Heart beat skipping

[milesgiles]

A friends heart is skipping a beat every 10 beats.. checked it myself is this it is it game over for him?

[popeyewhite]

milesgiles said:

A friends heart is skipping a beat every 10 beats.. checked it myself is this it is it game over for him?

Unlikely, keep him on your Christmas card list (for now).

[MOBB]

Is he Olly Murs?

[Doofus]

It could be an ectopic heartbeat. I had it years ago, and the doctor told me to drink less coffee and reduce my stress levels.

So I did, and it worked.

[super7]

milesgiles said:

A friends heart is skipping a beat every 10 beats.. checked it myself is this it is it game over for him?

Is he stressed? Mine does it all the time… was really bad once so went to A&E. Didn’t do it once for the 2hrs it took on an ECG / monitor so they sent me home…. Started again 10mins after.

Most of the time they’re harmless… my GP caught one on his Kardia device and said it was a harmless ectopic palpitation! Got referred to the Cardiologist who said there was nothing wrong.

They are uncomfortable and still scare the st out of you!!

[Bill]

MOBB said:

Is he Olly Murs?

[Petrus1983]

Whilst I know your intentions are good I’’d probably suggest either phoning 101 or their GP rather than a car forum.

However - it is a good opportunity to say about an app that lets you know where the nearest defibrillator is and it’s literally a life or death app -

https://www.sja.org.uk/get-advice/i-need-to-know/t...

[Alickadoo]

milesgiles said:

A friends heart is skipping a beat every 10 beats.. checked it myself is this it is it game over for him?

Is it atrial fibrillation?

I think I would prefer to ask a doctor rather than a load of blokes on a car forum.

[witteringon]

Petrus1983 said:

Whilst I know your intentions are good I’’d probably suggest either phoning 101 or their GP rather than a car forum.

However - it is a good opportunity to say about an app that lets you know where the nearest defibrillator is and it’s literally a life or death app -

https://www.sja.org.uk/get-advice/i-need-to-know/t...

Not a police matter?

[Petrus1983]

witteringon said:

Petrus1983 said:

Whilst I know your intentions are good I’’d probably suggest either phoning 101 or their GP rather than a car forum.

However - it is a good opportunity to say about an app that lets you know where the nearest defibrillator is and it’s literally a life or death app -

https://www.sja.org.uk/get-advice/i-need-to-know/t...

Not a police matter?

Sorry - my bad - 111

[Badda]

If you phone 111 you’ll get put through to 999 and maybe get an ambulance depending on what you say.

Speak to your GP if it worries you.

[milesgiles]

Cheers chaps

[Crumpet]

Has he got an Apple Watch he can do an ECG on?

That’s how I found mine last year. They started a couple of weeks after a particularly stty illness where I was in bed for five days. Started with a skipping beat every few minutes and managed to catch one on the Apple Watch.

Within a week it had progressed to periods where it was every other beat and my Apple Watch ECG reading looked a proper mess and showed as ‘inconclusive’. Obviously this was the point where I went to the hospital, as should your friend.

Long story short; post-viral ectopic heartbeats. But it was a worrying time, even though all the doctors and the cardiologist said it was nothing to worry about and that they’d probably disappear. He’ll probably be given multiple ultrasounds, ECGs, maybe a stress test on a treadmill……all stuff that they’ll be able to check that things are normal. I paid private as I wanted a faster resolution, the NHS process was sloooow but probably an indication of their lack of concern and how common these things are.

Anyway, took about six months but they went away in the end.

Edit: 1 in every 10 beats is pretty high. I think on my 24 hour ECG it was 12% initially but went down to 8% about six weeks later. I can’t remember what the number is - maybe 4% - but they have a number that they class as normal.

Edited by Crumpet on Sunday 20th October 09:58

[Yahonza]

Alickadoo said:

milesgiles said:

A friends heart is skipping a beat every 10 beats.. checked it myself is this it is it game over for him?

Is it atrial fibrillation?

I think I would prefer to ask a doctor rather than a load of blokes on a car forum.

^ This - see a GP and get a referral to a cardiologist. Or pop down to the local MIU / A&E if it is bad and let the professionals do an ECG and offer a referral.

[phil4]

My heart does something like that, they're few and far between, usually when I've very relaxed. The ECG on my watch instead of showing a spike then a bump, the spike goes the wrong way, and the bump is higher. It feels like the heart misbeats.

But it happens quite infrequently, and I'm not dead yet. It does however drive home the realisation that you only have the one heart, and if it stops working, you're in trouble.

I did go to the docs, they did BP, bloods and a proper ECG, found nothing to worry about and sent me on my way.

[Hoofy]

I had that. Apparently, it was down to eating too many bananas (1... ONE a day... was all I was eating!).

[soxboy]

Yahonza said:

Alickadoo said:

milesgiles said:

A friends heart is skipping a beat every 10 beats.. checked it myself is this it is it game over for him?

Is it atrial fibrillation?

I think I would prefer to ask a doctor rather than a load of blokes on a car forum.

^ This - see a GP and get a referral to a cardiologist. Or pop down to the local MIU / A&E if it is bad and let the professionals do an ECG and offer a referral.

It sounds like it could be atrial fibrillation - I’ve been having issues with it over the last few months.

By all means visit the GP but they’ll just refer you to A&E. I would suggest skipping the GP and go straight down there, just make sure you go at a quiet time - I went first thing on a Saturday morning.

[Alickadoo]

soxboy said:

It sounds like it could be atrial fibrillation - I’ve been having issues with it over the last few months.

By all means visit the GP but they’ll just refer you to A&E. I would suggest skipping the GP and go straight down there, just make sure you go at a quiet time - I went first thing on a Saturday morning.

From experience, I have found that soon after 8a.m. can be the best time. Much earlier and they are in the middle of shift changes and stuff.

[soxboy]

Alickadoo said:

soxboy said:

It sounds like it could be atrial fibrillation - I’ve been having issues with it over the last few months.

By all means visit the GP but they’ll just refer you to A&E. I would suggest skipping the GP and go straight down there, just make sure you go at a quiet time - I went first thing on a Saturday morning.

From experience, I have found that soon after 8a.m. can be the best time. Much earlier and they are in the middle of shift changes and stuff.

Absolutely right. I went for my 2nd appointment at the GP on a Friday afternoon - he was going to send me right down to A&E but conceded that it may not be the best time, providing I promised to get down there for no later than 8.30 the next morning as that would be when the new shift was up and running.

I was still there 7 hours!

[super7]

phil4 said:

My heart does something like that, they're few and far between, usually when I've very relaxed. The ECG on my watch instead of showing a spike then a bump, the spike goes the wrong way, and the bump is higher. It feels like the heart misbeats.

But it happens quite infrequently, and I'm not dead yet. It does however drive home the realisation that you only have the one heart, and if it stops working, you're in trouble.

I did go to the docs, they did BP, bloods and a proper ECG, found nothing to worry about and sent me on my way.

Reason why you get it when relaxed is because the heart beat is longer and there's more chance for a dodgy electrical signal to interrupt the beat. Also, you're not missing a beat, you getting an extra beat. At least that's what the doc said.