etopic heart beats gastroenthritis

It's all very scary isn't it? I have Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation - basically the heart beat gets totally scrambled but it's been under good control for 30 years. Ectopic beats are much less severe but a bit similar. One does not lead to the other btw.

However, it took at least 3 years to sort it out. The reason is that it's pretty hard to tell stomach symptoms from heart symptoms at times - the top of the tum and the heart lie very near each other.

My irregular beats were much much worse before the 'time of the month' too - and are much less now I'm post menopause: there had to be a good side to that! Also stomach gas canmake my heart skip. It's because a nerve that helps control the heart called the vagus nerve (vagus means wanderer - like the word vagrant) in some people wanders very close to the stomach.

If your tum is full of gas or upset it can put pressure on your vagus nerve. So why not make sure that you eat quite slowly, take antacids regulalry and never lie down with a v full tummy or a v empty one?. I have irregular beats lying down more often than not - because there's more pressure on the nerve then. Has anyone prescribed a stomach acid 'blocker' tablet? Omeprazole in the UK. Works great. Rule out the simple stuff first.

Of course you are depressed and anxious! No one has explained anything very well! Ectopic beats and irregular beats v v seldom cause any other serious problems especially to a woman of your age - but they can make you feel dizzy. So take some baby steps out (as you taught your 2 year old to do) and start going out for v short periods. You've lost confidence and need to build it slowly.

You can also feel more secure by learning how to help control ectopic beats. There is a breathing manoevre 5-2-5 that's good to know plus carotid massage. Look them up on the internet - I use both and they often work. Please look them up - you'll feel 'safer' and able to do more things if you have some DIY control

Go back to your doctor - ask for the stomach meds. Tell him the ectopics are making you feel anxious and what can he/she suggest? Doctors know that these beats have very little danger and they forget that they have seen hundreds of people like this - and so know that the effects are usually minimal - but we patients don't. Beta blockers at a low dose might well help - with very few side effects known.

Btw was it GERD the doctor described Gastro Esophageal Disease? Just means too much acide in the wrong place - and you get pain v near where the heart is.

All good wishes ;-)

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