Superventiculartachycardia aka svt

My son had this when he was super tiny. Very scary stuff. When he went to the ER, they did a shock treatment of an ice bag over his face in an attempt to "reset" his heartbeat. I recall the doctor saying something about a similar effect by jumping in cold water.

However, be in touch with your cardiologist in order to have coping mechanisms for attacks. My son took propanelol (generic for Indurol) for 1 year to help the second electrical impluse line atrophy, and thus become ineffective. But, have a convo with your cardiologist.

Good luck!

Does anyone else deal with this? Mine is very mild. Lately, my heart hasn't been feeling well (yes, I can tell when its not right...get a funny feeling)......and with my SVT, I'm scared of getting it up a rapid beat.....It can get a rapid beat on its on when I'm just resting....

Any suggestions?

The correct term is supraventricular tachycardia. You can try bearing down (like trying to have a bm) or sometimes drinking something very cold like a fruit slush can convert this to a normal rhythm. Have you ever seen a Cardiologist for this condition?

I had it when I was in college. I believe it was caused by stress, dehydration and consuming too much caffeine. This combination caused the initial incident. Subsequent incidents, which were much milder, seemed to happen partially because I was so worried it would happen. I was on beta-blockers for a while to control it.

My cardiologist recommended I do cardio-exercises....which I was scared to death to try. However, eventually it got to a point where I decided I didn't want to take beta-blockers for the rest of my life. I decided to start doing some light exercises and slowly wean myself off the medication. At first, it was tough because my heart would beat so fast, but after a while my cardio routine progressed in difficutly and my resting heartbeat went down....way down, almost to the point of bradycardia. I cut my BB dosages in half the next day and the next and then stopped taking them. Haven't had a single episode for the past 15 years....

I live with PSVT. My first episode was a rate of 288 beats per minute. I usually end up in the ER and they restart my heart with adenisone. Not fun. Sadly vagal manuevers rarely work for me to stop it. When I had my first episode I weighed my heaviest at 247. Now I am down to 139 and trying to lose my last few lbs. Being in shape has helped me deal with PSVT but losing weight doesn't make it go away. I hope when I get great insurance again I can have an ablation done.

I belong to a SVT group on FB for support if you would like the info.

Stay strong and getting fit and losing weight will help you get through a SVT episode better.

I will send you a friend request too.

Blessings
Lori

Proverbs 3:5-6