Increased heartbeat after eating
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Hi, I am 57 female. live in UK and a long term sufferer of GERD, I take 20mg esomeprazole and 75mg ranitidine which keeps things under control. Over past 18 months have had some really crazy things going on with heart and chest, my heart starts to race for no apparent reason and I can feel it banging in my head and chest. It can go from my resting 72 to 118 in seconds. I have had many ECG's, X Rays, Scans, Blood tests and now waiting for a 24 hour monitor. Doctor in A&E could feel it racing and see it going fast but can find nothing wrong, they say it is just "one of those things". So I have been monitoring this and trying to work out if there is pattern and I think there is. Take yesterday for instance I was helping to chop downs bushes in garden, really active with no chest pains, or abnormal raised heartbeat, came in sit down had a drink and some crisps and bang heart raising. I could feel it pounding in my chest, it went to 108 bpm. This has happened a few times now when sitting and after eating, could it be related to GERD. If so what can I do about it and will it cause a heart attack. I will be mentioning this to GP when 24 trace is done so that they can perhaps look at tape and see if increased beats relates to meal times. It is just really worrying not knowing what is going on and putting a damper on my quality of life as I am worrying about a heart attack constantly.
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haider43332 youngatheart1
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hilary66829 youngatheart1
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Hi. Ive just replied to another post about much the same thing.
I have a 4cm sliding Hiatus Hernia and apparantely this is the cause of chest pains and palpatations. I also have had numerous ECG's and all is well.
My GP has told me that if the pains get worse then to see her and get another ECG. Its all too easy to blame our Reflux and we have to be sure that something else isnt happening.
You can be pretty certain that your pains are caused by your condition but if anything changes, then you should always make trip to A&E just to rule out anything more sinister.
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youngatheart1 hilary66829
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Hi Hilary. I had an endoscopy in January which showed nothing at all, which is good but odd as I have had severe reflux for over 10 years now, I wish it was a hernia or something as at least there would be a reason for it. I am a bit overweight and have a large bust which I suppose puts a lot of pressure on that area so am trying to lose weight. My GP just looks at me as if I am mad when I explain about hearing my heart in my head/ears so I am hoping the 24 hour thing may show up a pattern throughout the day. The docs seem to put a lot of thing down to GERD, you are right we do need to be sure something else isn't going on, which is why I am asking for all these tests, then hopefully I can at least accept there is nothing sinister and not worry so much. Take care
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