Diagnosed with PVC:(

[jimmylesante]

So i went for a stress test and have been told i have PVC- the feed back wasn't great but the cardio isn't worried and ticked normal for the stress test? Naturally my heart my bigger worry. Is it that common PVC? Also can Vit C/PT help with something like this arrythmia?

[Johnwen]

Anything under 100 in 24 hours is considered NORMAL!

Having Pvc's is all the more reason to take Pauling Rec's!!!
It keeps the heart strong to put up with these misfires.
You may want to up your V-B1 intake also First check what you already take in other Supp's
and add enough to get it up to 100Mg. per day.
A note to relax your Mind! EVERYBODY HAS PVC's Repeat EVERYBODY!!!
How many is the problem!!

[jimmylesante]

Thanks Johnwen!
I just take a multi b once a day 2mg of B1. Have some Bcom and b12 jabs i'll use up.
He said it was isolated PVC- i made it too 98% of my MHR- which i assume is a good sign that a heart attack is not round the corner?!? Or is it-is the MRA the best judge?
I went because after sitting down studying for a few hours, at a desk, i felt faint. Which is wrong, standing up from sitting should normally result in a faint or dizziness.

[Johnwen]

[jimmylesante]

Hi Johnwen
I took my pulse at the time, it was 88, slighty high from the normal 76-i wasn't very anxious as on an Ambulance Technician course and was surrounded by trained people.
Eyes are fine apart from colour blindness.
Tilt test-not gonna happen here in Zimbabwe
I'd had my 3g Vit C in a 500ml bottle, then water 500ml then a sweet cup of tea and a few sandwhiches b4 it happened.
When it happens i get a crazy urge to get up and walk/exercise.
I've heard of positional asphyxiation- could it be positional ensanguination(made up that word-read blood blocking:) Perhaps i am too hunched over, squishing my heart--or simply i am too fat and squishing the return blood flow off from the legs against the hard chair?
Today was a good day as it was CPR all day so not much sitting, of course we were training to the American Heart Association video
How scary are the "other tests"?

[Johnwen]

[jimmylesante]

Hmmm not sure i will appreciate seeing a traumatic amputation.
Getting a BP reading is harder. Surely someone has invented a 24hr BP machine, like the Holter monitor?
Just reading my stress test report and he has noted "exaggerated blood pressure response" from standing to first stage of exercise.
Regarding the EMT-B, any ideas where i can complete my 1000patient hours!? Would like to do it in the USA,Canada or Oz otherwise will end up in Joburg or Cape Town.
Thanks for your wisdom Johnwen.

[jimmylesante]

So got the BP, 115/88 pulse 92. 5ft 10 and 264lbs.

[jimmylesante]

127/76 left arm
112/72 right dominant arm

[jimmylesante]

Stopped taking vitamin C for a few days- had sharp electric pain in the right occipital/neck area referring into the brain and down to about C7, tingled through to the chest and heart started beating fast, felt dizzy and nearly collapsed- all within about 5secs. Kept breathing as was in supermarket line- felt heavy legs walking back to car. Sat in car 1min later and had residue tingling and slight whole body shaking.!
I don't know what it is- i had a reflection of sunlight hit me in the eye just before, and also had neck at an angle, slighty looking up. Thinking it may have been a pinched nerve? Perhaps a TIA?A brain squeeze?
My vit C has run out and as much as i'd like to try Owens- i don't think you send to Africa, also i couldn't keep up the upkeep. I would like to get some powdered Sodium Ascorbate- if anyone knows where to get 2kgs worth. My normal supply in UK seems to no longer exist www.meridianstar.co.uk

[eDOC]

[Johnwen]

[eDOC]

True could be Cervical Spondylolisthesis, but I see more of them in lumbar region. I agree that he isn't that old just a bit on the heavier side, but have seen Spondylosis occurring at ages of 30.

Basically his last post suggests that his symptoms are originating from Cervical region & needs a CT or an MRI to confirm or exclude them.

I hope his neurovascular bundle ain't being compressed & along vertebrobasilar artery system.

[jimmylesante]

Thank you Johnwen and eDOC, you guys not only are excellent at what you do but it is easy to tell you have become very wise by doing what you do for a long time.
I have been conflicted in what the cause may be- it's so difficult to "diagnose" ones own body because objectiveness is hard.
I was a super fit person from 15-25yrs old, running 3 times a day- 800m/1500m in less than 2mins and just over 4mins, played rugby for over 25years. Then i smoked heavily but still played sport until 2yrs ago.
Now at 37, 177cm and 116kg; i have lost 14kgs but am still weighing down on the fat side of the scale.
2yrs ago when i went to hospital with similar symptoms, in this instance my left arm was shaking/trembling like a leaf. I had pain in my neck and insisted in sitting up in the ambulance as lying down increased the pressure in the neck.
They did a head CT scan which showed two incidental cysts in posterior fossa so they did an MRI(to see if there was bleeding into the cysts) i begged for a cervical MRI scan(NHS in uk ) at the same time- a small disc bulge at C4/5 and a bigger one at C5/C6 but both deemed "fairly minor" However i feel movement several times a day in my neck-i've always thought it was hypermobile my neck, similar to my ankle due to so many rugby injuries. The movement is different to the normal crepitus- the neck has also started to lock on the right side- the bulges are posterio/lateral rightside(my tackling shoulder side) I guess the docs were looking for evidence of stroke/heart problems and the neck was not deemed serious at the time. The carotid and VA doppler they also did was normal.Further autoimmune blood tests done were negative.
My total Cholesterol 2yrs ago was 190, tri-236 high and ratio HDL to total chol too high.
Which is the best test- X-ray- CT or MRI? I'm a cash patient so X-ray would be great but i bet a dye MRI would be the best?
Perhaps if i ask for a flexion-extension X-ray this may be better and in my immediate budget?
Johnwen i did get my eyes tested too- they are fine. I walked 2.5km yesterday as well- i think logically if i get rid of the 30kgs of excess blubber it'll reduce the weight on the neck and the body -plus my rugby days are over:(
Owen this is a very special forum, thankyou.

[studentroland]