Every few months, I have a few consecutive days when
I suffer from "missed" heartbeats – maybe half a dozen
or so times a day. This does not cause me trouble other
than the annoying sensation when it happens. I had an
EKG strip done but everything seemed normal (of course,
like that pinging noise in your car, the old ticker
did not do its thing during the test). I have never
been able to correlate the episodes with any specific
cause – stress/excercise/diet etc..
Any clues or words of wisdom ? I am a 38yr old anglo male.
–jim
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jma…@iu.net (jim) wrote:
>Every few months, I have a few consecutive days when
>I suffer from "missed" heartbeats – maybe half a dozen
>or so times a day. This does not cause me trouble other
>than the annoying sensation when it happens. I had an
>EKG strip done but everything seemed normal (of course,
>like that pinging noise in your car, the old ticker
>did not do its thing during the test). I have never
>been able to correlate the episodes with any specific
>cause – stress/excercise/diet etc..
>Any clues or words of wisdom ? I am a 38yr old anglo male.
>–jim
Jim, skipped beats are actually very common, and most of us aren’t
even aware they’re happening. What you are most likely experiencing is
actually a premature beat, either atrial or ventricular, followed by
the natural pause as the cycle gets going again. Since premature beat
is early, it may escape notice, unless you are wearing a monitoring
device. The pause after premature atrial beats is less than after
ventricular, but neither is anything to be alarmed about. A much less
common cause of skipped beats is second degree heart block, in which
the impulses from the atrium do not even make it down to the ventricle
on a intermittent basis. This is more commonly seen with people with
heart disease, so your baseline normal tracing is reassuring…
General Internal Medicine
Sacramento, California
jim (jma…@iu.net) wrote:
: Every few months, I have a few consecutive days when
: I suffer from "missed" heartbeats – maybe half a dozen
: or so times a day. This does not cause me trouble other
: than the annoying sensation when it happens. I had an
: EKG strip done but everything seemed normal (of course,
: like that pinging noise in your car, the old ticker
: did not do its thing during the test). I have never
: been able to correlate the episodes with any specific
: cause – stress/excercise/diet etc..
: Any clues or words of wisdom ? I am a 38yr old anglo male.
Jim…
I had what sounds like the same thing you are experiencing.
Exam by a cardiologist confirmed that it was "premature"
heartbeat as Howard described in this thread. It also turned
out that I had high blood pressure and I now take a daily dose
of Cardizem to control it. Controlling the blood pressure, in
my case, also got rid of the premature beats…or, at least I’m
assuming a connection here. I haven’t had a "skipped" or "premature"
beat that I am aware of in over 3 years.
…Lou Vincenti