What Causes Irregular Heartbeats While Having Addison's Disease?

Posted on Wed, 14 Sep 2016

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Question : I have addison's disease and i am now experience some irregular heartbeats. i occurs 2-3 times a day. My heart rate is between 80-94. I didn't know if this warrants an ER visit, and if so, what is the treatment

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!

Regarding your concern, I would recommend consulting going to the ER for a physical exam and some tests:

- a resting ECG
- a chest X ray study
- some blood lab tests (complete blood count for anemia, blood electrolytes for possible imbalance).

Further tests ( a cardiac ultrasound, an ambulatory 24-48 hours ECG monitoring, cortisol and thyroid hormone plasma levels) in order to determine the possible cause of your symptoms.

Hope you will find this answer helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr. Iliri

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar