googlebridgeUser Since: Jan 2013Posts: 3 | I have had PVCs for a number of years. On average I have about 1000 PVCs per day according to Holter tests I have had done. I don't have PVCs while I am asleep. I don't feel anything when I have a PVC, so they are not causing me any discomfort. The only way I found out I had PVCs was from an ECG I had done as part of a regular health check. I had the usual blood tests, echo test and treadmill test done and no problems were found. Often on, I have taken beta-blockers but found they made me tired, although they did reduce my PVCs. Also I have taken Chinese medicine, which also reduced my PVCs when I was taking it.
I have never had the stomach problems PVCman describes.
Since I cannot feel my PVCs, other than when I has a Holter test, I did not know if I was experiencing PVCs. I wanted to know if I had PVCs, so I would be aware of what kind of things bring them on and would be able to reduce them. I started feeling my pulse and counting the number of irregular beats per 100 beats, but this is a little tedious.
Recently, I purchased an HxM heart rate monitor that straps to your chest. This is capable of connecting to Android devices via Bluetooth and it sends out RR interval data. I wrote an Android application to record this RR interval data and analyse it for irregular beats so that I can see how many irregular beats I am having. Since the HxM monitor just straps on to the chest it is less accurate than a Holter or ECG machine and does not provide any ECG, just the RR interval data, but still the information I get is guide to how regular my heart rate is. I wear the HxM monitor all day and I can see the information on my heart beats in real time on my phone, plus it is saved, so I can see the historical data for past days too.
I came to the conclusion that if I sit down with my body diagonal (kind of leaning back and slouching), rather than sitting upright or lying down, I have many less PVCs. Not sure of the reson for this. I'm looking for more ways of reducing the PVCs. |