Gf's heart is all over the place, doctors haven't a clue. Have fun

Guffy

So the Gf had to leave cinema last night before movie finished and go to a&e as her heart rate was about 180 and had been for about an hour of the movie. And gor the whole night until this morning.

Anyways she was hooked up to an ECG which showed nothing out of the norm. Had a chest x-ray nothing there. Nothing was in the bloods. She donated blood last week and had a very good iron levels.

The high heart rate has been ongoing for a while and the below, taken from a techacrdic web page, has been ruled out over the past few months.

"Anemia
High blood pressure
Pregnancy
Fever
Stress
Thyroid problems

Problems with the heart can cause a fast heart rate. For example:

Changes in the electrical signal that causes your heart to beat can make your heart beat faster.

Muscles in the upper chambers of the heart may tend to quiver and send random signals to the lower chambers of the heart.

The heartbeat may start in the lower chambers of the heart rather than the upper chamber."



Anyone want to hazard a guess for funsies?

This is prob the wrong section. Can Mods move to appropriate?

BorneTobyWilde

She saw a doctor, had lots of tests, but you want some boardsie to diagnose the problem.

Guffy

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

She saw a doctor, had lots of tests, but you want some boardsie to diagnose the problem.

Yes that's exactly what I'm looking for. I think that a random boardsie will diagnose this problem.

looksee

I can hazard a guess because I have been there, but I will not as its not appropriate. I also doubt this will stay in LTI. What she does need to do is try and get to a doctor while her heart is doing the fast beat, or invest in a blood pressure monitor that will also record your pulse, then go to the gp with it. She can be given a monitor to wear for a while (day, two days, week) to check it out.

artanevilla

What was measuring the heart rate in the cinema? Panic attack?

Bicycle

Atrial Fibrillation?

Kurtosis

Mod note

OP this isn't in the wrong section, there is no section appropriate for this because medical advice is not permitted on boards full stop. Talk to a healthcare professional.