Here i discuss the subject of ectopic heart beats and whether they pose any danger to the patient. My name is sanjay Gupta and my website is www.yorkcardiology.co.uk
To everyone out there who may be struggling with this, my message is rather short: don't worry. I have been struggling with ectopic heartbeats for the whole summer, and it even came to a point where I would be apprehensive of going outside, knowing that my heart would produce that awful sensation. In October, we decided to adopt a cat, which we did. Funnily enough, ever since that cat to my life, all the issues that I was struggling with disappeared. I no longer have those sensations and even if I do, they go unnoticed like they usually do. The point is that if you are a healthy fit person, you should quit googling your symptoms, as it can later lead to panic attacks. For what it's worth, I had the same sensations four years ago when I was first admitted to the university. I told my parents that I was experiencing irregular heart beats, so they took me to a cardiologist who assured me that there was nothing to worry about and that it was all due to stress that I was getting from my studies. All you have got to do now is to try to relax.
@@jyotipandey5010 I get dizzy when I don’t have enough magnesium and mineral or spring water in my system try those and let us know if it helped. I been getting skipping heartbeats that’s why I’m On here. I seem to get them every time I’ve been going through really emotional stuff which has been a big part of my life lately and also get them when I’m dehydrated. Hopefully things calm down for good in my life I’ve found myself crying a lot this year it’s been rough.
The best way I can describe it is like when you go down a hill on a roller coaster and your stomach drops for a split second, but it somewhat lingers for a few seconds and makes me feel super aware of my heartbeat.
Yea like butterflies adrenaline feeling for few secs I know what you mean and I feel my heart doing that too and takes my breath away for a sec. Only happens when I’ve been really atressed
Thank you for this. My life has been miserable since December. I’ve gotten them off and on over and over and I’ve literally gotten down on my knees begging God to get my life back to normal. I ended up on this video and I feel so much better.
I've been suffering from anxiety and ectopics for 2 years now and sometimes I get terrfied and feel like I'm not going to wake back up, words cannot explain how hard it has been. I have been told they are harmless and had the scans but as you mentioned Its still easy to worry. Thank you for these videos, they really do help.
I've been suffering from Pvcs, the doctors have assured me they are normal. Although I'm overweight, and have diabetes, they assured me that they are harmless. I began to take magnesium taurate, which I've seen Dr. Gupta has mentioned in other videos, it gas minimized my irregular heart beats and flutters, but they don't come often.
Why can't you be my personal cardiologist! I love mine don't get me wrong but you have a way of explaining these things and you are so reassuring! Thank you so much for making these videos!
Same, I wore a 24 hour holter and recorded 7000 PVC’s might cardiologist said it was the highest he had seen all year (11mths at that stage) got me very worried
I just turned 30 and bam out of nowhere. Been going on for a month and haven't been living my life which is heavily built around physical activity and sports. Wish they would go away. Hope you get better.
I'm a nursing student and I've learned about ectopic heart beats, but I never realized I had one until recently. My heart will skip a beat about every 20 to 60 seconds. It will then make a stronger beat, and then feel like it is trying to catch up with itself. I will periodically be able to feel my heart thud in my chest. I've never had any problems with it and I never really sat down to listen to my heart with a stethescope Very weird and surreal being able to hear something I've learned about in school happen to myself.
Through the years I've taken magnesium and they got rid of the heart palpitations and the thumping that happens to me but that's rare and a lot of mine is brought on from anxiety and depression and loneliness and worry and things like that that most people battle every hour of every day. You are the most amazing doctor I've ever have been honored to listen to thank you so much for your knowledge in your expertise.
I just want to thank you for doing these videos. They have truly helped me in dealing with my ectopic beats. I was surprised at how common they are and how little a problem they present to most people. It certainly felt like a matter of life or death when I first started getting them, and my gp and cardiologist never explained anything other than they were benign. I think the fear is what makes them so unbearable, and your videos will help reassure so many people. You're doing a great service.
Elextoon: I understand your concern. I wish we didn't have to experience these because they're debilitating to me due to the fact I have chronic anxiety and so my doc says is most likely the cause. I hate to leave home due to these and my doctor understands my issue and I'm thankful he hasn't put me aside as a mental case. lol. It's not fun. Good info here.
Thank you, your videos are very, very good. Easy to understand. You are the first person to explain that if you have structurally sound heart then ectopic beats are not dangerous. I had a echo and they stated this, but these little hiccups are still a worry when they arrive out of the blue! Again, thanks for your time to record these videos.
@@YorkCardiology Hey doc. 30y/o male play sports all my life, run a mile almost everyday and lift weights. Eat pretty healthy and bam these arose out of nowhere. Been seen by and admitted and cleared but still happens. Im a firefighter and scared to get back out there
Wow i know you made this video 7 years ago, but ive been suffering with ectopics and this has really put my mind at ease and understand more. Thank you
How often do you get ectopics? I've had them almost constantly for the past three days. Seems to happen to me every several months. And they suck for sure
I’m so grateful that I found your channel. I’ve been suffering ectopic heartbeats every now and then and now i know that its totally harmless as I have it waaay less than 1000 skipped beats a day. I also found that my gastric problem cause this palpitation from one of your vid, and currently i’m on my PPI therapy. Thanks a lot! Your vids surely bring a peace of mind to lots of people
@@atiyakousarhongal7473 Yup. For example, I went into the ER with a heart rate of 143 as well as dangerously high blood pressure. My lips were white and my hands and feet were cold and pale. Docs discovered I had an ulcer that was causing me to bleed internally. I had to have a blood transfusion because my blood count was 6.3 which is considered life threatening (normal is between 12 and 15). When you are continuously losing blood from your body, you heart has to work overtime to get enough blood to the rest of your body. This can cause heart trouble, especially if it goes untreated.
Great video thank you. Mine started over a week ago. Scared the daylights out of me, hearing you talk about at rest vs active was really useful as every time they've popped up I've been relaxing.
Thank you for these videos, they have been a great help. My ectopic beats started (or I was aware of them) at the beginning of September this year; I had two personal problems back then, I must say I am usually quite anxious and I have obsessive thinking. At first, the ectopic beats were continuous, maybe 10 or more per minute and lasted for hours, maybe half a day. A little later it became somewhat constant, but perhaps one ectopic beat every 8 or 9 regular beats. About a month ago the problem stabilized and it was only noticeable before I went to bed, while I was reading and maybe after a meal. But since yesterday it has become something of 12, even 24 hours again, I have even notice I have just ectopic beats instead or normal ones! (I forgot to mention that they are the kind of the "lost beat"), in a continuous way. This was cut off with the help of a quarter of Valium. Anyway, maybe I will see a specialist, the problem is one of great discomfort and is an engine of a vicious circle of distress. I mention the Valium because in my case I'm positive that my ectopics are related to anxiety, even the simple fact of thinking about something that worries me, and now with the coronavirus there are too many things to worry about, the media does a great job! that single thought triggers the process. I binge weekends and that also serves to keep the ectopics away until Sunday, they simply disappear. Of course I tried to cut off the binge, and I did it for about a month, but that did not make any good, perhaps I should be more persistent in the future. To all those who suffer from this, my sympathy and best wishes for you to overcome this curse.
Iv just been diagnosed with ectopic beats, now I'm suppose to have a scan of heart, but the cardiologist wasn't worried, but because I missed my appointment, will have the scan and if only my dr explained how you are explaining very thoroughly indeed!
Same . Just got bunch of test and they said it would be worse if it was the opposite. Sometimes it feels like a fainted one and gets lower and feels like I’m dying
Carol you wont notice these skipped beats while running, the 2 main causes are stress and also a electrolyte imbalance meaning your magnesium / Potassium levels are low which control heart Rhythm if you are not experiencing dizziness, shortness of breath, nausea on a regular basis dont worry. Take a Magnesium tablet because it will control your heart beat also potassium so a Banana once or twice a day dont worry they are common.
Carol Take a vit B complex with a Magnesium supplement these 2 absorb each other the B vitamins maintain a healthy nervous system while Magnesium is calming it controls muscle function and importantly heart Rhythm.
@@Tri_sanu actually they’ve gotten a lot better! I found they were very anxiety induced and once I managed that they almost completely went away. They still happen sometimes but knowing they’re not harmful really helps.
hi I'm 52 and have been suffering with these since I was 19 it has always scared me and now I look back and have wasted all those years worring. but they make you feel horrible specially when they come out of no where if had a 24 hr thing on but never had a skip beat while wearing it . its so annoying. I've had echo done stress test all normal but it still happens and I'm still scared. what a waste if a life 30 years of worry and depression thank u for reading
MANDY SCOTT am 40 years old and i have exactly same problems. Many doctors said nothing wrong. Do sports (cardio) and everything is fine. But my heart still have extras and its extremely annoying. But if it happens very often u can have heart failure thats why keep visiting doctor regularly
I've had them for about 30 years, on and off. Supraventricular ectopics, apparently. Flecainide sorted them for a couple of years but now they are getting really bad again. I've just bought a Kardia monitor, so at least I can ecg at home and print off results to show doctors - they never happen if they ecg for a few seconds at the surgery. I had an implanted monitor until last year which did catch them, but as I said, they are getting worse and it's pretty terrifying when it's happening.
Can you explain your symptoms because I been having them for almost two year and every time I feel them gets me very scare because it feels like your blood stops flowing lightheaded and a little bit of sweating but is just when it happens like a second or two depending on how many times it skips a beat.
Oh my goodness, this is so helpful. I just had an ECG due to feeling irregular heart beats. It came back showing benign EP topic heart beats, however I was still concerned and started to think they were getting worse. Your explanation makes complete sense. Thank you so much!!!
@@juansalgado8403 i had a 3-4 day EKG and it showed 70,000 so that’s around 20,000 a day. I can feel them, there constant. I also check them on an apple watch which at first i didn’t think was accurate bc there was so many (until i got the ekg)
@@stoobystoobydoo I get them alot lately too and extreme anxiety and panick attacks ontop of it 😭 gets worse as night as most times I had the fast heart rate I'm awoken straight out of a dead sleep so night times for me lately are tough
@@mirandaholko6644 I was really really scared a few days ago. I had a skipped beat every 3 or 4 beats for hours the other day! I know how scary it can be. If you would like to talk more about it stewaroo is my snapchat and stew606 is my instagram.
@@stoobystoobydoo I laso have them. Usually when I am resting. It scares me a lot. My doctor told me not to worry about.. But when I feel it i just can't ignore. Also i have an anxiety and maybe these things are connected somehow.I really need some explanation. 😭
I’m 22, and have 20,000 ectopic heart beats every single day. An abnormal ekg came back 5 years ago but it was not looked into enough. I’ve always had a fast heart rate but recently it’s gotten worse resulting in 2 ER visits. Going as high as 165 at rest - I am extmeeley worried for my health but am trying to stay strong. It never ends for me. It’s constant, 247. I recently had a procedure that I’m sure exaserbated the ectopics even more. I did not know I had ectopics before I chose to go through with this procedure and wish I knew beforehand bc they’ve only gotten WORSE since after I had that done 2 months ago. I really appreciate your resources and videos. I watch them when I get scared
I've had PVC's for over 20 years, getting progressively worse as I got older (63 now). Two weeks ago I gave up eating any kind of sugar/honey/sweeteners and my PVC's have improved probably 75%, almost immediately. I had tried magnesium- didn't help at all. But giving up sugar seems to be making a big difference. Might be worth giving that a try if you are frustrated with PVC's as I was.
90% of people who have come here who get terrible anxiety from these, when yoy are talking about the danger thats all we are thinking about the dangerous side, cant hear the good things you are saying
My ekg showed skipped beats. Echo was good and stress test ok. Even so I developed anxiety. 6 trips to the emergency room in two months. Finally after 9 months I'm getting back to normal.
I’m 38 Ive been suffering from this for as long as I can remember. I’m also B- blood type, no idea if there is a correlation, I remember my pediatrician telling my grandmother that I had a heart murmur when I was a child and that it could go away with age, but it never did. They do seem to happen more when I’m at rest. Its what prompted me to search this up. I usually feel this flutter or thump in the left side of my throat. It does seem to be getting worse , they don’t happen everyday but I can tell they are worse at certain times in my life, especially if I’m stressed or sick. I lose my breath quite quickly even if I hardly exert myself. I do have a feeling that my lifestyle could be making things worse. And I want to start exercising more if it won’t worsen things. I really feel fortunate to have found your videos. I was laying in bed everything was pretty much fine then that happens and it’s so startling, this time it was a bit worse than it usually is and seemed to linger a bit longer. Its just so frightening. Again, thank you so much for sharing.
One month before I went to a cardiologist he made ECG and test and he said to me that everything good with my heart the screen showed that my heart pumping very well , I went to cardiologist because one of my friend died by heart attack and 4 months ago , and really this entered me in a loop and all this years was so anxious and stressful and depressed and the death of my friend was a shock to me, and about 3 weeks ago I was so much stressful and anxious and I was arguing with someone , and was angry, in the night of that same day , I felt this pvcs for the first time , and here we goo start happen to me everyday 3 until 5 time of pvcs in a day , and this happen to me ax’s rly between the time when my rate of my heart a little high for example walking or doing something and while the rate of my heart wanted to slow down , exactly when I’m laying down , sometimes this pvcs came in a row while I’m resting , I have really so much anxiety and so much stressful worry all the time about my heart and other diseases, checking the sensation of my bidet if there is any symptoms , can’t sleep normally like people , panic attack sometimes , several time going to hospital , thinking that I’m going to die , , don’t know if I should go back to the cardiologist, even I saw him just last mounts, or this is just because of my anxiety and stress and I think even I have depression , no energy, afraid to go exercise , even I was a soccer player , while my life was an athlete, was running 2 hours without stop, but those 3 years my life flipped up down , I’m just 27 years old , but holding on my back a big responsibility , I don’t know , my life turned 360 degrees, anyway who read this, thank you for taking this time reading it, and wish you the good health, and patience is a solution for whom doesnt has any solution :)))
Thank you so much. I wish I had discovered these videos years ago. I’ve been to many cardiologist and none of them have been able to tell me what my palpitations are or how to deal with them. Now that I’ve watched your videos I have clear understanding and can sleep well at night!!!
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Its tricky with the exercise, because i get more when i exercise in cause of the increased fear of getting them while having a high pulse. Anxiety is crazy!
When mine does it i always think I'm gonna die Its like... Me: Shooting hoops My heart: loading.... THUMP BA BAB AB BA ba dump ba dump ba dump Me: haha i win this round Kobe: But did you?
@@rslwannabe9475 Yeah it feels like you’re going to die, but now you know it is quite normal and we don’t have to be scared of it. Best way to control your heartbeat is Steady cardiovascular exercises. I find spin bike is the easiest Way to get control of your heart beats.
Very well explained doc. The best answer i ever got to my querry mind on ectopic and palpitations. you're such a young and brilliant card. Thanks for your time doctor!
Ectopic beats are horrible for sure, especially when your heart is thumping a bit fast. Only those of us that have had it know the awful feeling they produce. They do create a lot of anxiousness which makes the problem worse. Mine started happening when I was about in my early 30s. Had it for about 30 years now and I’m still around! Sometimes I find if I eat certain foods my heart speeds up and then they start. So all I can say is, don’t let your heart scare you
I am getting them every day and they don’t bother me much during the day but when I go to bed I can really feel them! Been going on for about 6 months now and it’s scaring me. I’m seeing a cardiologist soon for a check up. A quick GP ECG didn’t show them. Blood pressure normal. Not sure why these are happening. I’m 67 and usually very fit and healthy. You have described exactly what happens. Thank you for this information. It is invaluable to me.
It is scary. I had mine for over five years. That is until, a few years ago when I got rid of them. It was a long journey, but I cam through the otherside.
Thanks Dr. Gupta for your very informative video. In essence if one has a strong heart, then not to worry of ectopic heart beat. Strong heart means ejection of 60 per cent which will be revealed by ECHO CARDIOGRAPHY.
Thank you for this information... I've had this problem for about 5-6 years now. I am currently 30 years old, I don't recall having this issue when i was young, but in my early to mid 20's, I started having Ectopic episodes once in a while.. I was very obese and heavy an thought maybe being over weight was the cause, so I decided to do something about it. To date, I exercise 4-5x a week, and it did help... somewhat. But I still have it, it still happens once it a while... averaging 5x or less a day, lasting no longer than a minute... then returning back to normal. But today was the most I've had Ectopics in a ever... I lost count but I've had it for nearly 6-7hrs randomly every minute to once every 5 minutes. I don't drink coffee, or caffeine, as I ruled those out being bad for your heart. I grabbed a stethoscope, as I was always curious to what happens with my heart as it happens but never could catch it... Just now as I listen, when it happens I hear my heart stop, then i get large pounds slowly *thump, thump* sometimes 3 thumps in a row, then goes back to normal... during every thump, Id feel week, light headed.. as if I'm out of breath. I knew i had some abnormal heart beat for sometime, but never knew what it was actually called... I should have seen a Doctor sooner, but I always brushed it off due to it going away... an thought I was just too stressed. Now that i found this video, it has helped me a lot, I'm going to see a cardiologist.
Sounds like a flutter or to me. I get the same thing and have for 20 years as I mentioned above. My echo and stress test were normal again as they were in 2004. I was put on Atenolol in 1997 for it because nothing showing on the holter monitor. It actually doesn't stop them but reduces the frequency so you don't feel it as strong. Hopefully everything was good with your visit.
@@KiJiHoon I have episodes once in a while. It's AFib. But I'm on Lisinopril low dose. An I take L-arginine daily. I rarely notice anything anymore, it's mostly normal. But every so often, maybe twice a month I'd get an episode. Definitely not as often as it used to be.
Im a healthy 21 year old and recently got told I have an irregular heartbeat, I have a strong heart though. Im getting a holtor monitor and ill be sure to get the other tests you mentioned because it is upsetting even though they said Im fine from the 1 minute EKG. It does put my mind to rest there are treatments that will keep you healthy if you have "too many" eptoic beats in a day.
This was very useful as I suffer from these. was on betta blockers but side affect of nightmares was not nice. Now on Diliazem and they have abated the ectopics to some degree.Thank you for your clip.
Thanks Doctor! I just got diagnosed with this last week, and it's been constant every couple seconds for 8 days. I'm only 36 and tried everything at home to fix it. Quit caffeine, lowered my stress, no help. Getting a Zio heart patch now.
Thank you for explaining ectopic beats, My cardiologist never explains in a way that I understand and stops my fears,, My heart is good on the echo cardiogram but the ectopics scare me so thank you for taking your time to do this UA-cam video and other videos
I suffer from these randomly sometimes a few a day sometimes one every couple days. Sometimes they make me feel slightly dizzy for a moment or I’ll feel a thud and almost like my stomach drops. I usually have them at rest and it causes my anxiety to go nuts. I’ve had an echo stress test all is normal and a holter all is normal. Neither result made them any less startling to have. I cried watching this, I am so glad for you and this information. I felt as though I wasn’t being heard or they were blaming anxiety. I’ve been taking magnesium and that seems to help as well. I have IBS and often wonder if there is a correlation between them. Thanks for the information, you’re so appreciated for it.
Whenever I see a doctor about my PVC, I feel like doctors don't give a shit about how pvc's make me feel. I appreciate your video it is convincing and this vide made me feel heard about my problem.
Hi ive had a heart flutter since i was teenager. I still get them now at the age of 34. They can be very scary at times because they can happen when you least expect it. When i was younger i had an ECG recording my heart rhyme for 24 hours but nothing happened. As ive got older it usually only happens around 5 times a day.
Chad Janz sounds familiar the only thing that works for me is time. They will show up for weeks then on day they just disappear. Been playing this game for 15 yrs now
I've had this for years but I'm 53 now. They're causing tiredness, shortness of breath, some swelling in my face, headaches, etc. My ecg is always good, but I also have pulsatile tinnitus with wooshing sounds. This is driving me NUTS. It is now effecting my life.
Terri I’m 50 have same problem. 7000 PVC’s in 24hr holter. I get the shortness of breath, headaches, tinnitus too. Don’t know if they are related to the PVC’s or if the shortness of breath with strange feeling in center of chest is caused by the ectopics or if it’s just asthma or GERD - which I might have
I've been getting them for about a week now.. I've had them before (10yrs ago) over a few days these videos have been quite educational and helpful.. I've been motivated to start making changes to my diet and activity levels.. I also know a cardiologist so will definitely have a chat.
Anxiety probably triggers that sometimes. Bad eating habbits maybe. After all the crazy chemotherapies Ive had, its a wonder my heart beats at all 😂❤😅 whew! 😂 your videos are awesome! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎉 ❤❤❤❤❤ Thankyou, sweet man! 😊
I am 47 years old, 1.74m x 68kg, I don't smoke, I don't drink alcohol, I eat quite healthy and I usually bike 150Km / week, 10Km / week running. I consulted a cardiologist because a month ago "a sensation of strange movement on the side of the heart" appeared and that even at times it seems to be touching the esophagus. This happens ONLY in moments of low pulsations, that is to say when one is relaxed ... before going to sleep ... watching a movie on the couch. The cardiologist very confidently diagnosed "typical symptoms of extrasystoles." He sent me to do an EKG and ECO cardiac color Doppler, Complete blood count / Hepatogram / protein-gram, B12, Iron, cholesterol, etc, which were normal. The Dr ruled that "a healthy heart" is not a cause for concern and that I try not to give it any importance, unless they are extremely frequent, which is not my case today. I wonder: Do I need to do more study, or am I sticking with my gymnastics pace despite these sporadic "weird" beats that occur at rest? They don't happen every day, sometimes 2 ... 3 appear. days in a row and then 2 ... 3. days are not. I do not have Neither tiredness, nor dizziness, nor fatigue. Chest pain, I had only a couple of days in the beginning but it was very mild and I attribute it to the fear/uncertainty/anxiety produced by this sensation never before perceived in my body. Best regards.
I have been told at the ER that they think I have SVT all my test were normal besides my heart beating at 168 for 30 minutes I have to go see a cardiologist but I’m so scared I’m going to die from this but I’m scared I’m going to die if I get surgery as well Every time I have an ectopic beat it scared it’s the end This feels like a death sentence
I'm there with you. I'm 30 thousand dollars in debt because no health insurance and the doctors haven't helped me at all. My cardiologist is a twat. I've been to the hospital 20 plus times.
Dr gupta sir very clearly and easily explained the ectopic beat problem a great video thanks and good wishes u r render great service to heart patients 09/11/2019
I've had almost types of palpitations since I was 16 and I'm 47 now. I've had two nervous breakdowns due to the fright of them. It was only ten years ago I became "used to them" and finally got my life back. Many many ecg's and xrays showed Supraventricular ectopics (25 years ago). Now, for the past three days, I'm getting the extra beat every few seconds. All day. Never ever had this before and I can feel like anxiety starting to rise again. I'm so scared the vaccine has caused this.
For what it's worth I get these off and on every several months it seems. I've had them constantly the last three days and I am not vaccinated. Try and not worry the vaccine caused this and focus on your anxiety like I should be doing.
This has been happening to me too for the last few months. Sometimes 20 in a minute. I’m waiting for holter results. But ECG was normal. I already take a beta blocker for hypertension which is controlled and normal now. But these ectopic beats are really freaking me out. They happen so often sometimes that I get panicky and that makes them worse. We will get through this. I’ve had 3 vaccinations. But I remember having the ectopics before that, and only over the last few months have they become constant.
🔔 Oct 2021. Very bad skipping heartbeat (34 to 50 bpm) seems to be 98 % normal now after taking 200 mg of magnesium citrate 2x day for 2 weeks. I will continue this forever. 😁😁 thank yoy Doctor 👍👍😎
I had this twice in span of 4 years, and both the times because of heavy pressure in stomach due to gas and constipation in morning when I got up, and it went off when I did a brisk walk, First time I did ECG, 2D ECHO, which all were absolutely normal.
I developed ectopic beats 4 years ago, missing perhaps one beat per 12 beats. Then 8 months ago I suffered my first SVT. (Diagnosed as AVNRT). The ectopic beats also increased in frequency. I went on to experience a total of 34 SVT’s over the subsequent months. (I even recorded one SVT in the act of resolving back to sinus rhythm on my Apple6 watch!). But by carefully noting what bodily actions appeared to ward off threatened SVT’s, I developed a daily breathing protocol. Over the next few months the incidence of both SVT’s and ectopic beats reduced, and my resting pulse (which had been quite low all my life) rose by 20%. I have had no ectopics and no SVT’s for the last 12 weeks. (My cardiologist seems confused, I am very happy!).
Beatroot Beatroot Beatroot I experienced an ectopic heartbeat for 4 months and was adviced on UA-cam to take beatroot. I took it for only 2weeks and i have a normal heartbeat now ❤
Thank you for your video I saw my doctor to day after I had my ecg she checked my blood pressure she said very good then got the printed copy and said I have topic beats nod said it is not dangerous no nothing to worry after seeing your video I feel better thanks
Thank you so much for taking the time to post this video. It's given me reassurance that I'm OK. Unlike the information I've been struggling to get out of my GP, 24 hour ecg, results back doc said in was getting beats every 1 min and I'd will take 7months to see a specialist, only another 6 months to go haha. Anyway thanks again.
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You break down information so well. You're patients are very lucky to have you. I do have a question about ectopic heart beats and sleep apnea. Is there any correlation? I suffer from sleep apnea, and recently had another sleep study because I feel like my CPAP is not working for me anymore. Plus... I have been trying to loose weight and I am down 40 lbs. I would assume symptoms of my sleep apnea would improve with weight loss. I often wake up from what feels like a thud in my chest which I am thinking is an ectopic heartbeat. But it's hard to tell, maybe I stopped breathing from the apnea. I dunno. My recent sleep study evidently went well and they said CPAP seems to work well with me. I feel like I wasn't having those symptoms during the sleep study... of course 🙄. I am scared I have a CHF or perhaps my heart is on it's way to developing CHF. I'm in my early 40s and feel like the cardiologists I've seen just tell me it's probably stress and sleep apnea. I dunno. Thoughts?
this video and comment section put me at ease ya all, another thing, if u feel like this, if ur vision is clear and ur able to think clearly during that moment, ur fine and let it pass...in actual stuff u tend to loose vision or not even get a moment to think
Hey doc, I have found your videos quite helpful. I have had as many as 20 or 30,000 ectopic beats in a single day and while I have controlled it largely through diet I want to mention that wimhof has a video here on UA-cam with three rounds of breathing exercises and so far I have never seen it fail that somewhere between the second and third round my heartbeat will stabilize and ectopic heartbeats will stop. I just wanted to share this with your viewers
@@jane6261 ua-cam.com/video/tybOi4hjZFQ/v-deo.html if the link will not show in the comments search Guided Wim Hof Method Breathing - the video has about 60M views
Hello doctor. Thanks for your crystal clear explanation. My aunt got diagnosed to have ectopics. Ventricular bigemini. Our cardiologist. Didn't say anything except wrote a betablocker and sent us home. We were worried😣 your video was encouraging as well as orientation was so good. She has a EF of 75 percent. Age 59. Echo cardiogram showed grade one diastolic dysfunction. 24 hour ECG 20 average missed beats. Ventricular bigemini. Planned to do stress test. She has sign of syncope after 9 pm IST. Post working hours. Has sign of fatigue. Palpitations. Breathless. Sigh breaths.. Sleep less more than 5 years. Do share your opinion.
Dear doctor. (PLEASEEEEE Answer back ) I am a 19 year old girl and I have had terrible heart burn and acid reflux for as long as I can possibly remember. I dont drink, nor have I ever smoked. Not much of a coffee fan and neither am I overweight. Like, about two years ago, I had a panic attack over my breakup. ( which I am long over and have had my second break up too lol) but during that time I was really scared.I had all my tests done. My ECG was (Abnormal) but the doctor said it was a printing mistake and that my values were normal and said that ECG's sometimes have a printing mistake. I WAS SCARED and he just smiled at me and told me I was perfectly okay! He then ordered me a 24 hour holter monitor, Thyroid tests, & ECHO test just to bring my mind at ease because I was shit scared during that time and often felt tightness in my chest. Finally I got my reports and ALL of them were normal.Every single one. I WAS relieved and happy but since like the last 11 months.I often get a tickling feeling in my esophagus.Near my sternal notch with heartburn and I feel my pulse and its ALWAYS regular.ALWAYS. Alot of times I get like a sudden split second thud or twitch in my esophagus or my chest. Sometimes feels like a bubble bursting in my lower esophagus. And it always happens when my heartburn is at its worst of after eating. I'm half Indian and the spicy food we eat might be the reason for my heartburn but this weird split second twitch feelin....makes me panic because I've never experiened it before.When i get this feeling I never feel any pain nor do I feel anything near my heart area, I dont feel dizzy or sweaty either. Its like a blink of an eye. So short. I cant even tell where this is comming from but it feels so startling and sometimes scary. I thought it might be something else, maybe an esophagus spasm due to my acid burning my throat or something? Maybe its some allergy or defiency? :( Ive been looking up online and I am sooooooooooo scared. Like, I am only 19. I dont Wanna die.... :( Pleaseeeeeeee tell me what to do? I dont even hang out with my friends nor am I able to enjoy anything I used to because I always feel scared. Should I go back to my doctor? I am even scared to go to sleep these days! I am infact panicking so bad as i type this. Pleaseeeee get back to me. I am so lost.
To everyone out there who may be struggling with this, my message is rather short: don't worry.
I have been struggling with ectopic heartbeats for the whole summer, and it even came to a point where I would be apprehensive of going outside, knowing that my heart would produce that awful sensation. In October, we decided to adopt a cat, which we did. Funnily enough, ever since that cat to my life, all the issues that I was struggling with disappeared. I no longer have those sensations and even if I do, they go unnoticed like they usually do. The point is that if you are a healthy fit person, you should quit googling your symptoms, as it can later lead to panic attacks. For what it's worth, I had the same sensations four years ago when I was first admitted to the university. I told my parents that I was experiencing irregular heart beats, so they took me to a cardiologist who assured me that there was nothing to worry about and that it was all due to stress that I was getting from my studies.
All you have got to do now is to try to relax.
So great you are feeling better.
I'm feeling like you did...apprehensive...lm hoping itvwill get better.
@@jillradovanovic3460 hey u feeling dzy also...
@@jyotipandey5010 I get dizzy when I don’t have enough magnesium and mineral or spring water in my system try those and let us know if it helped. I been getting skipping heartbeats that’s why I’m
On here. I seem to get them every time I’ve been going through really emotional stuff which has been a big part of my life lately and also get them when I’m dehydrated. Hopefully things calm down for good in my life I’ve found myself crying a lot this year it’s been rough.
I love you my darling for make me take breath. 🥰😘😘
thank you friend
The best way I can describe it is like when you go down a hill on a roller coaster and your stomach drops for a split second, but it somewhat lingers for a few seconds and makes me feel super aware of my heartbeat.
Yes exactly, so scary 😢
Yes same here! Sometimes it feels like i got a fright sensation.
That’s a really good description of it :)
@@Mickytdi yes definitely like a fright..l thought l was going mad
Yea like butterflies adrenaline feeling for few secs I know what you mean and I feel my heart doing that too and takes my breath away for a sec. Only happens when I’ve been really atressed
Thank you for this. My life has been miserable since December. I’ve gotten them off and on over and over and I’ve literally gotten down on my knees begging God to get my life back to normal. I ended up on this video and I feel so much better.
Yes I feel the same but been having this issue since February
@@princemagee6026 you still have them?
I’m praying that God heals us 🙏🏿
@@chantalmckenzie9405 Amen🙏🏻
@@princemagee6026 i have them since February too :/
The way he slammed the object on the desk to mimic the ectopic heart beat ❤️🤎😂😂😂❤️
I've been suffering from anxiety and ectopics for 2 years now and sometimes I get terrfied and feel like I'm not going to wake back up, words cannot explain how hard it has been. I have been told they are harmless and had the scans but as you mentioned Its still easy to worry. Thank you for these videos, they really do help.
I've been suffering from Pvcs, the doctors have assured me they are normal. Although I'm overweight, and have diabetes, they assured me that they are harmless. I began to take magnesium taurate, which I've seen Dr. Gupta has mentioned in other videos, it gas minimized my irregular heart beats and flutters, but they don't come often.
Oh and they give me anxiety and panic attacks as well, these irregular heart beats.
@@Erikacarriel1982 how many ectopic beat in a single day?
My approx 2000- 3000, is it bad
Why can't you be my personal cardiologist! I love mine don't get me wrong but you have a way of explaining these things and you are so reassuring! Thank you so much for making these videos!
He's the best thing since sliced bread.
Same, I wore a 24 hour holter and recorded 7000 PVC’s might cardiologist said it was the highest he had seen all year (11mths at that stage) got me very worried
@@scott2724 I had to wear an event monitor for a month.
I've had these since being 15 I'm 33 now and I've wasted many years worrying and I still do worry. These videos are very helpful. Thank you
I am in the exact same situation.
It’s nice to realize I’m not alone in being scared of these
I just turned 30 and bam out of nowhere. Been going on for a month and haven't been living my life which is heavily built around physical activity and sports. Wish they would go away. Hope you get better.
I am 26 years old, and have them since I was 18.It scares me every time I feel them :(
wow im 15 now and i started getting them when i was 14 :/
I'm a nursing student and I've learned about ectopic heart beats, but I never realized I had one until recently.
My heart will skip a beat about every 20 to 60 seconds. It will then make a stronger beat, and then feel like it is trying to catch up with itself.
I will periodically be able to feel my heart thud in my chest. I've never had any problems with it and I never really sat down to listen to my heart with a stethescope Very weird and surreal being able to hear something I've learned about in school happen to myself.
how are u now
I get the exact same.
How r u now i hope u r good.
@@KhaledDZ2807 Ye I'm fine. I started taking magnesium and increasing my water intake, I don't really have it too much anymore!
You are the best!!! I wish u could be my cardiologist. God bless you for all you do, You make us feel hope!!! Thank you so much.
Through the years I've taken magnesium and they got rid of the heart palpitations and the thumping that happens to me but that's rare and a lot of mine is brought on from anxiety and depression and loneliness and worry and things like that that most people battle every hour of every day. You are the most amazing doctor I've ever have been honored to listen to thank you so much for your knowledge in your expertise.
I just want to thank you for doing these videos. They have truly helped me in dealing with my ectopic beats. I was surprised at how common they are and how little a problem they present to most people. It certainly felt like a matter of life or death when I first started getting them, and my gp and cardiologist never explained anything other than they were benign. I think the fear is what makes them so unbearable, and your videos will help reassure so many people. You're doing a great service.
Totally agree. This Doctor is just fantastic.
MrMrdonk thank you!! these are really kind words:-)
Elextoon: I understand your concern. I wish we didn't have to experience these because they're debilitating to me due to the fact I have chronic anxiety and so my doc says is most likely the cause. I hate to leave home due to these and my doctor understands my issue and I'm thankful he hasn't put me aside as a mental case. lol. It's not fun. Good info here.
Thank you, your videos are very, very good. Easy to understand.
You are the first person to explain that if you have structurally sound heart then ectopic beats are not dangerous. I had a echo and they stated this, but these little hiccups are still a worry when they arrive out of the blue!
Again, thanks for your time to record these videos.
you are very welcome Dean.. thank you for the kind words
@@YorkCardiology Hey doc. 30y/o male play sports all my life, run a mile almost everyday and lift weights. Eat pretty healthy and bam these arose out of nowhere. Been seen by and admitted and cleared but still happens. Im a firefighter and scared to get back out there
Never stop what you do. you're awesome
Wow i know you made this video 7 years ago, but ive been suffering with ectopics and this has really put my mind at ease and understand more. Thank you
How often do you get ectopics? I've had them almost constantly for the past three days. Seems to happen to me every several months. And they suck for sure
I’m so grateful that I found your channel. I’ve been suffering ectopic heartbeats every now and then and now i know that its totally harmless as I have it waaay less than 1000 skipped beats a day. I also found that my gastric problem cause this palpitation from one of your vid, and currently i’m on my PPI therapy. Thanks a lot! Your vids surely bring a peace of mind to lots of people
Gastric problems can also cause palpitations ??
@@atiyakousarhongal7473 Yup. For example, I went into the ER with a heart rate of 143 as well as dangerously high blood pressure. My lips were white and my hands and feet were cold and pale.
Docs discovered I had an ulcer that was causing me to bleed internally. I had to have a blood transfusion because my blood count was 6.3 which is considered life threatening (normal is between 12 and 15).
When you are continuously losing blood from your body, you heart has to work overtime to get enough blood to the rest of your body. This can cause heart trouble, especially if it goes untreated.
This has truly been the most helpful and reassuring video I have ever seen on UA-cam. Thank you so very much for your time and expertise.
Thanks for taking the dangerousness and worry out of heart phenomena!
Great video thank you. Mine started over a week ago. Scared the daylights out of me, hearing you talk about at rest vs active was really useful as every time they've popped up I've been relaxing.
Thank you, that had made things so much clearer. I only have them when hungover or anxious. Your video has made me feel safe.
Excellent explanation. Anyone can understand how to distinguish between dangerous and not. My heart is strong.
You make me glad I was diagnosed with AFIB! Wish you were my doctor, glad you're my UA-cam friend. 💕
Thank you for these videos, they have been a great help. My ectopic beats started (or I was aware of them) at the beginning of September this year; I had two personal problems back then, I must say I am usually quite anxious and I have obsessive thinking. At first, the ectopic beats were continuous, maybe 10 or more per minute and lasted for hours, maybe half a day. A little later it became somewhat constant, but perhaps one ectopic beat every 8 or 9 regular beats. About a month ago the problem stabilized and it was only noticeable before I went to bed, while I was reading and maybe after a meal. But since yesterday it has become something of 12, even 24 hours again, I have even notice I have just ectopic beats instead or normal ones! (I forgot to mention that they are the kind of the "lost beat"), in a continuous way. This was cut off with the help of a quarter of Valium. Anyway, maybe I will see a specialist, the problem is one of great discomfort and is an engine of a vicious circle of distress. I mention the Valium because in my case I'm positive that my ectopics are related to anxiety, even the simple fact of thinking about something that worries me, and now with the coronavirus there are too many things to worry about, the media does a great job! that single thought triggers the process. I binge weekends and that also serves to keep the ectopics away until Sunday, they simply disappear. Of course I tried to cut off the binge, and I did it for about a month, but that did not make any good, perhaps I should be more persistent in the future. To all those who suffer from this, my sympathy and best wishes for you to overcome this curse.
Damn. I wish just a quarter of a Valium would affect me.
Did you ever get this sorted? I feel like my eptopic beats are constant at the moment; had them for about 2 days so far.
@@danangdevilsr u ok
Thank you so much for this! It's a nightmare dealing with ectopics all the time. It really does alter your life. God bless you Dr.Gupta
Iv just been diagnosed with ectopic beats, now I'm suppose to have a scan of heart, but the cardiologist wasn't worried, but because I missed my appointment, will have the scan and if only my dr explained how you are explaining very thoroughly indeed!
Oh. Forgot one more thing...I feel these skipped beats only when I'm resting....not when I'm busy or exercising.
Same . Just got bunch of test and they said it would be worse if it was the opposite. Sometimes it feels like a fainted one and gets lower and feels like I’m dying
Carol you wont notice these skipped beats while running, the 2 main causes are stress and also a electrolyte imbalance meaning your magnesium / Potassium levels are low which control heart Rhythm if you are not experiencing dizziness, shortness of breath, nausea on a regular basis dont worry. Take a Magnesium tablet because it will control your heart beat also potassium so a Banana once or twice a day dont worry they are common.
Carol Take a vit B complex with a Magnesium supplement these 2 absorb each other the B vitamins maintain a healthy nervous system while Magnesium is calming it controls muscle function and importantly heart Rhythm.
@@haydenwittig8877
Thank you for your response!
Why can't this guy be my cardiologist?!? I'm only sixteen and I've been getting these almost every day. This really put my mind at ease.
Hey how are you now .....u still get them??plzz rply
@@Tri_sanu actually they’ve gotten a lot better! I found they were very anxiety induced and once I managed that they almost completely went away. They still happen sometimes but knowing they’re not harmful really helps.
@@faithmorris3692 m suffering from the ectopics on the daily basis m so worried... don't know what to do
hi
I'm 52 and have been suffering with these since I was 19
it has always scared me and now I look back and have wasted all those years worring. but they make you feel horrible specially when they come out of no where
if had a 24 hr thing on but never had a skip beat while wearing it . its so annoying. I've had echo done stress test all normal but it still happens and I'm still scared.
what a waste if a life
30 years of worry and depression
thank u for reading
MANDY SCOTT am 40 years old and i have exactly same problems. Many doctors said nothing wrong. Do sports (cardio) and everything is fine. But my heart still have extras and its extremely annoying. But if it happens very often u can have heart failure thats why keep visiting doctor regularly
I have this since I was 15 years old now Im 54 :(
I've had them for about 30 years, on and off. Supraventricular ectopics, apparently. Flecainide sorted them for a couple of years but now they are getting really bad again. I've just bought a Kardia monitor, so at least I can ecg at home and print off results to show doctors - they never happen if they ecg for a few seconds at the surgery. I had an implanted monitor until last year which did catch them, but as I said, they are getting worse and it's pretty terrifying when it's happening.
Can you explain your symptoms because I been having them for almost two year and every time I feel them gets me very scare because it feels like your blood stops flowing lightheaded and a little bit of sweating but is just when it happens like a second or two depending on how many times it skips a beat.
MANDY
Oh my goodness, this is so helpful. I just had an ECG due to feeling irregular heart beats. It came back showing benign EP topic heart beats, however I was still concerned and started to think they were getting worse. Your explanation makes complete sense. Thank you so much!!!
Are u ok 3 years later
Thank you Dr! I've recently started having ectopics and thought my 100-200 a day was a big deal! Very reassuring.
I have 20,000 a day. Lol
@@clairerenee1660 how do you know? Do you count??
@@juansalgado8403 i had a 3-4 day EKG and it showed 70,000 so that’s around 20,000 a day. I can feel them, there constant. I also check them on an apple watch which at first i didn’t think was accurate bc there was so many (until i got the ekg)
@@clairerenee1660 I feel them as well but had ekg done 2 times and they would never see them
@@clairerenee1660 At least you can laugh about them. I think lol Are you otherwise healthy?
7:00 i need to hear this from time to time
doctor stew I know right
@Mohamed Amin I'm getting them really bad again today. Like every 5 beats for hours. Ugh. So annoying.
@@stoobystoobydoo I get them alot lately too and extreme anxiety and panick attacks ontop of it 😭 gets worse as night as most times I had the fast heart rate I'm awoken straight out of a dead sleep so night times for me lately are tough
@@mirandaholko6644 I was really really scared a few days ago. I had a skipped beat every 3 or 4 beats for hours the other day! I know how scary it can be. If you would like to talk more about it stewaroo is my snapchat and stew606 is my instagram.
@@stoobystoobydoo I laso have them. Usually when I am resting. It scares me a lot. My doctor told me not to worry about.. But when I feel it i just can't ignore. Also i have an anxiety and maybe these things are connected somehow.I really need some explanation. 😭
I’m 22, and have 20,000 ectopic heart beats every single day. An abnormal ekg came back 5 years ago but it was not looked into enough. I’ve always had a fast heart rate but recently it’s gotten worse resulting in 2 ER visits. Going as high as 165 at rest - I am extmeeley worried for my health but am trying to stay strong. It never ends for me. It’s constant, 247. I recently had a procedure that I’m sure exaserbated the ectopics even more. I did not know I had ectopics before I chose to go through with this procedure and wish I knew beforehand bc they’ve only gotten WORSE since after I had that done 2 months ago. I really appreciate your resources and videos. I watch them when I get scared
Same exact 😢
Check your thyroid function. Do a full thyroid panel checking Free T3, Free T4, TSH are most important. You may have hyperthyroidism.
I've had PVC's for over 20 years, getting progressively worse as I got older (63 now). Two weeks ago I gave up eating any kind of sugar/honey/sweeteners and my PVC's have improved probably 75%, almost immediately. I had tried magnesium- didn't help at all. But giving up sugar seems to be making a big difference. Might be worth giving that a try if you are frustrated with PVC's as I was.
90% of people who have come here who get terrible anxiety from these, when yoy are talking about the danger thats all we are thinking about the dangerous side, cant hear the good things you are saying
My ekg showed skipped beats. Echo was good and stress test ok. Even so I developed anxiety. 6 trips to the emergency room in two months. Finally after 9 months I'm getting back to normal.
Thanks so much for doing this. You added ten years of life back to me. Based on the stressed you just reduced.
I would read anything by Austin Wintergreen. The 97% Cured book totally reversed by stress forever, and just like you, I feel ten years younger!
Been having this since I was a young teen, never really knew how to describe it and never spoke about it until my mid 30’s.
Same here
I’m 38 Ive been suffering from this for as long as I can remember. I’m also B- blood type, no idea if there is a correlation, I remember my pediatrician telling my grandmother that I had a heart murmur when I was a child and that it could go away with age, but it never did. They do seem to happen more when I’m at rest. Its what prompted me to search this up. I usually feel this flutter or thump in the left side of my throat. It does seem to be getting worse , they don’t happen everyday but I can tell they are worse at certain times in my life, especially if I’m stressed or sick. I lose my breath quite quickly even if I hardly exert myself. I do have a feeling that my lifestyle could be making things worse. And I want to start exercising more if it won’t worsen things. I really feel fortunate to have found your videos. I was laying in bed everything was pretty much fine then that happens and it’s so startling, this time it was a bit worse than it usually is and seemed to linger a bit longer. Its just so frightening. Again, thank you so much for sharing.
@alan-sq2yo 💗
One month before I went to a cardiologist he made ECG and test and he said to me that everything good with my heart the screen showed that my heart pumping very well , I went to cardiologist because one of my friend died by heart attack and 4 months ago , and really this entered me in a loop and all this years was so anxious and stressful and depressed and the death of my friend was a shock to me, and about 3 weeks ago I was so much stressful and anxious and I was arguing with someone , and was angry, in the night of that same day , I felt this pvcs for the first time , and here we goo start happen to me everyday 3 until 5 time of pvcs in a day , and this happen to me ax’s rly between the time when my rate of my heart a little high for example walking or doing something and while the rate of my heart wanted to slow down , exactly when I’m laying down , sometimes this pvcs came in a row while I’m resting , I have really so much anxiety and so much stressful worry all the time about my heart and other diseases, checking the sensation of my bidet if there is any symptoms , can’t sleep normally like people , panic attack sometimes , several time going to hospital , thinking that I’m going to die , , don’t know if I should go back to the cardiologist, even I saw him just last mounts, or this is just because of my anxiety and stress and I think even I have depression , no energy, afraid to go exercise , even I was a soccer player , while my life was an athlete, was running 2 hours without stop, but those 3 years my life flipped up down , I’m just 27 years old , but holding on my back a big responsibility , I don’t know , my life turned 360 degrees, anyway who read this, thank you for taking this time reading it, and wish you the good health, and patience is a solution for whom doesnt has any solution :)))
dijaz taha how you doing now
Thank you so much. I wish I had discovered these videos years ago. I’ve been to many cardiologist and none of them have been able to tell me what my palpitations are or how to deal with them. Now that I’ve watched your videos I have clear understanding and can sleep well at night!!!
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Its tricky with the exercise, because i get more when i exercise in cause of the increased fear of getting them while having a high pulse. Anxiety is crazy!
Thank you, I have this problem and now it’s more clear and less scary.
When mine does it i always think I'm gonna die
Its like...
Me: Shooting hoops
My heart: loading.... THUMP BA BAB AB BA ba dump ba dump ba dump
Me: haha i win this round
Kobe: But did you?
@@rslwannabe9475 Yeah it feels like you’re going to die, but now you know it is quite normal and we don’t have to be scared of it. Best way to control your heartbeat is Steady cardiovascular exercises. I find spin bike is the easiest Way to get control of your heart beats.
@@HH-bi7yk I dunno i never feared it. I just breathe in or sit up and it stops.
Very well explained doc. The best answer i ever got to my querry mind on ectopic and palpitations. you're such a young and brilliant card. Thanks for your time doctor!
This doctor is amazing and incredible… Thank you so much
Thank you for your time and effort to explain it to us all. Your kindness and humbleness are greatly appreciated!
THANK YOU. 100% what I needed to hear ❤
Dr, did not hear from you for quite some time. Your videos are full of information and hope. Please keep posting.
Ectopic beats are horrible for sure, especially when your heart is thumping a bit fast. Only those of us that have had it know the awful feeling they produce. They do create a lot of anxiousness which makes the problem worse. Mine started happening when I was about in my early 30s. Had it for about 30 years now and I’m still around! Sometimes I find if I eat certain foods my heart speeds up and then they start. So all I can say is, don’t let your heart scare you
I'm 30 and I had these things quite alot specially when I drink coffee.
Thank you sooo much! I feel so much better educated about this and I feel much less worried about my ectopic heartbeats!
U guys are doing great job. Thumbs up for saving lives🌟
I am getting them every day and they don’t bother me much during the day but when I go to bed I can really feel them! Been going on for about 6 months now and it’s scaring me. I’m seeing a cardiologist soon for a check up. A quick GP ECG didn’t show them. Blood pressure normal. Not sure why these are happening. I’m 67 and usually very fit and healthy. You have described exactly what happens. Thank you for this information. It is invaluable to me.
It is scary. I had mine for over five years. That is until, a few years ago when I got rid of them. It was a long journey, but I cam through the otherside.
@@redburtley6021 how did u get rid of then mate
@@redburtley6021how did you get rid of them
I thank God for you, Doc. All that needs be said.✌️
Thanks Dr. Gupta for your very informative video. In essence if one has a strong heart, then not to worry of ectopic heart beat. Strong heart means ejection of 60 per cent which will be revealed by ECHO CARDIOGRAPHY.
I just did 20 squats and checked heart beat.....it went from a dubstep tune to a nice 4/4 disco track....thanks doc.
Thank you for this information... I've had this problem for about 5-6 years now. I am currently 30 years old, I don't recall having this issue when i was young, but in my early to mid 20's, I started having Ectopic episodes once in a while.. I was very obese and heavy an thought maybe being over weight was the cause, so I decided to do something about it. To date, I exercise 4-5x a week, and it did help... somewhat. But I still have it, it still happens once it a while... averaging 5x or less a day, lasting no longer than a minute... then returning back to normal. But today was the most I've had Ectopics in a ever... I lost count but I've had it for nearly 6-7hrs randomly every minute to once every 5 minutes. I don't drink coffee, or caffeine, as I ruled those out being bad for your heart. I grabbed a stethoscope, as I was always curious to what happens with my heart as it happens but never could catch it... Just now as I listen, when it happens I hear my heart stop, then i get large pounds slowly *thump, thump* sometimes 3 thumps in a row, then goes back to normal... during every thump, Id feel week, light headed.. as if I'm out of breath. I knew i had some abnormal heart beat for sometime, but never knew what it was actually called... I should have seen a Doctor sooner, but I always brushed it off due to it going away... an thought I was just too stressed. Now that i found this video, it has helped me a lot, I'm going to see a cardiologist.
+DSM jUhnky i am sure its nothing to be too worried bat but definitely a good idea to get checked out
Sounds like a flutter or to me. I get the same thing and have for 20 years as I mentioned above. My echo and stress test were normal again as they were in 2004. I was put on Atenolol in 1997 for it because nothing showing on the holter monitor. It actually doesn't stop them but reduces the frequency so you don't feel it as strong. Hopefully everything was good with your visit.
How are you now, 6 years on?
@@KiJiHoon I have episodes once in a while. It's AFib. But I'm on Lisinopril low dose. An I take L-arginine daily. I rarely notice anything anymore, it's mostly normal. But every so often, maybe twice a month I'd get an episode. Definitely not as often as it used to be.
@@mowcee1 that's great! I'm glad things have improved for you.
Im a healthy 21 year old and recently got told I have an irregular heartbeat, I have a strong heart though. Im getting a holtor monitor and ill be sure to get the other tests you mentioned because it is upsetting even though they said Im fine from the 1 minute EKG. It does put my mind to rest there are treatments that will keep you healthy if you have "too many" eptoic beats in a day.
Hey... U still get ectopic beats reply... M suffering alot from this problem
This was very useful as I suffer from these. was on betta blockers but side affect of nightmares was not nice. Now on Diliazem and they have abated the ectopics to some degree.Thank you for your clip.
Thanks Doctor! I just got diagnosed with this last week, and it's been constant every couple seconds for 8 days. I'm only 36 and tried everything at home to fix it. Quit caffeine, lowered my stress, no help. Getting a Zio heart patch now.
How are u doing now?
I have this exactly the same, did you ever get it sorted?
Thank you for explaining ectopic beats, My cardiologist never explains in a way that I understand and stops my fears,, My heart is good on the echo cardiogram but the ectopics scare me so thank you for taking your time to do this UA-cam video and other videos
I suffer from these randomly sometimes a few a day sometimes one every couple days. Sometimes they make me feel slightly dizzy for a moment or I’ll feel a thud and almost like my stomach drops. I usually have them at rest and it causes my anxiety to go nuts. I’ve had an echo stress test all is normal and a holter all is normal. Neither result made them any less startling to have. I cried watching this, I am so glad for you and this information. I felt as though I wasn’t being heard or they were blaming anxiety. I’ve been taking magnesium and that seems to help as well. I have IBS and often wonder if there is a correlation between them. Thanks for the information, you’re so appreciated for it.
Whenever I see a doctor about my PVC, I feel like doctors don't give a shit about how pvc's make me feel. I appreciate your video it is convincing and this vide made me feel heard about my problem.
Clear, excellent information. THANK YOU!
Thank you. Very well explained. Fantastic orator. Its just scary that I am here because of this condition and awaiting further investigation.
thank you Dr. Gupta, its really very useful information.
Thanks for this wonderful information about ectopic heartbeats. Your videos are great! 😎
Had an EKG. They said it was perfect. Have ectopic beats and I can handle them for the most part. I guess I just need to be affirmed that it’s fine.
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Hi ive had a heart flutter since i was teenager. I still get them now at the age of 34. They can be very scary at times because they can happen when you least expect it. When i was younger i had an ECG recording my heart rhyme for 24 hours but nothing happened. As ive got older it usually only happens around 5 times a day.
I get them if stressed or anxiety related but always best to get it checked often.
Same. I get the beat beat beat..... Beat! Scary but also notice it's more when stressed and anxious.
What do ya do to make them better
Chad Janz sounds familiar the only thing that works for me is time. They will show up for weeks then on day they just disappear. Been playing this game for 15 yrs now
Thank you. These videos mean so much to me.
I've had this for years but I'm 53 now. They're causing tiredness, shortness of breath, some swelling in my face, headaches, etc. My ecg is always good, but I also have pulsatile tinnitus with wooshing sounds. This is driving me NUTS. It is now effecting my life.
Terri I’m 50 have same problem. 7000 PVC’s in 24hr holter. I get the shortness of breath, headaches, tinnitus too. Don’t know if they are related to the PVC’s or if the shortness of breath with strange feeling in center of chest is caused by the ectopics or if it’s just asthma or GERD - which I might have
I've been getting them for about a week now.. I've had them before (10yrs ago) over a few days these videos have been quite educational and helpful.. I've been motivated to start making changes to my diet and activity levels..
I also know a cardiologist so will definitely have a chat.
thank you so much!
Anxiety probably triggers that sometimes. Bad eating habbits maybe. After all the crazy chemotherapies Ive had, its a wonder my heart beats at all 😂❤😅 whew! 😂 your videos are awesome! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎉 ❤❤❤❤❤ Thankyou, sweet man! 😊
I am 47 years old, 1.74m x 68kg, I don't smoke, I don't drink alcohol, I eat quite healthy and I usually bike 150Km / week, 10Km / week running.
I consulted a cardiologist because a month ago "a sensation of strange movement on the side of the heart" appeared and that even at times it seems to be touching the esophagus. This happens ONLY in moments of low pulsations, that is to say when one is relaxed ... before going to sleep ... watching a movie on the couch. The cardiologist very confidently diagnosed "typical symptoms of extrasystoles."
He sent me to do an EKG and ECO cardiac color Doppler, Complete blood count / Hepatogram / protein-gram, B12, Iron, cholesterol, etc, which were normal.
The Dr ruled that "a healthy heart" is not a cause for concern and that I try not to give it any importance, unless they are extremely frequent, which is not my case today.
I wonder: Do I need to do more study, or am I sticking with my gymnastics pace despite these sporadic "weird" beats that occur at rest?
They don't happen every day, sometimes 2 ... 3 appear. days in a row and then 2 ... 3. days are not.
I do not have Neither tiredness, nor dizziness, nor fatigue. Chest pain, I had only a couple of days in the beginning but it was very mild and I attribute it to the fear/uncertainty/anxiety produced by this sensation never before perceived in my body.
Best regards.
I have been told at the ER that they think I have SVT
all my test were normal besides my heart beating at 168 for 30 minutes
I have to go see a cardiologist but I’m so scared I’m going to die from this but I’m scared I’m going to die if I get surgery as well
Every time I have an ectopic beat it scared it’s the end
This feels like a death sentence
I'm there with you. I'm 30 thousand dollars in debt because no health insurance and the doctors haven't helped me at all. My cardiologist is a twat. I've been to the hospital 20 plus times.
Thank you so much for this video! I have been diagnosed with etopic heartbeat!
Dr gupta sir very clearly and easily explained the ectopic beat problem a great video thanks and good wishes u r render great service to heart patients
09/11/2019
I've had almost types of palpitations since I was 16 and I'm 47 now. I've had two nervous breakdowns due to the fright of them. It was only ten years ago I became "used to them" and finally got my life back. Many many ecg's and xrays showed Supraventricular ectopics (25 years ago). Now, for the past three days, I'm getting the extra beat every few seconds. All day. Never ever had this before and I can feel like anxiety starting to rise again. I'm so scared the vaccine has caused this.
For what it's worth I get these off and on every several months it seems. I've had them constantly the last three days and I am not vaccinated. Try and not worry the vaccine caused this and focus on your anxiety like I should be doing.
This has been happening to me too for the last few months. Sometimes 20 in a minute. I’m waiting for holter results. But ECG was normal. I already take a beta blocker for hypertension which is controlled and normal now. But these ectopic beats are really freaking me out. They happen so often sometimes that I get panicky and that makes them worse. We will get through this. I’ve had 3 vaccinations. But I remember having the ectopics before that, and only over the last few months have they become constant.
invaluable info, Dr, thanks very much! 🙌
🔔 Oct 2021.
Very bad skipping heartbeat (34 to 50 bpm) seems to be 98 % normal now after taking 200 mg of magnesium citrate 2x day for 2 weeks. I will continue this forever. 😁😁 thank yoy Doctor 👍👍😎
I had this twice in span of 4 years, and both the times because of heavy pressure in stomach due to gas and constipation in morning when I got up, and it went off when I did a brisk walk, First time I did ECG, 2D ECHO, which all were absolutely normal.
I developed ectopic beats 4 years ago, missing perhaps one beat per 12 beats. Then 8 months ago I suffered my first SVT. (Diagnosed as AVNRT). The ectopic beats also increased in frequency. I went on to experience a total of 34 SVT’s over the subsequent months. (I even recorded one SVT in the act of resolving back to sinus rhythm on my Apple6 watch!). But by carefully noting what bodily actions appeared to ward off threatened SVT’s, I developed a daily breathing protocol. Over the next few months the incidence of both SVT’s and ectopic beats reduced, and my resting pulse (which had been quite low all my life) rose by 20%. I have had no ectopics and no SVT’s for the last 12 weeks. (My cardiologist seems confused, I am very happy!).
What breathing routine did you learn?
Structural changes in the heart are secondary to the electrical abnormality producing ectopics/ arrhythmia in most of the cases.....
Beatroot
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I experienced an ectopic heartbeat for 4 months and was adviced on UA-cam to take beatroot. I took it for only 2weeks and i have a normal heartbeat now ❤
Wow really. Trying
Yeah, it worked like magic for me
@@Naaquamy Beetroot worked for me too. I drink a glass of beet juice most days.
@@hotsonny505 glad to hear that
Hi all commenters did anyone get cured from this? :-) after trying beetroot or someother thing
Thanks doc it's more clear. I don't know my ecg showed clear, the doc told me your heart is okay. I'm from India, goa.
Thank you for your video I saw my doctor to day after I had my ecg she checked my blood pressure she said very good then got the printed copy and said I have topic beats nod said it is not dangerous no nothing to worry after seeing your video I feel better thanks
Thank you so much doctor Sanjay your a real Saint I'm going to get these test done so I can live without fear
Thank you so much for taking the time to post this video. It's given me reassurance that I'm OK. Unlike the information I've been struggling to get out of my GP, 24 hour ecg, results back doc said in was getting beats every 1 min and I'd will take 7months to see a specialist, only another 6 months to go haha. Anyway thanks again.
You sure explain this so well...really appreciate it! And it all makes sense too.
Great explanation and made my day
Glad it was helpful Betal! My pleasure! It'd mean a tonne if you'd consider subscribing to the channel (clicking on the bell icon will also notify you of future videos)
@@YorkCardiology thank you and subscribed
Very useful information...
clearing my doubts...
So incredibly helpful. Had ectopic beats all my life. Never with exercise yet nobody has asked that question. I probably should have mentioned it.
You break down information so well. You're patients are very lucky to have you. I do have a question about ectopic heart beats and sleep apnea. Is there any correlation? I suffer from sleep apnea, and recently had another sleep study because I feel like my CPAP is not working for me anymore. Plus... I have been trying to loose weight and I am down 40 lbs. I would assume symptoms of my sleep apnea would improve with weight loss. I often wake up from what feels like a thud in my chest which I am thinking is an ectopic heartbeat. But it's hard to tell, maybe I stopped breathing from the apnea. I dunno. My recent sleep study evidently went well and they said CPAP seems to work well with me. I feel like I wasn't having those symptoms during the sleep study... of course 🙄. I am scared I have a CHF or perhaps my heart is on it's way to developing CHF. I'm in my early 40s and feel like the cardiologists I've seen just tell me it's probably stress and sleep apnea. I dunno. Thoughts?
this video and comment section put me at ease ya all, another thing, if u feel like this, if ur vision is clear and ur able to think clearly during that moment, ur fine and let it pass...in actual stuff u tend to loose vision or not even get a moment to think
Hey doc, I have found your videos quite helpful. I have had as many as 20 or 30,000 ectopic beats in a single day and while I have controlled it largely through diet I want to mention that wimhof has a video here on UA-cam with three rounds of breathing exercises and so far I have never seen it fail that somewhere between the second and third round my heartbeat will stabilize and ectopic heartbeats will stop. I just wanted to share this with your viewers
What’s the video link? Thank you for sharing :)
@@jane6261 ua-cam.com/video/tybOi4hjZFQ/v-deo.html
if the link will not show in the comments search Guided Wim Hof Method Breathing - the video has about 60M views
@@blendedplanet thank you so much!
Thankyou so much for sharing ..
How are you now mate
Thanks a lot for the valuable informations.
Hello doctor. Thanks for your crystal clear explanation. My aunt got diagnosed to have ectopics. Ventricular bigemini. Our cardiologist. Didn't say anything except wrote a betablocker and sent us home. We were worried😣 your video was encouraging as well as orientation was so good. She has a EF of 75 percent. Age 59. Echo cardiogram showed grade one diastolic dysfunction. 24 hour ECG 20 average missed beats. Ventricular bigemini. Planned to do stress test. She has sign of syncope after 9 pm IST. Post working hours. Has sign of fatigue. Palpitations. Breathless. Sigh breaths.. Sleep less more than 5 years. Do share your opinion.
Makes sense .. I’m just sooo sick can’t even walk in a grocery store so sick they think it could be this but don’t know much more yet I’m only 25
Great video, very reassuring! Thank you.
thanks
Thank you very much. Explained very well!!!
Dear doctor. (PLEASEEEEE Answer back )
I am a 19 year old girl and I have had terrible heart burn and acid reflux for as long as I can possibly remember. I dont drink, nor have I ever smoked. Not much of a coffee fan and neither am I overweight. Like, about two years ago, I had a panic attack over my breakup. ( which I am long over and have had my second break up too lol) but during that time I was really scared.I had all my tests done. My ECG was (Abnormal) but the doctor said it was a printing mistake and that my values were normal and said that ECG's sometimes have a printing mistake. I WAS SCARED and he just smiled at me and told me I was perfectly okay! He then ordered me a 24 hour holter monitor, Thyroid tests, & ECHO test just to bring my mind at ease because I was shit scared during that time and often felt tightness in my chest. Finally I got my reports and ALL of them were normal.Every single one. I WAS relieved and happy but since like the last 11 months.I often get a tickling feeling in my esophagus.Near my sternal notch with heartburn and I feel my pulse and its ALWAYS regular.ALWAYS. Alot of times I get like a sudden split second thud or twitch in my esophagus or my chest. Sometimes feels like a bubble bursting in my lower esophagus. And it always happens when my heartburn is at its worst of after eating. I'm half Indian and the spicy food we eat might be the reason for my heartburn but this weird split second twitch feelin....makes me panic because I've never experiened it before.When i get this feeling I never feel any pain nor do I feel anything near my heart area, I dont feel dizzy or sweaty either. Its like a blink of an eye. So short. I cant even tell where this is comming from but it feels so startling and sometimes scary. I thought it might be something else, maybe an esophagus spasm due to my acid burning my throat or something? Maybe its some allergy or defiency? :( Ive been looking up online and I am sooooooooooo scared. Like, I am only 19. I dont Wanna die.... :( Pleaseeeeeeee tell me what to do? I dont even hang out with my friends nor am I able to enjoy anything I used to because I always feel scared. Should I go back to my doctor? I am even scared to go to sleep these days! I am infact panicking so bad as i type this. Pleaseeeee get back to me. I am so lost.
Tiffany Russell sounds like what I have which is a hiatus hernia.