Re: Pound heart - bad, worse, worst?

[Guest guest]

---Unless information that is easily obtained via medical textbooks

has changed, it is commonly noted that a normal adult heart rate is

80-100 beats per minute. Extremely athletic adults can have heart

rates lower than that given parameter without adverse effect when

exerting normal daily activities, and can be even lower when asleep.

Medications, activity level, anxiety, other hidden medical conditions

etc., can affect the heart rate. I suggest that if this is of

concern to you and it is accompanied by other symptoms such as

shortness of breath, dizzyness, and the like, a visit to the MD is

appropriate. Do not assume that it is part of Achalasia until you

have it completely ruled out. It can be quite disconcerting not to

know and asking laypeople's opinions can be a very dangerous

situation for you. Please see your doctor. Good luck.

Jo from South Florida

In achalasia , " evgoeth " <evitavangoethem@h...> wrote:

>

> And what about that pounding heart?

> I read that in the polls ..

>

> Is that related to achalasia? Because I've been feeling that

> lately, while in the sofa that my heart is pounding like crazy ..

> But I'm not doing an effort whatsoever ...

>

> And is it a really really bad thing or not?

>

> I think I'm even worse than I thought ... If I only lived in the

> USA, things would be a lot easier for me ...

[Guest guest]

evgoeth wrote:

>And what about that pounding heart?

>I read that in the polls ..

As Jo said, " Do not assume that it is part of Achalasia until you

have it completely ruled out. " Some things that may help determine what is

causing it are: how is it related to meals, before or after, how long, what

did you eat, high carb or low carb, medications, what and when, activity,

how much, stress, mood and sleep, any changes.

Some of the people in this group have had their stomachs surgically moved.

In doing so some nerve damage can happen and some of them have what is

called dumping syndrome (food is suddenly released from the stomach). When

enough carbs are suddenly released from the stomach you can get reactive

hypoglycemia. It can cause your heart to pound. So this accounts for some

of the talk about it in this group. Others who have never had surgery, with

or without achalasia, will also develop reactive hypoglycemia. This may

account for some others in the group that have talked about it. If you

think you may have it, it is something that should be checked so that you

can take steps to avoid it. The sudden rise and fall of glucose levels is

not good.

Who knows what you have. Get it checked.

As to hypoglycemia: If you go searching for sites about reactive

hypoglycemia note that some do not distinguish between reactive and fasting

hypoglycemia, some even seem to just talk about the fasting type while

calling it reactive. Here is one site that discusses them as different types:

http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/hypoglycemia/

notan

[Guest guest]

Do go and have it checked out - it may be nothing though. I used to get this pounding heart when I lay on my left side. I had an Eccograph, and Andiogram, and walked round with a portable ECG attached to me, but they never found anything. Now we suspect it was the weight of the distended oesophageal diverticulum [pouch] that used to swing over and lie on my heart when I lay on my left side !!! Since surgery when they emptied out the pouch I have not had the palpitations again.

Joan

Pound heart - bad, worse, worst?

And what about that pounding heart?I read that in the polls ..Is that related to achalasia? Because I've been feeling that lately, while in the sofa that my heart is pounding like crazy .. But I'm not doing an effort whatsoever ...And is it a really really bad thing or not?I think I'm even worse than I thought ... If I only lived in the USA, things would be a lot easier for me ...

[Guest guest]

I have had incidents where I have felt my

heart pounding. I went to a cardiologist and had all the tests…I had an

ultrasound and my heart looked beautiful. There were no problems whatsoever

with my heart. My cardiologist said that if the esophagus is dilated, it might

be lying so closely next to the heart that you may be feeling your heart

beating up against your esophagus.

I have always associated these symptoms

with anxiety and my psychiatrist believes that when I have these symptoms (pounding

heart and shortness of breath) that I am experiencing a panic attack. I have

only had these attacks a few times in my life. The first time was the week that

I noticed my first symptoms of achalasia.

Sandi in No CA

Re: Pound

heart - bad, worse, worst?

Do go and have it checked out - it

may be nothing though. I used to get this pounding heart when I lay on my left

side. I had an Eccograph, and Andiogram, and walked round with a portable ECG

attached to me, but they never found anything. Now we suspect it was the weight

of the distended oesophageal diverticulum [pouch] that used to swing over and

lie on my heart when I lay on my left side !!! Since surgery when they

emptied out the pouch I have not had the palpitations again.

Joan

Pound heart - bad, worse, worst?

And what about that pounding heart?

I read that in the polls ..

Is that related to achalasia? Because I've

been feeling that

lately, while in the sofa that my heart is pounding

like crazy ..

But I'm not doing an effort whatsoever ...

And is it a really really bad thing or not?

I think I'm even worse than I thought ... If I

only lived in the

USA, things would be a

lot easier for me ...

[Guest guest]

I had palpatations a while back. They stopped as soon as I started taking

Calcium and magnesium supplements, Citrical, to be exact. Citrical also keeps

me from having spasms.

> Do go and have it checked out - it may be nothing though. I used to get this

pounding heart when I lay on my left side. I had an Eccograph, and Andiogram,

and walked round with a portable ECG attached to me, but they never found

anything. Now we suspect it was the weight of the distended oesophageal

diverticulum [pouch] that used to swing over and lie on my heart when I lay on

my left side !!! Since surgery when they emptied out the pouch I have not had

the palpitations again.

> Joan

> Pound heart - bad, worse, worst?

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> And what about that pounding heart?

> I read that in the polls ..

>

> Is that related to achalasia? Because I've been feeling that

> lately, while in the sofa that my heart is pounding like crazy ..

> But I'm not doing an effort whatsoever ...

>

> And is it a really really bad thing or not?

>

> I think I'm even worse than I thought ... If I only lived in the

> USA, things would be a lot easier for me ...

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