Arrhythmia

schuits said:
We all know MYBB is the best place for professional medical advice, so here goes.

My smart watch picks up arrhythmia about once every 2 days, mostly in the early mornings when I'm asleep.
Dr. Google suggests arrhythmia isn't uncommon, but at what time does it warrant further attention?
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Just get a test man.

I have a minor arrhythmia as well, but it's fine and nothing to worry about. Docs check everytime I go. Basically I have a really strong, healthy heart. It just sucks at keeping the beat which explains why I can't make music.
 
UrBaN963 said:
Just get a test man.

I have a minor arrhythmia as well, but it's fine and nothing to worry about. Docs check everytime I go. Basically I have a really strong, healthy heart. It just sucks at keeping the beat which explains why I can't make music.
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Yeah, a test is usually the best. They send you home with a little Holter device that connects with pads to your body and then it collects data for a day or two.

At some point when I was 17 or so I started getting random arrhythmia where my heart would just be beating at 2x the normal speed, it would immediately make you want to pass out. I eventually figured out how to make it stop by lying down and holding my breath.

Much later I did the test and just got prescribed a beta blocker, which reduced the amount of times it would happen.
 
A month after covid I had issue where while standing I would go to over 130 bpm then during the night around 04:00 my heart beat would drop to 34 bpm for short while (recorded by Huawei).
Had Holter for a week and it was confirmed that some beat in between was very faint or missing.
Doc advised some vitamins, to rest, not stress and it will go away which it did at the end.
 
aleksandar said:
A month after covid I had issue where while standing I would go to over 130 bpm then during the night around 04:00 my heart beat would drop to 34 bpm for short while (recorded by Huawei).
Had Holter for a week and it was confirmed that some beat in between was very faint or missing.
Doc advised some vitamins, to rest, not stress and it will go away which it did at the end.
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Yikes 34 is super low. When I cycle I can hit 185, with a 175 average, apparently that's not a good idea, but I'll go see a doc and ask.
 
schuits said:
Yikes 34 is super low. When I cycle I can hit 185, with a 175 average, apparently that's not a good idea, but I'll go see a doc and ask.
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Go and check it out, if you are in CT I went to Panorama hospital.
Just to add few mornings wife shook me to see if I'm alive since I looked very pale.
 
aleksandar said:
A month after covid I had issue where while standing I would go to over 130 bpm then during the night around 04:00 my heart beat would drop to 34 bpm for short while (recorded by Huawei).
Had Holter for a week and it was confirmed that some beat in between was very faint or missing.
Doc advised some vitamins, to rest, not stress and it will go away which it did at the end.
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Sounds like POTS, which does have an association with Covid.

my.clevelandclinic.org

POTS: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a condition that causes your heart to beat faster than normal when you transition from lying down to standing up.
my.clevelandclinic.org my.clevelandclinic.org
 
UrBaN963 said:
Just get a test man.

I have a minor arrhythmia as well, but it's fine and nothing to worry about. Docs check everytime I go. Basically I have a really strong, healthy heart. It just sucks at keeping the beat which explains why I can't make music.
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How frequently do you get this arrhythmia and how long does it last, if I may ask?
 
schuits said:
We all know MYBB is the best place for professional medical advice, so here goes.

My smart watch picks up arrhythmia about once every 2 days, mostly in the early mornings when I'm asleep.
Dr. Google suggests arrhythmia isn't uncommon, but at what time does it warrant further attention?
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Just to add to what others have said: Go to a specialist, who will almost certainly recommend a Holter monitor. Some arrhythmias are serious, and some less so. If you experience the arrhythmia while awake, you could also try capture it on a Kardia device at home.
 
+1 for just getting the test done.

My apple watch also warned me about this a few years ago. Mentioned it to the GP and she referred me to a cardiologist. He initially scoffed, saying they get lots of false positives, but after wearing a holter monitor for 5 days they found I was in atrial fibrillation almost 60% of the time. Since then I've had a cardiac ablation done to zap the nerve causing the issue. All good now.

Definitely worth checking out. If not picked up early these things only present themselves much later in life, then you're stuck with enlarged heart muscles and a fist full of meds every day.
 
schuits said:
We all know MYBB is the best place for professional medical advice, so here goes.

My smart watch picks up arrhythmia about once every 2 days, mostly in the early mornings when I'm asleep.
Dr. Google suggests arrhythmia isn't uncommon, but at what time does it warrant further attention?
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As someone that has been treated for Arrythmia for the past ten years please ignore all the advice all the trolls give you and get an appointment with a cardiologist as soon as possible.
Arrythmia can cause blood clots to form in the left atrium of your heart which can result in a stroke.
A cardiologist will do a sonar to determine the functions of your heart valves and do a stress EKG to determine if you do suffer from Arrythmia.
 
Human nature is such that a thread titled "Arrythmia" is going to attract a lot of interest and input from people with their own arrythmia journeys and stories to tell, but no comments from the many, many more who have had worries in the past that turned out to be unfounded.

So you will come away with an exaggerated sense of the probability that you need cardiological intervention, a Holter monitor, etc. given what your watch has said.

Anyway, obviously you must now go ahead and get professional advice because you'll totally feel like a sausage if you don't and then you have a stroke.

Please keep us posted.
 
Tomtomtom said:
Human nature is such that a thread titled "Arrythmia" is going to attract a lot of interest and input from people with their own arrythmia journeys and stories to tell, but no comments from the many, many more who have had worries in the past that turned out to be unfounded.

So you will come away with an exaggerated sense of the probability that you need cardiological intervention, a Holter monitor, etc. given what your watch has said.

Anyway, obviously you must now go ahead and get professional advice because you'll totally feel like a sausage if you don't and then you have a stroke.

Please keep us posted.
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Yeah, I just wanted to gain a sense of people's experiences. I've got an appointment with a cardio so I'll see. If I don't get it checked and something happens my wife would kill me.
 
schuits said:
Yeah, I just wanted to gain a sense of people's experiences. I've got an appointment with a cardio so I'll see. If I don't get it checked and something happens my wife would kill me.
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For sure, hopefully it's nothing but please update the thread!

I'm curious if cardiologists are now seeing more false positives due to watches, if they're also catching more true positives earlier, and what the long term outcome will be.

Like how mammograms are only recommended later now because it turned out the false positive rate caused unnecessary intervention that carried its own risks. We might have something similar coming down the line with smart watches.

Or maybe heart surgery is so low risk that false positives have no cost.
 
Tomtomtom said:
For sure, hopefully it's nothing but please update the thread!

I'm curious if cardiologists are now seeing more false positives due to watches, if they're also catching more true positives earlier, and what the long term outcome will be.

Like how mammograms are only recommended later now because it turned out the false positive rate caused unnecessary intervention that carried its own risks. We might have something similar coming down the line with smart watches.

Or maybe heart surgery is so low risk that false positives have no cost.
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Yeah there are a lot of 'false positives' where the arrhythmia isn't serious, the specialist like in my case just shrugged and said it happens. But getting checked out if you have the means is always good.
 
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