was: Heart flutters returned!!!/rapid heart rate and hypothyroidism

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I am one (as is one of my sisters) who had a RAPID heartrate with

hypothyroidism. Mine always ran in the mid-90's before treatment with Armour.

It now stays around 80 or so. The doctors would say that I could NOT be hypo as

my heart rate was too fast, despite other symptoms and antibodies.

Another problem was having bursts of tachycardia with the hypo, as well as

premature ventricular contractions (PVC's) and premature atrial contractions

(PAC's).

These problems greatly diminish with adequate treatment, for me.

Blood pressure was low, historically, but the last year or two had been creeping

up to around 130's over 80-90's or so. It now runs around 110/70.

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Re: *Re: Heart flutters returned!!!

HYPERthyroidism is the one with the fast pulse. Hypo people can't get their

pulse up where it belongs, around 70-72 or so BPM. The heart can flutter,

pound, and gyrate around, but still have a slow pulse. In fact, with hypo,

I'd say that a too slow rhythm is what causes that because the heart simply

can't pump fast enough to get rid of the incoming and outgoing blood

properly. The valves are moving too slow to shuttle it through properly, so

it skips, jumps, and anything else it can do to try to get back into rhythm,

etc.....

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