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I went to the cardiologist yesterday and came out feeling like crap. As soon as he saw my M.E. diagnosis he didn't want to know about any more about my symptoms I had been having I was advised that my bradycardia, shortness of breath when doing nothing, svt and chest pain where all due to me not doing high impact exercise on a daily basis. He said exercise improves this illness, you know what you have to do to fix it, I kept saying no it doesn't after he popped that sentence in 3 times :headache: . SO $200 out of pocket later that I could not afford, I got nothing out of it. Of course the cardiac symptoms are FROM the M.E. NOT due to lack of exercise, which I actually do do, just not the 10km marathon he thinks ME/CFS patients should be doing. He also said medication would make my symptoms worse as I get low blood pressure and a slow pulse, this was the only intelligent thing he did say.
I am SO over stupid doctors! Now where does this leave me? I have days when my pulse and blood presure are so slow that I pass out and spend the next 2 days looking like a ghost
I went to the cardiologist yesterday and came out feeling like crap. As soon as he saw my M.E. diagnosis he didn't want to know about any more about my symptoms I had been having I was advised that my bradycardia, shortness of breath when doing nothing, svt and chest pain where all due to me not doing high impact exercise on a daily basis. He said exercise improves this illness, you know what you have to do to fix it, I kept saying no it doesn't after he popped that sentence in 3 times :headache: . SO $200 out of pocket later that I could not afford, I got nothing out of it. Of course the cardiac symptoms are FROM the M.E. NOT due to lack of exercise, which I actually do do, just not the 10km marathon he thinks ME/CFS patients should be doing. He also said medication would make my symptoms worse as I get low blood pressure and a slow pulse, this was the only intelligent thing he did say.
I am SO over stupid doctors! Now where does this leave me? I have days when my pulse and blood presure are so slow that I pass out and spend the next 2 days looking like a ghost
.Trained athletes or young healthy individuals may also have a slow resting heart rate (e.g. professional cyclist Miguel Indurain had a resting heart rate of 29 beats per minute). Resting bradycardia is often considered normal if the individual has no other symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, chest discomfort, palpitations or shortness of breath associated with it
This cardiac arrhythmia can be underlain by several causes, which are best divided into cardiac and non-cardiac causes.
Non-cardiac causes are usually secondary:
and can involve drug use or abuse;
metabolic or endocrine issues, especially in the thyroid;
an electrolyte imbalance;
neurologic factors; autonomic reflexes;
situational factors such as prolonged bed rest; and autoimmunity.
Cardiac causes include:
acute or chronic ischemic heart disease,
vascular heart disease,
valvular heart disease, or
degenerative primary electrical disease.
Ultimately, the causes act by three mechanisms: depressed automaticity of the heart, conduction block, or escape pacemakers and rhythms