Leads Unattached

Hi All,

My 33mths old son likes jumping and playing, can his jumping activities contribute to leads being unattached? He is quite active and I'm a bit concern. Parents can you please share your experience if any that resulted from cases like these.

Thanks and appreciate your feedback.

2 Comments

Difficult to dislodge

by Pacemum - 2015-01-10 01:01:46

My daughter is on her third PM and to date we have had no problems with either the pacemakers or leads. The only reason for changing her leads was growth and movement of PM.

She does lots of activities. It is highly unlikely that jumping up and down will affect the PM wires. My daughter has even fallen and broken bones but the PM has not been affected.

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Isn't it great!

by Theknotguy - 2015-01-10 09:01:05

Isn't it great your child who was so sick they needed a PM is now so well they're giving you gray hair? Quite a change from when they got the PM, huh?

Surprised no one who's been through the third and fourth pacemaker swap out has chimed in yet. They must all be out cross country skiing in the cold weather or something.

Your question has come up on the forum before. What the discussion all boiled down to was, your child can do all normal childhood activities without fear. The only exception being American style full tackle football and other body contact sports. Even then the question is if tackle football would be a problem because of all the safety gear.

Basically your child would have to be in a violent accident such as a car accident in order to have enough force exerted on the leads to actually dislodge them. And if they were in such an accident, they'd have bigger problems (such as a torn aorta) that pulled leads would be the least of the problems.

After the 4-6 week initial period the leads have been incorporated into the body enough that normal activities won't dislodge them. Possibility of dislodging the leads in the heart is slim at that time too. If the leads in the heart do become dislodged it was probably going to happen anyway and the exercise just hurried up the inevitable.

If your child does do something that does pull the leads, they'll know because it will hurt. And you'll know because you'll have a crying kid. Other than that let them go out an enjoy life.

If your child does something where they actually hit the PM itself, it probably won't bother the PM as it is inside a very strong case. The site area will probably hurt pretty badly but the PM will be OK.

In either case, whether it's pulling the leads or hitting the PM case, it will hurt badly enough your child won't do it again. You'll have to treat them for a bruised spot but the PM will just keep on working.

Hope this allays your fears. Enjoy watching your child grow to adulthood.

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