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Originally Posted by sammyg2
OK, so I know this guy who's had two "episodes" today.
All the sudden, his heart rate goes crazy like a massive shot of adrenaline, chest hurts, starts sweating, can't catch his breath, gets a little dizzy. Some minor shaking goes along with it.
the first episode this morning lasted about 30 seconds and them all the sudden, his heart goes back to normal all by itself but he still felt a little weak and a little tight in the chest.
Then about an hour ago same thing only worse, lasted over a minute. Afterward he went to the bathroom and lost his lunch.
His blood pressure yesterday was 130 over 92, borderline high. No medications.
He's not a hospital type guy but plans to go see a doctor tomorrow.
Question time: should be update his will or is it not that big of a deal?
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As others have said, he needs to see a cardiologist and most likely one that specializes in electrophysiology.
Last Xmas I was at a party and started feeling the same after I had dessert. I never felt this way before and figured it was time to go to the ER. ER docs said I had tachycardia as my heart was racing! Gave me some meds and I was headed home after a couple hours. Had that feeling every so often since then and keep checking my bp until my monitor said I had arrythmia. Kept monitor it and talked to my regular doc and he said it happens from time to time as I'm getting older.
I went to the ER a few months ago for a kidney stone and the the ER doc and nurses couldn't get the monitors to read my heart rate as it was too low. They had to measure by feeling my pulse as it dropped down to 30 bpm. Got meds for my kidney stone and talked to my doc about the arrythimia. He did an EKG and he sent me to a cardiologist/electrophysiologist. The EKGs have always showed normal until now. They put me on a Holter monitor that I had to wear for a day and it showed I had PVCs (premature ventricular contractions). All I can say is that crap hurts when it kicks in and lasts for about an hour. Meds have helped it, but I still get them. The cure for my PVCs is surgery, but it isn't bad enough to require it yet.
My mind is a little more relaxed as I'm not going to die, but I still don't feel that great. Meds make me very tired, but I'm still alive. My advice,
GO SEE A DOCTOR ASAP!