Frequent PVC'S

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Hi Miss Spice -

I too have been cursed with these episodes of PVCs. I am 36. I used to get them once in a while also. A few months ago I had like 3 or 4 in a day and thought that was bad (I chalked it up to my husband losing his job). They went away until earlier this month when I started getting 3 or 4 in a minute. I freaked out (I have horrible health anxiety)! After the 3rd day I went to the ER where I was diagnosed with the PVCs.

Since then, they come and go. My first bout lasted about 5 days, went away for 6 days then came back for 4 days. Now I haven't had any for a few days, but I am constantly anxious just waiting for them to come back.

I saw my PCP and cardiologist. They both said they are no concern and not to worry (which is much easier said than done). My cardiologist told me than the chances of the PVCs causing a heart attack or arrhythmia in someone my age is virtually non-existent. The worrying about them is more detrimental than the actual PVCs.

Hopefully you will find relief soon.

I have been having pvcs for the past 5 months. I feel each and every one of them. They are extremely scary and exhausting. I recall, in the past, getting one or two a month but now they are on a daily, consistent basis. I am having 3,000 in a 24 hour period. This was recorded on a Halter monitor. At the end of the first week while having these pvcs I could feel the extra beat getting shorter, felt like a little squirt bottle in my chest, the next day I had very few and they stopped all together. I was so excited and thought this may have been something in passing since my cardiologist said everything was structurally fine with my heart. The celebration was short, as the next day the pvcs started up again and have not subsided since. They are relentless and disturbing. I have literally stopped eating or doing anything that I thought might be causing this including caffeine, chocolate, sugar, carbonated drinks, heavy meals. It has been months since partaking in any of these things, they are well flushed out of my system by now, however the pvcs continue. I am very afraid to take medication, I also am afraid all of this irregular heart muscle contractions are weakening its normal function and that pvcs could ultimately turn into a worse arrhythmia. I don't know what to do! I am currently on an event monitor which is not helpful at all because I will be pressing the record bottom thousands of times a day and since it only fits 3 recordings I have to pick and chose which ones i think are worth noting. I am currently looking into home remedies. These need to stop and never return like NOW!

Thanks miss spice bomb. I understand how u feel. I have stopped consuming anything that I think would trigger a pvc but because I haven't had those foods in so long and I'm still getting pvcs Im beginning to think that it's pointless and that these things weren't the culprits that triggered the pvcs in the first place. Therefore, I am being more lenient with what I eat knowing that its not making a difference. I would however really love to pinpoint why it is that I am getting these. I think this is what is so frustrating and just like you, I cannot stand feeling this way. I'm so desperate I went out a bought some grape juice because I heard it helps with palpitations. Although it is comforting to know there are others out there dealing with this, everytime I get one I still become discouraged. I wish there was something that could be done to just make them disappear. It is interesting that u mention u get more around ur period. I have hormonal imbalances and believed that this could be something causing the pvcs. However, after visiting the Hormone specialist she explained that my specific elevated hormone levels could not cause pvcs. I believe an elevated thyroid level would but I had a normal thyroid level. Anyways, that pretty much flushed my theory down the toilet.

Hello. Sorry to hear they are acting up again. Mine are to, as of now I am getting one in between each regular beat. This is very scary as I sometimes feel like I am not even going to get the regular beat anymore and my heart is just gonna get stuck in pvc mode and adios. This is scaring me badly. Thus, I am becoming overly anxious and anxiety is not what I need right now nor is it helpful in this situation. Even my event monitor went off because my heart is beginning to beat faster than normal. I think back to the first day I started to get the Pvcs and I always wonder.. If I had done something differently that day maybe these things would have never started. I wish I could turn back time. This is frustrating and grape juice is not helping!

Oh boy that's scary! I'm glad ur okay. I wonder what triggered your heart to beat that fast? What were u doing at the time? My heart was doing pretty weird things last night to but I know that I was very stressed last night and that may have made it worse. I'm thinking back to my 24 hr monitor results and how the results showed that during the nighttime hours, as I was sleeping, I would have less Pvcs within those hours maybe half of what I was getting during the day hours. I don't know if this is because ur heart rate slows while your sleeping, thus you won't get as many pvcs, or if there is something triggering them during the day more than at nighttime. I wonder what ur results will show when u get fitted. I Am on the event monitor for another 2 weeks but who cares because really what can be done!? Medication?! I heard medication can make the arrhythmia worse than it is!! That would be horrible to think that in trying to fix something I made it worse!!

Sorry to hear that. My heart actually started racing last night to but i know it was because i was becoming really nervous. I used to get panic attacks quite often. I get them sometimes in the middle of the night while I'm sleeping, those are pretty frightening. However, nothing is more frightening then these dreaded pvcs. My monitor recorded a double one today with no regular beat in between. I heard this is dangerous so now I am even more scared. If it gets any worse I may have no choice but to go on medication. This really stinks. Now that I now the grape juice didn't work, or Gatorade for that matter, I'm gonna move on to another theory. Maybe bread?? I can stop eating bread for a while and see if that's what's causing it. I'm desperate at this point.

Thank you. That news is comforting. I had an echo when these dreaded pvcs started because the doctor was concerned why I was having them so frequently. Everything came out structurally fine. However, I am always worried about heart disease as I heard pvcs along with heart disease can be fatal. I was actually on a roll for the last 2 days I was having very few which is really unusual. I haven't felt so upbeat and hopeful in months. I don't know what is was but I felt like I was having about half of what I usually have a day and it was awesome. Until today, when they came back with a vengeance and not only were they constant but violent as well. This stinks! I was really excited that I was getting better!!

Hello guys although my condition is different than you all I suffer with arrhythmia PACs and maybe PVCs as well. However anti inflammtories relieve mine after a few weeks.

I believe and have evidence (from other forums and posts I lost their links) like this one:

http://www.pacemakerclub.com/public/jpage/1/p/story/a/storypage/sid/12648/content.do

that PVCs and palpitations sometimes are caused by mild inflammation in the pericardium or irritation of the heart muscle (possibly due to epicardial fat?).

In the beginning of my pericarditis when it was undiagnosable my PVCs would dissapear with a low dose of aspirin just like the guy in that post(he had no pericarditis or anything). I also saw another post in irishhealth forums? that some guy resolved his from an inflammatory point of view.

I am not saying that PVC is caused by inflammation on everyone but in a subset of people it might. Just talk to your doctor about trying anti inflammatories if you tried everything.

Now I have to take NSAIDs/rest for my arrhythmias to go away !

I don't take any other painkillers other than paracetomol, as you read that anti inflammatory painkillers can cause heart problems! I'm in a cycle at the moment where if I take something and get more PVC'S,I think that's the cause of them,like I took paracetamol the other day and my PVC'S got worse,so I'm nervous to take them again!! lol.. I really try not to let these PVC'S get the better of me but they do!! I think even when your fearing them,they are quite irritating and that gets to you too!! I try and explain to my husband that if I was to poke him every couple of minutes he would eventually get irritated by this and that's how PVC'S make me feel!! Especially when your trying to sleep!
Do you get them when your moving around??
xx

I have pvcs and they comeback or get worse if I stop NSAIDs. All my exams are clear(even the pericarditis doesnt show up sometimeS) and the cause of my PVCs is pericarditis. However I also had chest pain and this started with chest pain.

So if you guys have no chest pain and just PVCs with clear exams I would just relax and find a diet or something benign to get rid of them. Try to eat fruit and vegetables and drop all the garbage you eat, you might get rid of the PVCs...the stomach..vagus nerve...lungs and heart are connected you know.

Change your lifestyle, that would be my advice. For me NSAIDs and rest get rid of my PVCs but i have pericarditis ;|

I have tried ever combination of withholding foods from my diet which I thought could bring on pvcs. I have also began eating healthier hoping this would do away with my dreaded pvcs. Nothing has helped. I even looked into natural remedies but they didn't work. It's just really annoying I just don't get it!!