Skipped heartbeats.

[Oopsie]

I have had this for over 20 years and know it is benign and common. Nevertheless, it affects one's social life as it is unpleasant and scary.
I have also noticed over the years that if I have 2 successive skips another heart node will compensate by taking over and provide the pulses as a backup.

In my case this node carries on even after the main one has recovered. Instead of stopping, it carries on with pulses between the main node one's. This doubles the heart rate into tachycardia and I feel dizy and have chest discomfort.

I have learned to reverse it in minutes by some physical maneuvers but yesterday I could not. I could not feel a pulse in my wrist or neck at all. The pulse was too weak. My BP monitor showed a pulse of 160 and BP of 90/70.

Kept doing the maneuvers to no avail. After 5 hours it just reverted back to normal on its own. Rather frightening especially for my wife that was freaking out.

Anyone get this?

 

[V1985]

I have not experienced this as yet. I would suggest going to see your Doctor as a precautionary measure, as it could be one of many things that is causing your heart to beat like that. Does your family have a history of heart disease?

 

[biometrics]

Posted a few weeks ago:

I have a condition called Ventricular Extrasystole, basically all the chambers of the heart contracting at the same time (if I understand it correctly). But I only have one a minute so it's not considered dangerous. I'm not even aware of it. So no meds or ops thankfully.

This was newly diagnosed and news to me, was never aware of it. But when I think of it I think I can feel it and it freaks me out. Now that you mentioned it I'm feeling all weird in my skin again. It passes though.

Apparently I probably always had it but because doctors tend to measure your pulse over 15 seconds rather than a minute it was always missed.

 

[B@rrels]

I had the same missed beats and went for an ECG with a cardioligist and he said,as you said, not life threatening but soon after that test it jumped back to normal...happy as larry

 

[Defib]

Have an ecg done, you may have a heart block. The tachycardia with low BP is a warning of sorts for compensation. However perfusion pressure for vital organs is at 90mmHG and up which clearly you have. Saying that you u mentioned dizzy which could mean a drop in BP due to a heartblock. Please don't go to your GP, spend the extra on cardiologist. Sounds like you have one? If in CT I can suggest?

 

[halfmoonforever]

sounds like sarcoidosis or slow-growing cancer in your brain

 

[maumau]

Would a pacemaker help?

 

[Oopsie]

I have spent a week in a private hospital and numerous tests were done. Nothing untoward was found except for a low HB of 50. At that low HB, a missed beat will mean the heart stopped for over 2 seconds. This I can feel as a strange chest discomfort and instant panic. It can lead to blood clots but I take Aspirin daily to prevent it.
My wife also has skipped heart beats but she does not notice them as her normal HB rate is a fast 80 bpm.

I had a friend who always looked tired and after 2 years he told me that he has a pulse of 160. Then it clicked and I told him he has a rogue pulse from another node that doubles his HB.
This was confirmed at Groote Schuur (sic) and they snipped the node with a laser. He is now a happy chappy with a HB of 80.

 

[Thor]

I don't experience this but I do know I have a very low heartbeat mine is below 55 bpm and if I do any exercise it will rocket up fast, but will come down equally as fast as soon as I stop.

Very weird

 

[Defib]

Obviously going from a resting to exercise will increase the heart rate hence the term cardio exercise

 

[Defib]

I have spent a week in a private hospital and numerous tests were done. Nothing untoward was found except for a low HB of 50. At that low HB, a missed beat will mean the heart stopped for over 2 seconds. This I can feel as a strange chest discomfort and instant panic. It can lead to blood clots but I take Aspirin daily to prevent it.
My wife also has skipped heart beats but she does not notice them as her normal HB rate is a fast 80 bpm.

I had a friend who always looked tired and after 2 years he told me that he has a pulse of 160. Then it clicked and I told him he has a rogue pulse from another node that doubles his HB.
This was confirmed at Groote Schuur (sic) and they snipped the node with a laser. He is now a happy chappy with a HB of 80.

Ablasion for accessory pathways is common in Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome but the HR goes above 180 to 200

 

[Thor]

Obviously going from a resting to exercise will increase the heart rate hence the term cardio exercise

Resting heart rate at 55

Do an exercise hits 190—200 VERY quickly, stop the exercise and within minutes it's back at 55.


Normally tour heart first of all does not have a resting heart rate of 55 and secondly when you do exercises it will gradually climb and gradually go down again.

 

[Beachless]

Do you do cardio exercise?

Regular exercise normally helps to stabilize and strenghen your hearbeat.

 

[halfmoonforever]

Maybe OP is just in love.