Re: AFIB and Belching about Google

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the advice. You scared me alittle with the information you found

in Google. The doctor is sending me for a persantine thallium test on June

5th. Maybe this will tell about the belching. I had a holter monitor on

two weeks ago, and also a stress echo. If I had a heart attack they would

have seen it. Did Google say it was a sign of a heart attack coming or

having happend already?

Thanks for talking to me Michele 52 NYC

Re: AFIB and Belching

>

> > I went to my cardio the other night. I told him that about a month

> > ago I started to get this very hungry feeling in my stomach and

> then

> > I woould belch so hard and long. After the belch, my heart would

> > skip beats. I figured that he would tell me that I was crazy. BUT,

> > he told me that belching was one of the signs of heart problems.

> My

> > daughter who works in a hospital's cardio center told me that

> also.

> > Now I am worried. ALso my cardio up my meds Cardizem LA from 180

> to

> > 240 andchanged my blood pressure meds. I am stillon Coumadin. Has

> > anyone here every heard of or experienced this belching thing?????

>

>

> Great, now I have something else to obscess about :-)

>

> Actually, I googled and it said belching can be associated with heart

> attacks or oxygen being decreased to parts of the heart.

>

> HOWEVER, I'm sure if your doctor thought this was the case, he would

> have done tests to determine if this had actually happened.

>

> There is a more benign explanation. Belching can be from swallowing

> air, either as a simple habit or often from anxiety. When you belch,

> the heart seems likely to jump. I know it often does with me.

> That's why carbonated sodas are not so great for people with a

> tendency to afib. Indigestion is a big afib trigger.

>

> I had a flareup of afib for about a month, and I was fibbing,

> anxious, and burping all over the place. It was great for my diet :-

> ) because every time I ate anything, I'd start burping, which would

> trigger my heart jumping. Needless to say, I ate less.

>

> The standard recommendations I found on the web to reduce swallowing

> air did not help all that much (drink out of glasses, not bottles,

> avoid certain foods, breathe thru your nose, not your mouth, etc.)

> but one thing that does help is to deliberately try to relax my

> throat and chest when I eat.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Web Page - http://www.afibsupport.com

> List owner: AFIBsupport-owner

> For help on how to use the group, including how to drive it via email,

> send a blank email to AFIBsupport-help

>

> Nothing in this message should be considered as medical advice, or should

be acted upon without consultation with one's physician.

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the advice. You scared me alittle with the information you found

in Google. The doctor is sending me for a persantine thallium test on June

5th. Maybe this will tell about the belching. I had a holter monitor on

two weeks ago, and also a stress echo. If I had a heart attack they would

have seen it. Did Google say it was a sign of a heart attack coming or

having happend already?

Thanks for talking to me Michele 52 NYC

Re: AFIB and Belching

>

> > I went to my cardio the other night. I told him that about a month

> > ago I started to get this very hungry feeling in my stomach and

> then

> > I woould belch so hard and long. After the belch, my heart would

> > skip beats. I figured that he would tell me that I was crazy. BUT,

> > he told me that belching was one of the signs of heart problems.

> My

> > daughter who works in a hospital's cardio center told me that

> also.

> > Now I am worried. ALso my cardio up my meds Cardizem LA from 180

> to

> > 240 andchanged my blood pressure meds. I am stillon Coumadin. Has

> > anyone here every heard of or experienced this belching thing?????

>

>

> Great, now I have something else to obscess about :-)

>

> Actually, I googled and it said belching can be associated with heart

> attacks or oxygen being decreased to parts of the heart.

>

> HOWEVER, I'm sure if your doctor thought this was the case, he would

> have done tests to determine if this had actually happened.

>

> There is a more benign explanation. Belching can be from swallowing

> air, either as a simple habit or often from anxiety. When you belch,

> the heart seems likely to jump. I know it often does with me.

> That's why carbonated sodas are not so great for people with a

> tendency to afib. Indigestion is a big afib trigger.

>

> I had a flareup of afib for about a month, and I was fibbing,

> anxious, and burping all over the place. It was great for my diet :-

> ) because every time I ate anything, I'd start burping, which would

> trigger my heart jumping. Needless to say, I ate less.

>

> The standard recommendations I found on the web to reduce swallowing

> air did not help all that much (drink out of glasses, not bottles,

> avoid certain foods, breathe thru your nose, not your mouth, etc.)

> but one thing that does help is to deliberately try to relax my

> throat and chest when I eat.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Web Page - http://www.afibsupport.com

> List owner: AFIBsupport-owner

> For help on how to use the group, including how to drive it via email,

> send a blank email to AFIBsupport-help

>

> Nothing in this message should be considered as medical advice, or should

be acted upon without consultation with one's physician.

>

[Guest guest]

> Thanks for the advice. You scared me alittle with the information

you found

> in Google. The doctor is sending me for a persantine thallium test

on June

> 5th. Maybe this will tell about the belching. I had a holter

monitor on

> two weeks ago, and also a stress echo. If I had a heart attack

they would

> have seen it. Did Google say it was a sign of a heart attack

coming or

> having happend already?

Michele, as I recall it was talking about a heart attack that had

already occurred. My understanding from my own doc is that if

someone has had a heart attack, the stress echo would show it.

I know how easy it is to worry about stuff like this, I am a champion

at it, but I really think this is not the case for you, not only

because of the stress echo results, and the frequency of belching

from anxiety, but also I am sure if your doc had the slightest

thought that you were in danger he would have you in the ER even as

we speak. The fact that he hasn't means you can relax, I think.

[Guest guest]

> Thanks for the advice. You scared me alittle with the information

you found

> in Google. The doctor is sending me for a persantine thallium test

on June

> 5th. Maybe this will tell about the belching. I had a holter

monitor on

> two weeks ago, and also a stress echo. If I had a heart attack

they would

> have seen it. Did Google say it was a sign of a heart attack

coming or

> having happend already?

Michele, as I recall it was talking about a heart attack that had

already occurred. My understanding from my own doc is that if

someone has had a heart attack, the stress echo would show it.

I know how easy it is to worry about stuff like this, I am a champion

at it, but I really think this is not the case for you, not only

because of the stress echo results, and the frequency of belching

from anxiety, but also I am sure if your doc had the slightest

thought that you were in danger he would have you in the ER even as

we speak. The fact that he hasn't means you can relax, I think.