When I was 38, I worked as an accounting and good health consultant, or so I thought. But in October 2020, I started to feel -out. It was a surprise, considering that I did exercise, I ate well and did all the things you “assumed” to do. But I found myself experimenting Palpitations of the heartFirst breathing and slowdown. At first, I thought it may be a hormonal problem. I didn’t know exactly what was happening, but I knew that something was not right with my body. And although at that time I had no idea, these were early symptoms of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or V-Tach.
I suddenly passed in my kitchen
One evening, when my husband was traveling to work, I picked up my two boys from football practice and prepared them to sleep. I remember I told them to brush their teeth and say their sentences: the normal routine. I kissed them good night and said, “We’ll see each other in the morning.”
Shortly afterwards, I began to experience the same cardiac palpitations, the breathing and the dizziness that I had been feeling throughout the month. Only this time, it was much stronger. My heart started competing on my chest, so much that my breath took off. I started to lower my body to the kitchen floor, but before I even could sit, I fell back and passed.
The doctors unloaded me without diagnosis
When I woke up, I disoriented. I did not understand why I was on the floor of the kitchen or the time it had been out. All I knew was that my boss really hurt. I called my neighbors to help. One of them stayed in our house to be with the boys while sleeping and the other led me to the emergency room.
In the ER, doctors did all the tests and blood work they could and checked a heart attackBut everything was normal again. The ER doctor did not know why I went through, but because the results of the test were normal, he downloaded me and he recommended to keep track of a cardiologist.
When I got home I couldn’t sleep. I was scared that if I closed my eyes, I would not wake up and my children would leave themselves for themselves. It was a horrible feeling.
Looking for a second opinion
The next day I made a date of cardiology. Although he had only had one night of whirlwind in the ER, the cardiologist said that my heart was fine and that he did not test. He said, “You are young, active and healthy. I don’t see anything wrong with you. It’s probably stress and anxiety.” I tried to push again, but he talked about my worries to the point that I almost felt a nonsense to think it was something more.
Desperate to find someone who really listens to me, I contacted a friend who contacted me with an electrophysiologist.
When I told him everything that happened, he did not waste time by putting -a heart frequency monitor so I could keep track of my heartbeat while going to my daily activities. A few days later, while my husband and I were on the carpool line collecting our children, I received a doctor’s call.
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A cardiac frequency monitor alerted my doctor to v-tach symptoms
Immediately I learned that if a heart doctor calls the cellphone, something is very bad. He told me that the monitor showed signs of symptoms of ventricular tachycardia or v-tach. He urged me to go to the emergency room immediately because my state jeopardized his life.
When I arrived at the ER, they directed a cardiac magnetic resonance and found some scars in the heart of a whisper I have had since I was young. Murmurs are relatively common children, and doctors ultimately were not sure of what my V-Tach caused.
On the fourth day of my hospital stay, they decided that the best way to prevent my heart from continuously enter V-Tach-and possibly taking my life-was to surgically implant a IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILILER (ICD). The device constantly monitors the heart rate and sends an electric shock when necessary to stop an irregular heartbeat.
What is V-Tach?
Ventricular tachycardia “is a Hand and abnormal cardiac rhitme that arises from the lower hearts of the heart (the ventricles), “he says Mohalanakrishnan Sathyamoorthy, MDChair of Internal Medicine at the Burnett School of Medicine in TCU. “It is so fast that it does not allow proper filling or expulsion of blood from the heart, creating a situation that can endanger the life.”
Symptoms of V-Tach
Dr. Sathyamoorthy says someone with V-Tach can experience symptoms such as:
- Dizziness or the unpleasant
- Pain in the chest
- Fast heartbeat (a Healthy Heart Blessed Blessed has about 60 to 100 pulsations per minute)
- Difficulty breathing
- Blacking or fainting (syncope)
While anyone may enter V-Tach, Dr. Sathyamoorthy says the condition is rare. The V-Tach is more often associated with heart attacks, but also “ certain types of cardiac disorders such as advanced coronary coronary artery disease (blocked cardiac arteries), cardiomiopathy (weakened or healing cardiac muscle) or electrical conditions inherited from the heart called canneloopathies. ”
Dr. Sathyamoorthy says that ventricular tachycard treatments include procedures called abloctions, defibrillators and medicine. An ICD can “detect V-Tach with its sensors and can literally advance the heart out of abnormality, but if it is unsuccessful, then a shock to restore the heart again to the regular rhythm,” says Dr. Sathyamoorthy.
The importance of trusting in your gut
When I went to the hospital, I thought I would be there for a couple of hours. I ended up being five days. Emotionally, I was in survival mode. I wanted to keep me as hard as possible and let the doctors do everything they needed to ensure -me that I could return home to my family. I went home the next day to place -with my ICD and I was ready to see my children, start to heal -and learn to live with a device inside me.
Today, at the age of 43, I have done a lot of work to accept ICD as part of my body, something to help my heart if you need additional support. Apart from the ICD keeping my heart in a normal rhythm, I also take metoprolol Twice a day. I do myself, my family and the things that make me happy priority and I take things day by day.
I associated with American Heart Association (AHA) quite quickly after my incident and shared my story with different groups through lunches like Go red for women and other events. I have found a lot of support through my participation with AHA.
I hope, sharing my story, women will trust their intestine more often. I think we know when something is not well with our body and it is important to find a doctor who can evaluate you properly. It may not be the first or second doctor you see, but it is important to find someone who listens if something does not feel good.
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