Are Episodes Of Breathlessness Related To BP Or Fluctuating Heart Rate?

Posted on Thu, 21 Jun 2018

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Question : I have been having a problem with my heart rate going down to 40-60 beats a min, bee to a heart doctor says nothing wrong there. been to a primary care , no help there. I am having this spells every day now. Todays has lasted a hour and a half , bp 123/6364 heart rate 63. Having a hard time functioning. I do have an appointment with a gasto dr. because I have belching pretty bad. All this started Feb. of this year.shortness of breathe

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (34 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

Regarding your concern, I would explain that these heart rate values are not too low.

But considering your symptoms (shortness of breath), I would recommend performing some tests:

- a resting ECG and cardiac ultrasound
- a chest X-ray study
- an ambulatory 24-48 hours ECG monitoring in order to examine your heart rhythm trends for a prolonged time and exclude possible cardiac arrhythmia
- Thyroid hormone levels for thyroid dysfunction
- Complete blood count for anemia
- Blood electrolytes for possible imbalances.

Considering the increased frequency of belching, a fibrogastroscopy may be needed.

You should discuss with your doctor on the above tests!

Kind regards,

Dr.Iliri

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