Any ideas as GP's have no clue

Google Gerd and Heart Rate to find others like us or Gerd and vagus (vagal) nerve.

If all the tests you've had are coming up negative it sounds as though they have been thorough but can't find any answers. I was told "" What can't be cured must be endured !!!""" This is of no comfort when you are worried. You say you aren't anxious but it does sound as if you are. There are such things as Silent Heart Attacks which although they don't have symptoms will show up in following blood tests.  As they have done these tests you can rule Silent Heart Attacks out.  Believe me when l say that when you're having a Real Heart Attack you will know so before you lose consciousness !!! The jumping heartbeats are called Extra Systoles and while it feels like your heart is missing a beat it is actually putting an extra one in. These can go on for minutes or months !!!  and can be most distracting and unnerviñg'.   Try to stop worrying, l know it's hard but it will only make your symptoms feel worse. When your body is in real distress ie. as in a full blown heart attack you really will be in no doubt as to what is happening. Try to disregard all these niggling worries. You have done the right thing by voicing your concerns and asking questions but there really aren't always answers. I was 8 stone all my life but having  Heart problems and Chronic Kidney Disease my Cardiologist blames  all my weight gain of 20 kilos , my breathlessness , my oedema which filled my whole body up with horrendous fluid taking my feet from Size 4 to size 7 and l was reduced to wearing one of my Daughters in laws size 7 enormous Crocks. I had to have a Zimmer Frame to support me and a walking stick. My legs were like how you describe yours , enormous bright red , puffed up tree trunks and so painful and uncomfortable. I was in and out of Hospital with SVT and AF more times than I could count. I was taken ill at work so many times over the years that on the same day my GP and my Boss at work both reached the conclusion that it was time l finished work. At this same times l had also been in the Psychiatric hospital a few times be as well. I really wasn't fit to work anymore, l had done my share since l was a part time  worker at the age of 12. I digress. As l said my Cardiologist blamed all my problems on my Kidney Disease and my Nephrologist blamed all my problems on my Heart Disease. I had my first heart attack when l was 62 ( and in ASDA !!! ) l knew straight away what was happening, l'm not a sweaty woman but my whole body from top of my head to tips of my toes was absolutely saturated with sweat , so much fluid just pouring out of every pore !!!  The pain up my neck, through my jaws, teeth, throat , tongue and chest was horrendous. I couldn't breathe. The Ambulance came , so l'm told, l hadn't much recollection of what was happening, all l clearly recall is this fantastic feeling of peace in my brain , then absolutely nothing for hours.  I woke up to hear a Doctor telling me that l was having a heart attack and that l'd had Cardiac Arrest !!!  There were two large patches of Elastoplast on my chest where they had Defribed me. I recall having an injection to stop blood clots and my ex husband and one of our Daughters sat by me. I remember the Doctor remarking that even though l was very poorly l was making him laugh !!!!14 months after this l had a Heart Ablation in Manchester. My Heart had developed rogue  electrical pathways which confused the beating of the chambers of my heart.  I had a line with a camera and a Laser on it inserted in my right groin and threaded up inside my body and across to my heart. Then the Surgeon Lasered out those electrical pathways. I carried on with my life. My Kidney Disease was worsening and l had put such a lot of weight on especially with fluid retention, Approx 3 and a half years later on my 66 birthday, we were on our way to ASDA for shopping when l had my 2nd Major Heart Attack. I can't remember anything . I was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital where a marvellous Heart Surgeon performed a Triple Heart By Pass and repaired my Main Aorta whic he said had been leaking for 20 years. It still has a very tiny leak now. I was extremely poorly for quite a while. They'd had a Dialysis team in theatre in case my Kidneys failed , luckily they held out. I had to have 3 pints blood transfusion and as l'm Rare blood group of Rhesus D Negative l have always been grateful,for that. Now after all this with years of Angina l thought l would be free of it and ok. But about 9 months after my By Passes l began to have chronic Angina again !!!  It turned out after ANOTHER Angiogram that my 4th Artery which had been perfectly clear when the others were by passed had clogged up something awful and the doctors were astounded at the speed it had clogged up. I went back into Blackpool Hospital and the surgeon inserted a. Polylactide Biodegradable Scaffold into my 4th Artery ( a Scaffold is the latest most efficient, long lasting and modern kind of Stent )  l still have times when my heart plays up. But l had more trouble with my leg( they take a vein from  the full length of my left leg and divided it into 3 to make the by pass arteries ) l have lost a lot of feeling and sensation in that area as the nerves were damaged  when it was removed.  I was so poorly and unable to eat much at all for quite a while l lost 20 kilos and could do away with that horrible Zimmer frame. I could walk under my own steam again !!!!   I have got End Stage 5 Kidney Disease, but as l'm 70 l'm not on the Transplant list. I have Kidney Dialysis 3 days a week moor approx 6 hours. I have been Bi Polar all my  also have Borderline Personality Disorder. I have got Bad Arthritis in my hips knees and degenerating thinning of my discs in my spine. I have been in the Psychiatric Hospital a number of times but l have worked all my life. My ex husband and l had 3 lovely Children who are 49, 43, and 38. They were fantastic with me as they grew up,and became 3 lovely people of whoem we are very proud. We have 5 lovely grandchildren. I have the best Family and Friends in the world.

 

what antibiotic did you take?

There are two possible factors that could affect your response to an adverse reaction to an antibiotic:

1. Females have longer QT heart intervals (obervable from an ecg) than men, averaging about 480 milliseconds (men average about 440 milliseconds).

2. This makes them more vulnerable to QT prolonging drugs - antibiiotics being amongst the major culprits.

Your QT interval should be easily readable from an ecg trace by someone who knows where the interval starts and ends. The ecg should be taken as close to 60 beats per second (i.e. in a relaxed state) or derived from a digital ecg machine that can compensate for your heart rate - this should produce a corrected QT called QTc.

Heart beat irregularities are more likely to occur when your QT interval plus the QT prolongation of your antibiotic are greater than 500 milliseconds.

Your medical professionals should at least eliminate this possibility rather than dismiss this as just one of those things beyond their reasoning

 

you need to find out what you were prescribed. It is possible that you have been floxed. This is a bad reaction to an antibiotic of the fluoro quinolone class. Cardiac problems are possible. I myself have had this. There are other delayed reactions possible too like tendonitis and neuropathies. You really must find out if you have had this as a firther exposure to any antibiotic in this class must be avoided like the plague.