Does anyone here experience SVT, or Super Ventricular tachycardia?!
Question: I think I am experiencing it now and then but wanted to ask other people. If you get it, what does it feel like, what are your symptoms?
It is scary so if you know about this please answer.
Answers: I think I am experiencing it now and then but wanted to ask other people. If you get it, what does it feel like, what are your symptoms?
It is scary so if you know about this please answer.
I've never had it, but I'm an ER nurse and have seen many patients with it. Most can tolerate it pretty well, although it is scary. If you're worried about it, go see your doctor. He'll probably do some blood work to make sure it's not something else, and there is also something called a halter monitor that you can wear. It's basically a portable cardiac monitor that you wear that keeps track of any cardiac arrhythmias that develop so they can be diagnosed.
The hard part sometimes is diagnosing it because some people only get it in short bursts (when they're not wearing a monitor), but start with seeing your doctor and go from there.
***EDIT: This is what frustrates me: LeAnne and Peanut, although they call themselves nurses, they really don't know what they're talking about. PLEASE ignore them... even if I'm not a hundred percent sure, I usually double check myself before I post an answer, and if I don't I say so so I don't mislead people.
Symptoms of supraventricular tachycardia include:
A racing or fluttering feeling in the chest (palpitations).
Chest discomfort (pressure, tightness, pain).
Lightheadedness or dizziness.
Fainting (syncope).
Shortness of breath.
A pounding pulse. You may feel or see your pulse beating, especially at your neck, where large blood vessels are close to the skin.
Sweating.
Tightness or fullness in the throat.
Tiredness (fatigue).
Excessive urine production.
You should go see a Cardiologist. Good Luck!
Yes. SVT (supraventricular tachycardia) is characterized by rapid heartbeat, mine were 220 beats per minute at times.
You can try to lie down and elevate your feet above your heart and massage you carotid arteries in your neck. But i did that for years and finally I had an episode at the doctors office. They called an ambulance for me and the gave me some drugs to slow it down. SVTs are potentially very dangerous. Go to the ER. I finally had to have surgery for it called catheter ablation. It was outpatient surgery and very minor but I have not had it since and it has been 4 years. Get treatment. Now. Email me with any questions please.
Good luck.
EDIT: I disagree with LeAnne, above, even if she is a nurse. You can have SVTs and tolerate them for years. I had SVTs for 20 years and would have been glad to have Y!A to address my questions to. If you truly have these symptoms, please get help now!
I just experienced this 4 days ago. I was under extreme stress and exhaustion. I layed down felt nauseated and dizzy I sat up started coughing, continued nausea and dizziness pain in neck shoulders radiating down arms, chest and back, felt heavy weight in my chest. Now I have to follow-up with a Cardiologist because my Vent. Rate was 196bpm.
It's a lethal rhythm. You would have chest pain and be near death. What you might be experiencing is Sinus Tachycardia. That's a heart rate of more than 100. It could also be Atrial Fibrillation. Not a lethal rhythm but needs to be treated.