Heart Flutters

Open Question: How widespread is this in New Zealand Cav’s and if so many vets aren’t aware of it how do you know?

February 8th, 2010 Open Question: smoking pot with heart murmur?
i smoked pot for about two years then i quit and its been about a year and im starting up again but i was wondering since smoking pot increases your heart rate and what not and i have a heart murmur so i have a tiny pin size hole in my heart is it a good idea to smoke or is it dangerous which i dont think it is since i smoked for a while before and im still fine…and i would like to hear this from a professional please thanks

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:53:46 GMT

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My heart palpitates (Flutters) a lot, so what causes that?

February 7th, 2010

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Open Question: What are my chances of having heart disease?

February 7th, 2010 Open Question: I’m american I filed for a fiance visa, my fiance is from UK he has a heart prob. can he still get visa?
My fiance went for his physical he was told he had a heart murmur and a valve that in the future would need replacing. My insurance said it would cover preexisting conditions only if he gets a certificate of credable covarge, he can’t cuz the government pays their health bills they have no insurance.We are afraid immigration will not let him in our country due to him needing future operation.

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:49:10 GMT
Open Question: What are my chances of having heart disease?
or am I suffering from either anxiety or panic attacks? In the last 3 months, I’ve had two trips to the ER for episodes of high blood pressure (180/130) and heart rates in the 120’s to 130’s. In between the first ER visit, on the recommendation of my family physician, I had a chest x-ray, thyroid and electrolyte blood tests and an EKG in his office. I followed that up with an Echo cardiogram and a Holter Monitor evaluation. All those results came back normal. On the Holter, my heart rate was as low as 39 BPM with an average of 68. No irregularities. This week, I found myself in the ER again with a blood pressure of 180/120 which came on while sitting at home on the computer. Both trips to the ER and I walked away with a diagnosis of tachycardia. All my blood work was good so there was no evidence of heart attack. I met with a cardiologist and he doesn’t think I’m dealing with any kind of blockage so we tested for Pheocromocytoma, which I also expect to be negative. Can I really cause myself these symptoms or could I still have some form of heart disease? Today, I had a few bouts of lightheadedness, a little sweating and some pain/tingling in my left arm. I’m supposed to meet with the cardiologist next week to go over the results of the pheocromocytoma and decide how to proceed from there. How about comments from those of you who have experienced these symptoms or those of you who treat people with similar situations. Thanks.
I’m 45, exercised 5x/wk before all of this started and not overweight at 5′ 11″ and 175 lbs.
My bloodpressure was 180/13o on my way to the ER. When I left 2 1/2 hrs later, it was @132/72.

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:50:27 GMT

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Open Question: Constructive criticism on my poem? Opinions?

February 7th, 2010 Open Question: does anyone know anything about the contour ab belt?
I saw it on tv. only 14 dollars… I looovvvee going to the gym!!! And I love running routinely. But I was interested in using it just for the time I cant make it to they gym. I still walk everywhere. And I am in excellent shape I think. But I was more definition. Would this be a good tool to use on top of exercising? I was worried that the electronic waves, or thing that makes your body contract could be harmful for your body internally, maybe even your heart. when I first heard about it I thought that it could probably cause an arrhythmia or a heart murmur even. WJHat do you think?
oh and also, I was kind of skeptical about it and then my boyfriend told me that it does work. He said that he watched an autobiography of bruce lee and he used it everyday.

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:27:46 GMT
Open Question: Constructive criticism on my poem? Opinions?
Something in your smile.
Makes me want to know what your thinking.
It draws me in.
And I can feel it,
I’m sinking.
Promised myself I’d stay stitched up,
but you’ve opened up my heart.
Maybe you’ll be the one, that won’t tear it apart.
So, I guess this is how it feels.
This is the rush,
of falling in Jersey.
This is the feeling,
of falling without anything to protect the blow.
This is the feeling that I never thought I’d let you see,
a strange part of me.
But I guess that’s what happens when,
you’re a victim of the disease.
Of falling in Jersey.

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:00:17 GMT

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Open Question: With a heart murmur/ leaky valve what exercises can i do?

February 6th, 2010 Open Question: Hispanics in the U.S. and heart disease?
I’m doing a research about heart disease among different ethnic groups in the U.S.
Does anyone know, what biological/ environmental factors make Hispanics more vulnerable to heart disease?
I need serious answers please and if you can add a web link to where you got the information from i would appreciated it. thanks
I already google this but i didn’t find much info.

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:10:26 GMT
Open Question: With a heart murmur/ leaky valve what exercises can i do?
Im in gym and i am 17 years old, we have to run a mile on monday and i want to know if i am capable of doing so. I dont wanna just pass out and they dont know whats going on. We run a lap two days out the week and do regu;ar exercise like sit ups, push ups, and we stretch. Can i run a mile??

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:23:46 GMT

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Open Question: The Draconian Conundrum?

February 6th, 2010 Open Question: The Draconian Conundrum?
This is a little short story I did for fun…Enjoy! BTW: This is copy-righted. Please don’t steal this.
Dracia Camblla placed her head through the bars of the cage, letting her hands feel their ways toward her face. Her chestnut-brown hair was entangled with twigs and leaves, and her emerald eyes, which were now a misty green, searched for nothing as the busy people of Trytee bustled about. It was a strange environment for her; she never had stepped foot outside her home before, and now here she was, locked in a cage somewhere.
She was blind, yes, but she saw things people have never seen, and never will see by the rate of their technological progress. She saw dragons breathing putrid fire on a castle top, brave knights in their armor searching for their beloved, princesses of fairy tales with long, blonde hair and blue eyes. She heard the wisp of the wind as it sailed across great plains, a woman singing an old ballad from the days of yore, the silence before a storm. What she saw was beauty in its own master design, never ceasing to create such wonders the world had forgotten over time.
She still held her imagination firm even though she was kidnapped by a mysterious man. It was was of keeping her sanity, if that makes any sense. In order to survive and not think the worst of her given situation, she imagined she was somewhere far away where there were no people so cruel like her captor. Her captor….it sounded so foreign to her. In all her studies, she never has heard of a man kidnapping a little girl. Maybe it was for her own protection, like many other things such as reading and writing.
So, here Dracia, or as she likes to be called, Draci, was, sitting in her cage when she heard a voice call out a greeting. “Hail, Turget!” It was a man, and a pretty young one at that. His voice was strong, demanding, yet at the same time subjective to other voices. He had a sense of urgency to his pace, making a straight beeline for the captor who was presumably named Turget.
Turget raised his hand in the sign of a formal greeting, “May the Draconian Fire blaze in your heart.”
“And yours.”
Draci cocked her head in question; what is the Draconian Fire, and who is the mysterious man? Paying no heed to the girl, Turget continued on, “So..what’ll it be?” He tugged on his short beard as if in thought, and tapped his foot in time with the music playing in the background. “The Dracia Waltz…” he murmured, recognizing the tune.
The customer walked around the cage, noting all the flaws and perfections of Draci mentally. After a few minutes of deep consideration, he straightened up, smoothing his jacket, and said, “I’d say 40 shackles. Nothing more.”
Turget cursed under his breath; he knew there was no chance in bargaining, the customer knew what he wanted and wouldn’t back down. “Oh, fine.” He reluctantly agreed, shaking hands with the customer, who grinned mischeviously in satifaction.
A sudden jerk from the cage left Draci sprawling across the small area, and she could tell by the heavy breathing and grunting that some men were attempting to move the cage.CLICK! The caged prisoner heard the opening to the cage pop open, and before she knew what she was doing, Dracia dived out of there and sprinted to the nearest exit away from the men.
“Stop her!” she heard a voice screaming from across the room.
Before she had time to cross through the doorway, thick, strong arms wrapped around her waist and carried her away. The person who was carrying her was heading upstairs, she could tell, and was gaining speed as well as ground away from the crowd of people who screamed after them.
Grrr…dumb auto-correct thought that a word I put in there was innapropriate, and bloakced it out.

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:15:06 GMT

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Open Question: Those who answered our last Candain Health Care questions, how many of you live in Canada?

February 5th, 2010 Open Question: heart pain and fainting?
When I was 4 I had a heart murmur which apperently went away.
I’m now 19 and I get these mini heart spaz attacks. My heart goes nutso for absolutly no reason and it is really painful. Lat week I had a major heart spaz where it was so fast and painful I thought I was going to die and then I passed out. I was up a few minutes later and my heart slowed down, but now I’m getting these mini spaz’s all the time!
Has anyone else had this? and I don’t want to go to the doctor because I’m there all the time with infections it’s getting embarrassing to be there every few weeks!

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:40:22 GMT

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Open Question: How far along are you and what are the funniest things you’ve experienced while being pregnant?

February 5th, 2010 Open Question: How far along are you and what are the funniest things you’ve experienced while being pregnant?
Tomorrow I will be 25 weeks pregnant and so far so good, except for on and off morning sickness, plus now the constant headaches and irritability lol. I get very irritated lately and it wont be with anyone personally but sometimes like at certain little things, like cleaning something, or going up the stairs because at the end I am out of breath! I have a PDA Heart murmur that works twice as hard for me but now triple work because Im pregnant. o.O
Anyway lately its crazy how sometimes I’ll be watching baby stories on tlc and just the emotions that I feel will make her kick. Like this one time this lady’s baby was in the breech position so the doctors moved her, I sat there and I was like man that’s gotta hurt and she instantly kicked me wildly!
Or sometimes when Im hungry and I smell something she pokes me lol.
I swear even though I don’t know her yet, she has some type of personality. Its so much fun going through all this, its probably one of the best things about the pregnancy.
Whats your funny favorite moment.

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:09:24 GMT

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Open Question: Should I go to the doctor or am I in normal health?

February 4th, 2010 Resolved Question: any nurses or docs on line, I really need some good advice about frequent heart palpitations. Thank you.?
When I was pregnant about a year and a half ago I had frequent heart palpitations during early pregnancy. They subsided after a few months. The doctor says they were due to increased blood flow from pregnancy. A week ago I began having the same symptoms. My heart is skipping beats very frequently-sometimes every two beats or so. It is about two beats missed per minute. This begins shortly after I get up and gets worse throughout the afternoon and evening. I do not feel stressed and I have ceased caffeine completely. Around six o’clock at night, they get the worst. They cause me much anxiety once they start to come frequently and throbbing headaches-a lot of pressure in my head. I don’t feel anxious AT ALL until they get worse. They last until I fall asleep. I am also having difficulty going to sleep and once asleep-difficulty getting up. I have an appt to see my doc in the morning. I did have an EKG yesterday that showed arythmia. This is beginning to upset me. I am already taking Paxil twenty mg per day for PMS symptoms so I did not think anxiety should be the cause. I do not smoke. Thank you and God bless.

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:03:47 GMT
Open Question: difficulty catching breathe and heart palpitations what could it be?
For about 6 months ive had this problem where i cant get a full breath.
Obviously im breathing but i always feel like im not getting a full satisfying breath and its horrible!
Also i get little heart palpitations my heart will go really fast and then feel like it stops for a split second.
Ive been to the doctor on 4 occasions now and he says its not something to worry about, and that its probably caused by stress. but i am worried i hate not being able to catch a proper breath (and if i want to i have to force myself to yawn then i can get a big breath) the palpitations also freak me out.
My doctor did say he could hear a very slight heart murmur but again was not concerned as he said slight heart murmurs are common.
What could this be?

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:08:43 GMT

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Open Question: Rubella IgG Antibody is +ve…Will it be a problem to conceive?? And is there any solution on it? I am worried?

February 4th, 2010 Open Question: Help with a good name for our Newfoundland landseer =)?
We are getting a newfoundland landseer on Saturday, I have no idea what to name him. They are known as the gentle giant, he is very happy, his head is black and looks like an ape..lol..but in a cute way =) His body is the color of the landseer…he is special needs in that he has a heart murmur..so I was hoping to find a name special for him..something that refers to maybe a strong heart..or a strong willed person in history. Anything unique (not super unique) and sentimental. Thank you so much for your help =)

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:09:48 GMT
Open Question: Rubella IgG Antibody is +ve…Will it be a problem to conceive?? And is there any solution on it? I am worried?
I did this test post periods..and the result of Rubella test was positive..Is it true that because of this result i will be having problem to conceive? And if i conceive, then my child will be having such problems like a spectrum of congenital defects that includes
cataracts, deafness, glaucoma, congenital heart disease, and mental
retardation?? I am really very worried…

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:01:18 GMT

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