Are my ectopic heart beats damaging my heart
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- In this short video, Dr Sanjay Gupta addresses a concern that a lot of people have as to whether their PVCs, PACs and ectopics could be damaging their heart. My website is www.yorkcardiology.co.uk
I get 20,000 a day. I have had them my whole life. I've hiked the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian Trail, walked up a 20 story building. I have an otherwise healthy heart. I get it checked every year. I do get unexplained waves of anxiety every 6 months to a year, but I know what it is, and I deal with it. If I keep my nutrition clean, get a good 9 hours of sleep, and stay hydrated, I hardly ever notice them.
2024 (5 year) Update: my PVCs have disappeared. Once my cardiologist put me on 25 mg metoprolol tartrate twice a day, my PVCs completely disappeared. I no longer have them.
do you feel extra heart beat, for 20,000 per day??
Jazz I am I have one every third beat regularly. And yes i feel them a lot throughout the day. If I keep myself busy it helps.
how are u now
how are you now?
@@Popeye1987 Absolutely fine.
You're probably doing WAY more good than you realize with this vid, just calming so many of us down a bit, which as you know is extremely helpful in dealing with this. Thank you!
Your videos are definitely not too long. Especially for those who are worried about their heart palpitations. You are a God send - an answer to prayer. Thank you so much!
I have noticed that I often get stomach issues along with my palpitations, this can go on for weeks and then all is calm again! Thank you for your insightful videos by the way.
There's a link between reflux and palpitations
@@okpolee please share any resources. I will also search.
Thank you.
Same thing for me.
Same brother
Yes! How do you deal with this?
I don’t think you realise how helpful this videos are.well appreciated.God bless you
The best Cardiologist in the world!!!
I have learned so much from him.
Thank you!!!!!
I just want to start with a thank you from the bottom of my heart to you Sanjay Gupta (hope you reed this). My anxiety level went from very high to almost zero after watching your video (and some of your other videos). No doctor has really took the time to explain this condition like you do. Ive been having pvcs or pacs for almost 5 years, first i just noticed them occasionally, the last year they started to come for aproximatly 1-2 weeks constantly and then disapear for 1-2 weeks constantly. When i have an episode i have roughly between 3000-10000 per 24 hour, without any symptoms other then the anxiety that follows. I guess my lifestyle with to much alcohol, nicotine, bad diet, lack of sleep, high anxiety levels and an overly internal focus on whats happening in my body are to blame and has messed with my inner chemical/electrical state. The last year ive started to change theese bads habits and its going well, Next week im going to a cardiologist to take a few tests. I hope i have a structurally good heart so i can move forward with my life. So thank you again Sanjay you really made a big difference in my life. Best regards Johan From Sweden.
+johan ericsson Aww thank you so much Johan...your comments have made my day! thank you!!
johan ericsson I know, me too ! Anxiety was killing me , till I started watching here !
johan ericsson n
I'm literally in the exact same boat as you. I drank heavily, smoked, had an irregular sleep schedule, and am under quite a lot of stress with work and family. As you also said, the anxiety that comes from being aware of the ectopics can also exacerbate them. The important thing is that we recognize these habits and change them.
He is a great doctor, thank you for take your time and help us with manyyyy questions about these annoying ectopics...THANKS DOCTOR ❣️😌
Excellent Doctor. You have now releived a lot of persons with such conditions and the associated worries/ anxieties. Definitely the quality of life of persons with missed beats will improve a lot if they watch this video. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for the great video! I sincerely appreciate the time you've spent on elaborating for all of those out there like me. I really wish you the best and am grateful for your genuine care on these issues it means a lot!
+mattvmani thank you so much:-)
If it werent for you and your videos my ectopics would have had me in hospital youve explained them perfectly and made me go from worrying myself sick everytime i have a pvc to now just ignoring them and now i dont even notice ❤️ you are a star dr
Thank you so much for your wonderful advice. Makes me feel so much better,
You are a good and helpful doctor. Very kind to make these videos to relieve the fears of those plagued with mild symptoms that can concern some to panic.
Excellent video, has put my mind to rest, with my irregular heart beats 🙏🏼
I just completed an entire home workout program for the first time in 4-1/2 months since my ectopics started. It feels like quite a victory! There were some odd heartbeats here and there while I was exercising but nothing too unusual.
My problems started with a prolonged sustained SVT attack 224 bpm for 4 hours, June 2. Ever since, I've struggled with ectopics and trying to avoid having another SVT attack. I've had one more sustained SVT but was able to shut it down after about 10 - 15 minutes using vegus exercises.
Your video lectures have helped me gain confidence that my heart isn't going to stop suddenly, as long as it's beating along, and seems to be improving, I am probably more than likely, going to be just fine. The Cardiologist found my heart completely normal, EKG and echo were 100% fine. A two week heart monitor found three brief episodes, otherwise "unremarkable". So I'm scheduled for a stress test next week. Meanwhile doing everything I possibly can, to figure out any triggers, and any things I can do to reduce ectopics on my own. My greatest concern is having another SVT attack, somewhere that I cannot get to medical help. We live on a remote ranch in Montana.
Thanks for these thorough, compassionate, educational videos helping people understand things we've never even had to think about before. Thanks so much.
What kind of Vegus Nerve Exercises do you use to cut the palpitations off?
@@mase8189 The first one I try is just curling up, hold my breath, and clamping down as hard as I can on my midsection. This works with a minor episode.
My husband helped me shut down the worst episode in my recovery, using the maneuver where you lie on your back, blow/push hard as if blowing into a syringe as if to push the plunger back... I used my thumb. Blow against it as hard as you can with pressure (not air). Then have your helper raise up your legs about 45* angle. Repeat this. It took three times before my HR dropped.
Thank you so much for this video. This has bothered me for nearly a decade.
You make MY day. Thank you for all that you do 👍
Your videos have been so helpful to me. I have been experiencing them for about 2 1/2
months and have an anxiety disorder as well. Thank you for all you do! You are an amazing Dr!
EXCELLENT, wish my cardiologist had explained it as well.
I started having palpitations that i could feel about 6 weeks ago. I went to my doctor and told her i can feel my heart skip beats and sometimes i feel dizzy and tired. I am 43 Male. I also been Vegan 2 1/2 years now. I play ice hockey and basketball once or twice a week. So I consider myself a pretty healthy person. I do have anxiety and my bad habits are i was smoking weed and drinking coffee everyday.
Doc told me lay off the caffeine and stop smoking weed so i did. I do stress out sometimes due to life and also having my own small business.
My doctor gave me a halter monitor test for 24 hours. I felt fine during the test. I honestly didn’t even think it would catch anything but it came back 6300 PVCs and like 50 PACs in 24 hours.
I was surprised and it did scare me a bit. They set up a echo cardio gram for 2 weeks from today. Since then i have been having episodes. Usually bad days where i can feel my heart skip beats almost every 5 or 6 beats for hours.
Its a very scary and uncomfortable thing. I just pray that its not a heart problem.
Question is this: what percentage of people with 1000s of pvcs actually end up taking the echocardiogram and find something. I am like super scared waiting for this test. They said it was “ocassional but how is 6 percent “occasional” it says online over 10,000 or 10% you should be really concerned. The time i took the halter i felt fine. Makes me wonder how much worse it would show on a bad day? Which has been happening about every 4 days.
I am completely new to this. Any advice would be great. Any advice on how i should approach the doctor about this. So far they act like its no big deal. The appointment was scheduled 3 weeks out as well. Thanks for listening
You should also know all my blood work came back fine. I also have Bradycardia which my doctor said is normal. My heart beats get as low as 40 BPM at sleep. I know because of my apple watch thats how i found out. They said Thats just how my body operates and don’t be concerned.
Thank you for your videos.They did make me feel better.
They suck. I go months without them. And today I have had thousands
I go stretches where I get them 20k a day, and longer stretches where I get them 8k a day. I stopped worrying about them 30 years ago. How did your EKG go?
Another great video, Sanjay!
I have been sharing your videos on a Facebook page for heart anxiety suffers and you have brought a lot of reassurance and calm to many members on there.
You're the best doctor out there.
This man is a saint
My cardiologist says I should not worry about my ectopic beats. I have both PAC and PVC. Between 5k-10k a day. He said that in people my age, 30, with a structual normal healthy heart tend to have unadressed stress that triggers the heart. I am not sure about others, but I have zero ectopic beats when I sleep, so as soon as my head turns off, my ectopics disapear. Maybe its all stress/anxiety. My quality of life is not existent. I hate this.
Don't let it control you. Many people have perfectly normal lives with 10k PVCs a day
Merci, vos vidéos m'aident beaucoup à comprendre et à me rassurer quant à mon état cardiaque.
Thank you so much for this video Doctor Gupta, am so glad I got to watch this. Now I feel so relieved. I think mine is stress ,lack of rest, anxiety Lifestyle changes for me is gradually making things better. You are a good doctor.
Lifestyle changes , what you have done. Please share.
My anxiety meds is Dr Sanjay Gupta.
Palpitation, Ectopic, stroke feel, breathless, muscle tense, tingling, unrested-mind, mind rush, mind sudden blank, sweat.
Whatever ...
after listening to you... i got peace of mind.
And my current cardiologist was like... "no, you not going to die, you want heart meds? no? ok next patience, bye. full stop. bill pay, next appointment, repeat."
I really appreciate your gifts. Thank you fir helping me not to worry whilst I wait for my results.
I hope you have a great, happy day 🙏
Thank you sir for kindly taking the time to do this ...
I'm sure its put a lot of people minds at rest I know it certainly did for me ....
May the road rise up to meet you...
Thank you Dr. Gupta for providing your knowledge. Your work is very important and the videos have been a tremendous source of information and provide a calming influence. I greatly appreciate you.
Hi Sanjay, Thank you so much for doing these videos, very helpful knowing this kind of stuff. I have become a big fan of you!
Hello and thank you for your videos. I have just been diagnosed with extra systolic beats. I am seeing a cardiac doctor soon. After watching your videos it has put my mind at rest. I am not worried about this. I am retired now (71). No more stress of working at my job. I do think that all this micro management by so called ‘middle mangers’ is the cause of much anxiety. I loved my job at first but then came to hate going to work because of all the unnecessary hassle from aforementioned managers. 🙋🏻♀️
Thank you Dr. Gupta, I very much appreciate the time you take to explain in detail the PVCs that I encounter. Over the past 12 years they are becoming worse and more frequent. I use to drink 16 oz. Of carrot juice everyday for three years and that really helped. Unfortunately my PVCs came back with a vegance. The last two years I've been drinking lots of water, and now I added magnesium to my diet. It has help somewhat, but I still get many PVCs throughout the day almost everyday. This is truly ruining my life. I've seen 4 cardiologist and they tell me they are benign. My heart is structurly sound and my cholesterol level is good. I don't drink sodas, nor alcohol, and only drink one cup of coffee a day. I eat a plant base diet . I've taken low dose beta blockers and that mildly helps at best. I have a 16 month old daughter and a wonderful wife, but these PVCs are destroying my quality of life.
They are very unnerving. I have started having them all day and night. I cannot focus on anything and they make me feel tired. Im just now seeing a cardiologist and am wearing a Holter monitor as we speak. If these things are not addressed, I don't know what I would do. To make someone just deal with these things is ridiculous.
Find a new doctor, Raw garlic helps too
@@tonyawhitten650 Hi- how are you doing now?
I understand your pain. Going on 6 months now with mine. At least 100-150 per day. Doctors say not to worry, but if its nothing to worry about they wouldnt be occuring in the first place. I used to smoke weed and drink on occassion. Stopped all that, and they still go on all day everyday. Wakes me up outta my sleep sometimes. I do have anxiety but even when im not under any stress, I still get em 24-7. Some days are better than others. There have been some days where I might only get 10-15 a day, but overall, its still making my life miserable. Im considering getting ablation. Not even sure if that will make em go away. It sucks. I just want a normal heart like I had before. Sucks knowing Im only 43 and there are 100 yr old people with a better operating heart than mine.
@@jimmstixx473 Wow! I wish I only had a few hundred day. I have thousands a day.
Wow, thank you for these great videos. I've been really worried with some ectopic beats that I have been having very regularly each day for the past month, and can't afford to see a good Cardiologist. This has helped calm me.
thank you!!!
your so kind. thank you for your contribution to the world ♥️
Thank you,thank you and thank you :) you really put my mind at ease . Love your videos !!!!!
You and ur team are a blessing to us all
Hello, first of all let me say THANK YOU for your channel!!! I starting having some issues out of nowhere and they sound/feel very similar to what you knocked out on your desk there. However, I can feel every single one of them big time. They actually hurt when they happen and on the extreme side of them they will hit and my arms and entire face go numb. However, my cardiologist isn't really doing anything other than the echo and a stress test. I know you said that most dont feel them and I have had doctors here tell me flat out "you can't feel those"... Yes I flippin can... hahaha When you say a small amount of them, what is a small amount? I have a few days and other days I get the large thumps like someone is punching me upwards of 30 times in 20 or less minutes. Thank you so much again! You have been a blessing with all of the information you have put out there for us!
I was born with Wolff Parkinson White syndrome and had 2 ablations to fix that. I have had regular eptopic beat for the last 3 years which have caused me an unbelievable amount of stress and anxiety which led me to barely leaving my house. I have only recently found your videos and I am so happy I have. Your advice and thorough explanations are brilliant and now I no longer feel like I am the only person who gets these palpitations so I just want to say a big thank you from the bottom of my (dodgy) heart. It has made me feel so much better listening to you.
5 years late but I also have WPW. Had an ablation in 2018 and everything was normal for me until the start of this year, I have been having a lot of PVCs and its so scary, how are you doing?
Thanks doctor for a lot of information about heart especialy for us who have anxiety
Thankyou Sanjay ! Thankyou ,,, it’s wonderful to hear all this about Ectopics, which I have been suffering from....
GP says I’m ok and heart fine, and I know it’s caused by the recent stress I’ve been having . Today I haven’t had any cos I’m feeling less worried and stressed. 😎😁
Ohhh man talking about heartbeats! I love to come visit your videos so I can see how cute you are! I could listen to you all day! Omg! Your cuteness is wonderful overload!! But Iam listening, I promise! 😂❤❤❤ But Iam not blind!! Lolol 🤣🤣🤣 its a million omg’s 😂 those crazy heartbeats! Lol. Ive probably had them all. I could write a book on it! I had an emlarged heart in my 20s. Dr put me on a medicine called Inderal. I was taken off it due to problems with it. I developed an enlarged heart a few years later and my medicine was eventually changed to Lisinopril. Plus freakin cholesterol medicine. The enlarged heart went back to normal later on. Ive been on Lisinopril every since. My heart tolerated chemo for several years. Sure, the BRCA could come back, but I dont think it will. ❤😁😃🎉😍 whooo hoo!! Iam 68 now! I feel so old now! 😂😂ohhh boy! Aint that the way it goes! 😂
Omg I visited several cardiologists but no one could explain the symptoms am passing through like you doctor , all they mention is that it is the symptoms of anxiety ,,,, I realy thank you sooooo much for this precious video , it is very reassuring , you are amazing Doctor , God bless you🙏🙏🙏
I never ran out of attention on your vidoes because I think it's very informative. Specially if it's very much concentrated in one topic, it's not too general so we don't get infos in general form which will cover all kinds of palpitations so which wil make us all think it's dangerous in of its self. So Thank for telling us the positive side of it.
Thank you Doctor - you changed my live for the better.
Thanks again, I always feel better learning from your knowledge. You are amazing.
Thanks, Mate really appreciate these.
Thank you so much you have put my mind at rest more than my own cardiologist who told me originally the extra beats were all in my mind! I am now on Beta Blockers awaiting a six week monitor for suspected atrial fibrillation.
Appreciate you doctor! You are amazing! Thank you so much! 🙏
Thank you. You have answered so many questions and reassured me so much.
thank you. you have informed me and calmed my fears. you have helped me to help myself.
excellent vid Dr.Gupta and I look forward to the upcoming content!
+Jordan Hymon Thanks Jordan:-)
You say "structurally normal heart," would you consider mitral valve prolapse to be structurally normal? As in, if one has MVP and ectopics, it's that dangerous?
You’re the best!..thank you Doctor!!
Thank you from ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
I simply say thank you very much and I pray for your best future and more success in life. You have elaborated the problem what I face in a very comprehensive way. Thanks alot
thank you so much
Thank you so very much for doing this vlog. Tomorrow I'm having an echo cardio gram and was anxious about what could be wrong with me. I have venticular ectopic beats but still need to learn more about this. Mine are less than 1% but not sure what it means. You have explained really well and have helped me a lotvyo calm down. Wish you were my doctor!!
I believe also...this experience may help assign emotional significance, in relation to the anxiety caused
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yes true
Great video and advices. ❤️
very helpful thank you Dr 🤗
Excellent explanation Dear Doctor . Best Wishes
Very reassuring. I am finally seeing a cardiologist in a few days, and this makes me feel like I'll be better able to make the best decisions for me. Thank You!
+Wade Haskell thank you:-)
Thank you so much!
Dr. Gupta... hope you do know... you are super brilliant !!!
Safal Suri h55
Thank you for your reassurance Dr Sanjay this has helped me so much
Thanks so much Jeff
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Sanjay
Thankyou so much ❤
Youre fantastic sir. Thank you.
So nice of you
Greetings from Australia
What about when your ectopics continue for a while, up to a few hours. Like atrial tachycardia/SVT/PACs/PVCs?
oh man. thats good hear. but they keep me up for hours every night. takes me around 3 hours a night to go to sleep. i pop Z Quil like 4 days a week (which is me trying really hard not to take it 7 days a week). i feel like ill break night almost every night if i dont take something to help me sleep.
thank you for this video, big help x
thank you!!
Another very helpful video
Man -- I love you brother😀 Your very good!
Thank you so much, I have anxiety, since my mum passed away they have come back, I have had all the test, heart monitor, unltra sound and excersise test and I have pvc and the other.
A HUGE thank you for all the videos. Sincerely appreciate the time and effort to explain this scary symptom of my palpitations due to Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart Failure. I do understand them so much better now and they are not that scary anymore.
Hello Doctor! thank you very much this is a very useful video! Greetings from Singapore.
I have shared. THANK YOU!
I understood that ablation does not fix PVC's. At least that's what my doctor told me.
U r doing a great job sir.thanks for ur very useful videos 🙏🏻
someone please help!! i have a 14 percent PVCs. i am 22 years old and very healthy. i have no family history of heart problems, i exercise, don’t drink caffeine or pop, not on any medication, my echo was good, and FOUR cardiologists don’t know what’s causing it! it started a month ago.
Same here 22 :(
Same i have 12.66%
How u feel now
Same!
great video. thanks
Thankyou so much doctor..You are great..❤️
Thank you Doc, very reassuring.
Thank you for this video doctor you always make us feel soooo much better god bless you
Mine often seem to be related to my hypothyroid condition - if that's not managed then the ectopics come back; when thyroxine is too low or too high. Thanks for your reassuring videos...
Your videos are so reassuring 😊🤗
great video wow thanks sanjay from new Zealand
Tranks dr i appreciate you making this videos.
Ahh, here's the answer. Sleep better. Eat better. Exercise more.
That is what works for me. Particularly not having heavy meals. That is my number one trigger.
Hi again, may I just ask , do you get a lot of women with these , mine started at the age of 26 , and found around ovulation they were worse , then I hit 35 and boom ended up in hospital every time I ovulated , it was reckin my life , fast foward to now , seen professor studd in London, and we found a link with progestrone!! It got to the PIONT I had these beats for 2 days none stop ! I eaven was put on the cardiac ward , all in synus rythem thank god , anyway I had a full hystorectomy last March . And they stopped 👌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼 still get the odd one in the day and night , but I think hormones can play a part ! Now on biodentical estrogen no progestrone, and feeling very well , just thought I would share that with you , I was getting fluttering, skipped beats , Svt , was horrible, I had echo and have a implant loop in to keep an eye on things , but all normal , but if I turn quick or bend over I sometimes get them , like my heart has the hiccups, but progestrone made mine worse x
Just thought this might help other woman x
+Samantha Lee O and you dr 😉👍🏼
Thank you for your videos. Very useful.
Thank you so much doctor 🙏
Thank you for the video!
+NimCross Thanks Nim
I’m confused. I’ve talked to 3 other cardiologists that said skipped beats, no matter how many you get won’t do anything to your heart. Sometimes bigeminy is someone’s regular heart rhythm. So if this is the case how can this person survive?
All he is saying in the video is that A FEW people (very low number), MAY have weakening of the heart if they have thousands of ectopics per day for years on end. Which means that most people will not have weakened hearts. There is a huge variation is people, and their health status, so he's covering all bases, that's all. And I have read about people with bigeminy as their normal rhythm, and it was described as a "variation of normal". The people don't die from it. I'm assuming the heart compensates for the second beat (ectopic) not pumping as much blood as the first (regular beat). However, if a person who has had a heart attack, bypass, stents, damage, etc, ends up with bigeminy, then the doctors will use medication to correct the issue.
Thank you!
Thank you doctor for this video
Great info Doc.
How exactly does the heart weaken and why does it weaken if there are 1000’s of pac’s/pvc’s? If they aren’t damaging from a few hundred
Years and years of squeezing without an adequate amount of blood on the squeeze. Less resistance on those beats and it compounds over time weakening it like a muscle
Thank you Dr.Gupta!, I am following your advise on doing EKG, Halton Monitor test and so far resisting pills with diet , and supplements
Love your videos, I am a person who feels them and suffer general anxiety disorder but since of been on a beta blocker I have noticed I do not get them as often. Thanks for all your videos.
How old are you? I get them too but i am 21 years old and in no way shape or form do i want to be on medication for the rest of my life. It starts with beta blockers then goes to blood pressure medications and from there on out you’re trapped being a customer of the pharmaceutical industry
@@fernandoestua9458 same here bruh
Dr gupta sir very interesting video explain ectopic heart beat thanks 21/12/2019
Ik this might sound weird but I love u u helped me so much I’m been getting the thuds in chest I’ve got to ekgs all normal but having this is so stressing and makes your life really different cause of this I’ve been so stressed and your vids help me so much I’m trying by best I’ve stopped smoking and excersinh more and taking Maggnisum