Heart palpitations/ low heart rate

Has anyone experienced heart palpitations low heart rate, dizziness and shortness of breath as herxing with bartonella/babesia I usually get a low heart rate at night when laying down in the low 50s which my normal is usually 60s -70s I sometimes get all the symptoms at once or separately throughout the day I’ve been on and off herxing for about 3 days now and it usually gets the worst right before I go to sleep. I’ve also started a keto diet so I don’t know if it has anything to do with it. Also Spring in my area is full of pollen so I also don’t know if I’m herxing from this. Any tips on how to stop the low heart rate and palpitations those are the most worrisome symptoms.

it seems to be very common - with bartonella in particular

i am male around 50 years old - with lyme and bart - i had severe palpitations - which got worse - then resolved with treatment

my partner - was female - same age - had low blood pressure - low heart rate - occasional fainting - and palpitations - same infections. hers also seemed to resolve as she recovered from the disease.

I used to get similar symptoms w Lyme and babesia, but also from fasting. As w fasting, keto diets seem to mess with electrolytes and that can make your heart act funny.

If you don't have high blood pressure, then you might try deliberately adding more salt into your diet.. like an extra tablespoon a day in your food/water. Some people on a keto diet will supplement other electrolyte as well, but I think it's important to get the ratios right.

Had you experienced these symptoms at all prior to the keto diet, or prior to treating bartonella/babesia?

its usually the start of the magnesium deficiency but can be scary. most infected persons have a branch bundle block on the nerves of the heart probably caused from the constriction of the microvasculature , due to bartonella like garzie said . if you're concerned you should get a xray to see how enlarged it has become and get a ekg just to make sure your fireing on all cylinders w/o any valve prolapse (inflammation of mitral) ...keep us posted

the dizziness and low bp was hpa axis and adrenal exhaustion. one can buy an inhaled synthetic aldosterone if the pots gets too bad . i just would chew raw licorice if i had to go somewhere or be social . it may have something to due with the no2 levels made by microbiome in gut (l planterium ) seemed to help after tx

Post Edited (bluelyme) : 5/14/2023 6:22:38 AM (GMT-8)