Tingle

Has anyone ever felt "tingling" 2-3" under there pacer ? I started about a month ago feeling it and it comes and goes, no pain, just like a little electric tingle is the best way to explain it.

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by Duke Heart Patient - 2015-01-06 01:01:02

I have had my PM 3 years now , no issues with it ... I emailed my doc ...

Thx

by Duke Heart Patient - 2015-01-06 03:01:13

I emailed the doc , waiting ...

Tingles

by Alma Annie - 2015-01-06 03:01:19

Yes, often, but not all the time. When I told Cardio/EP he seemed to think it was fairly normal and nothing to worry about. I just think that sometimes I can feel the electrical charge going to tell the heart to beat. I am 100% paced in atrium. However it is always a good idea to have a check up.
Alma Annie.

It's fine

by Tinkergirl - 2015-01-06 04:01:32

I feel that a lot, almost like a little tickle. I just happen feel when my top lead kicks in, I have to be a a specific position to feel it. I told my cardio about it and he said some people can feel the sensation and it is nothing to worry about.

Trust me you will know when the alert system goes off. It shakes all of your insides like you are cold and shivering and it does not stop for like 12 hours. Mine did this and I had no idea what was going on. My husband even woke me up to see if I was ok as I was shaking the whole bed...lol The alert showed up on my interogation report.

As far as the tickle no big deal, I smile when I feel it as I look at it as a positive feeling.

Good luck!!!

Funny feeling

by Theknotguy - 2015-01-06 05:01:30

Funny how we sometimes get the same question on the forum from two or three people almost at the same time. Must be the electrical field from the aurora borealis
or something.

I just answered a post for another person who gets a "funny feeling". You mention a tingle. Don't argue you are feeling it - obviously you are. One possible explanation for you.

I'm one of those rare individuals who can feel my afib when it kicks off. With digital clocks, I can tell you the exact minute I go into afib. Not everyone has the extra nerve endings in their circulatory system and can feel what is going on.

Right after they implanted my PM, I'd go into coughing jags because I could feel when the PM kicked in and initiated a heartbeat. I'd be expecting my heart to do what it used to do, instead I'd get the tickle from the PM and the thud from the initiated beat. Found out later they had the voltage on my PM set at a higher level at first. It is to my understanding they set the voltage higher to help get the leads implanted into the heart. (I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.) But in any case, they had the voltage set higher for about the first 90 days. During that time period I'd often feel the PM kick off. Sometimes it would wake me up at night. About the 90 day period they dropped the voltage - was sitting in the chair watching my tech do it - no big deal. Afterwards didn't feel my PM kick off a heartbeat as often.

Question in my mind is if you are one of those people who are more sensitive to electrical charges and the "funny feeling" you are getting is when the PM kicks off and initiates a heartbeat? At your next PM reading, discuss it with your tech and EP. I think there is some leeway on what voltage they use to initiate a heartbeat (mine is now set to 8 tenths of a volt) so they might be able to lower yours a bit.

Even with the voltage lowered I still occasionally feel the PM kick in. Was driving the other day and I could feel the PM initiating a beat for about a minute. Then the feeling went away and everything went back to normal. (Or maybe it was the sauerkraut and ribs for New Years?) Anyway, I don't seem to be as sensitive to the PM when it initiates a beat. And if I do feel it, I'm happy to know its working.

Hope you can find a solution.

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