Pains

Hello, all. 

I am a 22 year old male and in February of this year I had my second box fitted. I had mypacemaker and leads fitted in 2010. 

A month or so ago I had an episode where my heart beat accelerated for roughly 12 minutes. This was a one off but since have been experiencing chest pains and aches, weird sensations in my left arm, and a pressure type feeling under my left rib cage. These are not constant and sometimes go days without experiencing any. 

I alerted my GP a few days after this happened as it happened on a Friday night and had to wait till Monday to get an appointment. 

He referred me to my pacing clinic. 

When they checked over my heart since my last check up which was 6 weeks after my box change, they noticed my heart beat at times rises above its normal rate. 

They were unable to explain why and booked me an appointment to see them in 6 months. I was originally meant to see them in March 2019. 

They made a slight adjustment to the pacemaker but this hasn’t stopped the sensations I’m feeling. 

Whilst it hasn’t affected me massively , many of us know that constant minor things sometimes grate on ourselves. It’s making me rather anxious at times as to why I’m feeling these things and am hoping to find someone who has the same experiences or may know Why these happen. 

Potentialy the pains could be due to the new pacemaker. being fitted. It is in a different position than my previous pace maker, slightly higher than before, and I’m left with a new scar, maybe the healing process. 

I had the pacemaker fitted due to a heart blockage (uncertain of degree as I was rather naive too it all as a kid because I never once felt “different” from anyone else, and in my teen years I didn’t ask many questions ) caused by Kawasaki disease as a 3 year old. 

At times I feel anxious about it all, and any help or responses are greatly appreciated :) 

4 Comments

Anxious

by stillshocked - 2018-07-30 21:39:29

I can feel what I call accelerated beats when I pace in my ventricle because I am primarily an atrial pacer.  It feels like a speed up because I am not used to both chambers pacing.  Also if you have your pacemaker connected to automatic reader which sends information to your doctor, it may be running a diagnostic on your PM.  Mine would do it at like 2am and wake me up.  

Those are questions you could ask of your PM clinic.  They can (and probably did) run a history on your pacemaker and see any problems.  They are so sensative that my PM clinic once asked me what happened the previous Friday night around 9pm.  Which was a time I was arguing with my ex and very upset.  So they really can see your heart's activity. 

I hope this gives you some comfort.  

Lori

Thanks

by Liamjones17 - 2018-07-30 21:58:59

Thank you for you response. 

The doctors did pick up on it but we’re unsure as to why, nowhere they assured me it isn’t anything to worry about, and they sent results to my consultant to check over. 

I guess experiencing something new put me in an anxious mindset as I never felt it before, and as many of us with heart issues probably are, more wary of changes of beats etc.

the pressure under my rib cage is very odd and I will hope to get an answer to that when I see me my consultant next. 

Thank you for taking the time to reply to me and wishing you good health.

 

 

 

 

Consultant?

by AgentX86 - 2018-07-30 23:28:11

I'm not sure who the "consultant" is but I'd never talk to my GP or the PM tech if I had symptoms like yours.  I'd be calling my cardiologist or EP (or both) as soon as possible (they'd probably want a download form the tech but I still want to see one of them).  It probably is nothing but I'd want them to tell me that. A GP is next to useless in this and the PM tech is, well, a tech, not a doctor.

Consultant

by Liamjones17 - 2018-07-31 12:44:50

I am from the UK. A consultant is a cardiologist, just a different term. 

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