Lyme Carditis

Although this forum is helpful, this is the internet, where you must take everything your read with a grain of salt. Lyme carditis would probably cause chest pains, and you haven't complained of any chest pains it seems. Rapid heartbeat can be caused by several things, and there probably isn't a great way to determine what is actually causing it.

Hi Leah,
I am the one who recently posted about the Carditis. These are the symptoms/changes I have experienced. occasional chest pain (dull achiness left chest and sharp stabbing pains in right upper chest) though they were never severe and I only noticed them in the last couple of weeks; shortness of breath with activity; extreme fatigue all the time; EKG changes specifically T wave inversion in all leads on a 12 lead EKG and ST changes during a cardiac stress test, though all my cardiac enzyme labs were normal and I had a normal cardiac angiogram; dizziness/feeling faint; frequent and progressively worse palpitations (PVC's and PAC's).

According to what I read only 4-10% of Lyme patients develop carditis, and 2/3 that do, are men (so I am an exception). Within 24 hours of starting Ceftin 500 mg twice a day I noticed a decrease in palpitations and slight increase in energy levels. I am not even a week into treatment with the Ceftin, so I have a long way to go.

I would expect that you would show some changes on your EKG if you were affected, but I am by no means an expert.

I have heart rates well above 200 with Pvcs and a squeaking heavy feeling and they say I'm ok and give me loprssor. I don not feel "okay" at all,it's horrible!