How do I know if lead has moved

Hi All need advice, had my Pacmaker 4 yrs now and these last few weeks I have been getting a lot more pulsating and twitching in the Center of my belly. My Pacmaker is set to pulse I can feel it but it’s going a lot more frequent and don’t know if this is ok. Anyone have any problems what should I do !

5 Comments

Back to hospital for check up then

by donna_30 - 2017-12-03 16:17:45

back to hospital my doctors don’t hve anything to do with any pacing problems, am trying to relax been doing abit much maybe not sleeping very well all plays part I think just don’t stopped pacing today and keep

geting like twitching feeling in middle of my body 

When I hve been befoee

by donna_30 - 2017-12-03 17:22:12

When I hve been before they have said everything is ok but don’t say nothing else apart from don’t do to much, hard when am a Hairdrsser and busy all the time. I will ring the team tomorrow and get checked if needs be.

leads

by Tracey_E - 2017-12-04 20:36:18

Your leads have not moved after all this time. After the first year, the scar tissue holds them in so tightly that it takes a special laser to get them out. It's possible to feel twitching if a lead fractures, but it would not be in the abdomen (unless you have an abdominal pacer). If they interrogate the pacer they can tell right away if a lead is not working properly. 

Moving leads

by ShannonMarie33 - 2017-12-04 23:58:17

I had a lead move out of place on me, i had shocks in my body from it, a very erratic heart beat, i felt sick, and it waa painful. It sounds like normal pacing and  can be different for others. It wouldnt hurt to get it checked. Mine showed up that it waant working right when i went to the pacer check and then got an xRay.

Your lead could make your stomach twitch; happened to me

by Meekmod - 2018-01-04 20:00:07

Right after I had mine implanted, the lead fell out and made my stomach twitch. In the hospital they dismissed it but it kept happening. Finally got an Xray to confirm.

Leads can become displaced after a time-- depends on the type of lead used and the heart tissue. My condition has very spongy tissue so they have to use a lead with a barb or something-- I guess like a fishhook? And the cardiac electrophysiologist said they can accidentally be pulled out (as opposed to gradually loosening) though that would probably hurt a LOT, so you'd know if it that happened.

 

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