FIXING OF PERMANENT PACEMAKER

Dear Friends,

Iam new to this forum. Iam in India - Tamilnadu

my relative she is aged about 30 yrs has frequent dizziness sometimes for the past few days.so we taken her to hospital , after some days she was quite normal and doctors asked her to get discharge from hospital, during yesterday afternoon she again has some dizzines for few seconds and she was unconscious on that time.so doctors agin take ECG and other tests and finally told she needs a PACEMAKER hereafter as her heart rate was very low (say below 30)

so 1st they fixed temporary in last evening and today morning she was implanted with permanent one and within a day or two she will be discharged as what doctor told.

now my query is as follows,

1.she just got married 2 month before , so she will be able to get deliver a baby?

2. she can do day-to-day house hold work?

3.she can use home appliances like FRIDGE, WASHING MACHINE, MIXIE,GRINDER AND TV REMOTE?

4.she can talk and use mobile phones or not?

5.can she walk,climb steps and do long travel?

6.she is fixed with LIFE-TIME PACEMAKER, so how long she have to take medicines or treatment?

please give me point wise details

as my whole family was so up-set because of this and we didnt expect such kind feared days.....

plz plz plz reply to my queries...

 

2 Comments

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by Grateful Heart - 2018-02-07 10:23:13

Questions 1-5 are all YES.

Question 6 should be left up to her doctor, although many of us are on lifelong medications.

There are members here who have delivered healthy, beautiful babies after they had their pacemakers so that should ease her mind.

Back to Question 2  :) 

She needs some recovery time so easy on the housework in the beginning.  

You can assure the family she will be ok.

Hope she is feeling better.

Grateful Heart

life after pacemaker

by ROBO Pop - 2018-02-07 12:26:51

Her life should go back to normal after she gets her pacemaker. The pacemaker will need to be changed every 5 - 10 years for the battery but she will have one the rest of her life. As for medications, that's dependent on how well she does with the pacemaker.

There will be periodic checks of the device to ensure everything is working correctly and make any adjustments necessary for her. Most people have to see the Dr once a year but it depends on whether her Doctor feels she should be seen more often.

There are very few restrictions with a pacemaker and nothing you listed is a problem. We have many members who've had babies after getting a pacemaker and no problems. Most people forget they even have one implanted.

 

Good luck and congratulations on the recent marriage.

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