" are very common in healthy people... Does nothing for the people who have to get out of bed every morning and go to work... Raise their children.. and try to live a somewhat normal life... When their hearts are fluttering... skipping... Pounding... and not to mention the THUDS!!! and try to keep it together around their Children... Co-workers... and Boss's.... I've been to all the doctors... Done all the tests... Taken all the magnesium... (Enough to choke an elephant) Taken the betablockers... All to no avail.. We appreciate your efforts... But the simple fact is... There's nothing that can be done... Whatever rhythm disturbances we have... We will have until we die..... I got mine from my mother.... I really wish she had never gave birth to me....
drape4040 that's really sad and I feel your pain. I too struggle daily. Magnesium did help me to cut it down a lot but the fear is still there and I think as long as I can't get my attention to something else, the fear will stay. I try and work on my thoughts. It's all about how I think about them. I also see a therapist because I had an ablation and the procedure gave me that anxiety. My mom has the same problem. How does yours cope with the palpitations? Have you also seen a therapist? The attention makes things worse for sure. You also sound like you have a depression which wouldn't be a surprise coping with that all day every day. Depression raises the adrenalin in your body which makes the heart problem worse again. I understand your pain and I hope we'll find a way.
I agree with daisy. It totally sucks, and it makes you feel awful, but doing some kind of therapy or mindfulness meditation can help you come to terms with it. It doesn’t fix it, but it helps you cope. I have a lot of chronic health issues and my first instinct to anyone who told me to practice acceptance was to throw something at them, but over time, I realized it did help me spend less time anxious and depressed about things I could not change. Hang in there, your condition may not improve, but your ability to handle it might, and that makes the difference between living your life and wishing you’d never been born. Don’t give up!
daisyduck520 Thank you for your reply... My mom doesn't deal with the palpitations... She died two days before her 70th bday... (June 1st 2015) she had smoked from the age of 13... She had a variety of health issues... I don't believe her palps were the cause of her death... She had a blood clot that traveled to her brain... I am healthy... I workout... I eat clean... But the palpitations are always there... Only when I've had a good nights sleep... They aren't as bad... I'm just about at the end of my rope... I'm tired of fighting this everyday... Over half my life... 19 to 45 ... These videos help... But the mind is so strong...
DarkBlue Matter Thank you... I'm just tired of it all... I can't do my job any longer because of the palpitations.. I don't play with my kid's anymore... I just sit and wait for the next THUD... SKIP... FLUTTER...
This isn't comforting to me if the study sold these healthy people had pvcs recorded. That could mean 10 or 1. That's so low that people can't be bothered if they do feel them. Unlike me, right now, driving in rural California having 8 to 16 a minute.
I normally get the odd ectopic here and there but the last couple of days I keep going in and out of bigeminy and trigeminy. It's so hard to stay calm :(
How common is non sustained multiple PACs? Not just two but lets say at least four. I've always had if not a huge number of ectopic beats then always noticed them very clearly. In some periods I have many (not sure if many by doctors p.o.v.) and a few times when I had many I'm almost certain I've had atrial flutter or something like that - suddenly heart starting flopping a few times like a bat and then BAM of it went at steady 164 BMP for at least 15-20 seconds with so much force I've never felt such a hard pulse otherwise even at heavy exercise. I was so close to calling emergency and if not dying from it then scared to death. So far everything everything is normal. Not had an echo recently but others have been fine. Had a holter at my GP and they found an episode of multiple ectopics without stating how many and what type - odly I didn't notice that wondereing if it was when sleeping? Only noticed normal singular ectopics - still waiting for their final verdict on that recording. One time recently I had some smaller episodes I managed to catch it on Samsung Watch 4 it could be multiple PACs or flutter (flutter is not really visible in lead I but rhythm was very sudden and regular). So far I've not caught any PVCs what so ever on the watch although I'm almost sure I once had an episode of ventricular bigiminy as I have a Medisana Cardiocheck (now a vintage piece of electronics bought when I first had episodes of many ectopics 15-20 years ago) and that said wide QRS during that episode - sadly I don't have the printer for it so I couldn't look at what it recorded (never managed to find the printer for sale). Fortunately nothing since then - also one of the very scary episodes I was very close calling emergency - not just because the Cardiocheck said something was very wrong but also because there was no doubt the beating didn't feel normal at all - very far from it. The Medisana also complains about arrythmia if there's normal PACs or heavy sinus arrythmia when breathing - but then all other values are fine. Fun fact: Even rabbits can suffer from ectopic beats. Had my ear to my rabbit today and noticed one.
I wonder if palpitations have become more common since the pandemic due to anxiety and uncertainty, my certainly started around the time the vaccine was brought in and my anxiety about having it (I only had the one) since then have been having them daily, I know it’s my brain and not my heart but I just can’t get rid of them 😢
