Hard time in the heat?

Hi, just wondering.....I've had my pm for a little over 4months and after several adjustments I finally felt terrific...until a few days ago when my pulse started skipping (that what it feels like.  Someone once told me that what I feel is really the pm taking over). For some reason that no doc seems to understand,  every time I feel that skip, I also have to cough.  It's been like in the 30s C. or mid 90's Fahrenheit not counting the humidity these days and I'm wondering if the heat could be the reason I'm having these uncomfortable sensations.  I don't spend much time outside...only to and from the car to go on errands, or maybe a restaurant or an ice cream store,  or sometime to watch the grandkids in the pool, but not for long.  After a while I tell my children (the adults) that I have to go in the house.  I've also been busier than usual as my family has been visiting from out of town.  Any feedback or suggestions.  Thanks

4 Comments

Could it be...

by donr - 2016-08-12 10:07:53


...a thing called a PVC?  That's what it sounds like to me.

PVC = Premature Ventricular Contraction.  This is a situation where the heart's ventricles contrct before they should in normal timing cycle.  Here's what you REALLY feel happening: ...thump, thump, thump, thump, pause, THUMP, thump, thump... WHERE thump = normal heart beat; thump = a wimpy, EARLY heart beat; pause = a delay before THUMP, which is a very hard, noticable heart beat that surprises you for two reasons - the delay before it & the unusual strength of it.

You may not even sense the wimpy thump because it is so wimpy, making you think the pause is longer than it really is.  The wimpy beat is wimpy because the ventricles do not have time to completely fill w/ blood before they contract.  The THUMP beat is so hard because the ventricles fill more than normal because of the pause. The ventricles pump out a larger mass of bood, so they work harder doing it - consequently you feel it more. 

These PVC's come at random times, totally unpredictably.

As to the cough - try this for a possible explanatiion:  The heart is ritght behind the entrance of the windpipe's connection to the lungs.  The heavy beat stimulates the body into thinking that something is amiss at that poin, perhaps something clogging the airway, & a natural reaction is to cough, so you do.  makes sense to me as a plausible explanation.

Donr

good question

by Cabg Patch - 2016-08-12 12:21:54

and if our temperature and humidity ever drop to those levels, I'll let you know.

 

I agree with Donr it sounds more like Premature Ventricular Contractions

Or a combination?

by Grateful Heart - 2016-08-12 12:25:39

I know I am feeling the heat this time.  The air feels heavy for breathing around here.  My legs, ankles and feet swelled up and you couldn't see my bones.  They're coming back now.  I took Lasix and I lost over 4 lbs. the first day for a total of 6 lbs. in the past three days!

I'm sure it will taper off soon.....the weight loss and the heat.  

Grateful Heart  

THANKS

by Pm - 2016-08-14 14:28:13

Thanks everyone for your excellent comments and suggestions.  I felt so much better and more relaxed after reading everything!  You all always come thru with flying colours!  Thanks again!  Have a great day!

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