Pain from pacemaker

I'am a 34 yr old who went into a full heart block 7 weeks ago and had Medtronic dual chamber pm installed. I have had numerous problems. I was hospitalized twice within the first week due to severe pain in the middle of my chest. I was also having a lot of dizziness and thankfully with some adjustments it has calmed down quite a bit. I am still having a lot of pain in the center of my chest. I cannot take deep breaths in. If my heart rate rises or beats harder than normal I feel a lot of heaviness and the pain.I've had a heart Cath and numerous echoes. They did find some fluid around my heart on one of them but they since said that has gone away. I am Avery active person , weightlifting hiking ect and I am unable to do any of these things . I tried walking up a small hill yesterday and stopped due to severe pain and a lot of pressure and heaviness. Would anyone know what this would be due to?? 

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pacemaker pain

by ryln53@outlook.com - 2017-06-16 01:06:30

Have they exrayed to see is the leads are in correct position?  The dizziness I can understand if they need to correct the voltage etc. that has happened to me several times.  However, with all the other tests be done expecially the echos and caths, I can't think of what is causing the pain.  Is there a infection somewhere pssibility?   Hope this clears up for you!

Pacemaker pain

by Wired28 - 2017-06-16 04:06:31

I too have the same machine installed just 3 months ago for bradycardia and heart block. I also experienced pain on exercise when I started my walking again. My cardiologist brushed off my concerns and told me to keep on going. Well I ended up back in hospital thinking I was having a heart attack, angiogram ruled that out. I researched here and other online sources and worked out that my upper limit was too low and I was going into 2:1 block. After confronting my cardiologist they upped my limit to 170 and changed the impedence which made things much more comfortable. My experience is that doctors are used to dealing with older less active patients and are used to just using out of the box settings, as they did with me. Do your own research, especially on this forum, and you will learn what questions to ask when you see your cardiologist. Mine didn't take my concerns seriously even after my 2nd hospital admission so that's when I decided I needed to be more proactive about my treatment. It was so worth it just to have him sit and listen then make improvements to my settings. If you're active I think you need to be more proactive about what you expect, the squeaky wheel gets the attention. Hope that helps a little.

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by Tracey_E - 2017-06-16 12:25:40

If you have fluid, you may have pericarditis. Have you been evaluated for that?? It will go away and you'll get your energy back eventually, but it does not always go away quickly and it can be painful if it is, in fact, pericarditis.  If so, you need to take it easy until it heals, overdoing it will only prolong it. 

 

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