treatment of tachicardia?
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Tachycardia is defined as a sustained heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute. There can be several causes and the treatments reflect these. \n\nFrom a hospital view: When patients become tachy, one must look at the whole picture of health to determine the cause. Is the patient dehydrated? Is the patient having a severe anxiety attack? Is there something more serious causing this? What medications is the patient taking? What are his/her electrolyte levels? What is the person's underlying heart rhythm; Ventricular Tachycardia, Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Rate, Wolff Parkinson White....? What is the person's medical history? The solution MUST reflect the cause. The goal is to CONVERT the heart rhythm back to Normal Sinus.\n\nIf the cause of the tachycardia must be controlled by medicine only (not dehydration), some possible options are Adenosine, Diltiazem, Esmolol, Lidocaine, and Mag Sulfate (Torsades). If patients do not respond to chemical cardioversion, then the medical staff may attempt electrical cardioversion. If this does not solve the issue, they may even schedule ablation (a surgical procedure that is designed to eliminate accessory pathways of electrical current in the heart). The patient may even leave the hospital with an implanted defibrillator. The majority of patients, once heart rate is controlled, leave on a maintenance medication such as Cardizem CR daily.
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There are many factors in deciding how a regular TM will be done. ( there are also drug induced TM) The first is your age. There's a formula for this. It is:220-age x 85=. This result is called '85%'of your target heart rate,and determines what your heart rate should increase to in order to get a good test. Now sometimes this isn't possible. Again, there are several factors involved. You may not be in very good shape, physically. You may be on medications that don't allow your H.R. to increase. You may have respiratory limitations. If you can up your H.R. to 70%, this should end as a good test, too. Just ask your doctor. It's his call.\n\nThe reason you want to raise your H.R. is so they can see what your heart does under stress.Thus, a STRESS test. I'll tell you now, how they prepare you for this test. The first thing they will do is put sticky type patches on your chest. Then they will connect electrodes to the patches.(No! there is no electric current involved). This allows a visual view of different areas of the heart. At this point, they will start your walk. It will be very slow for the first 3 minutes, and then they will tell you seconds before they increase the grade and speed of the T.M. So, every three minutes you will experience this gradual increase in speed and grade. Remember, their trying to get  your H.R. to rise. They will talk to you all along to insure you are doing alright. Don't be frightened. You will be watched carefully. You must communicate though, and don't try to be the tough guy/girl.Don't be a wimp either. No. This not an easy test. You will be tired and winded when you're finished. Just do your best. This is a very good test.They will be able to determine what they need to in order to better see what's going on. When completed, they will seat you and watch your recovery for about ten minutes. This a part of the test. They want to see how quickly your heartrate returns to normal. This is called you're resting heartrate. Again, talk to them. Ask your questions, and get answers that make sense to you. Many people do not do this. They get home and start questioning their understanding.\n\nI also want to leave you with some advise. I am a Psy. Therapist, specializing in cardiology. This is what I tell all of my patients. First; do not be intimidated by doctors or health care workers in general. You deserve to get every bit of information necessary  to  satisfy all of your medical concerns. If there is something you don't understand, do not settle. Often you will need to be assertive because  when you do understand, you'll be better equiped to take care of yourself in the future. It's very important to have a partnership with your doctor, not a dictatorship. There are so may great docs out there, but if you're the slightest bit uncomfortable with your relationship, find another doctor. It is really  as simple as that. You will find the one that fits you.\n\nGOOD LUCK.\n\ngrizz\n\nP.S.  E-mail me, if you would like. I would be very happy to speak with you.\n\nDuckling702@yahoo.com
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I would expect the pre ablation symptoms to take longer than this to resolve, I am hoping that your doctor will be seeing you back in the next few weeks too, just call his/her office and ask if you should get some rehab as they do after bypass surgery etc. good luck
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I certainly hope that it works for you. Unfortunately I have had patients who had to have ablation done 3-4 times to solve their problem. Even tonight in the er I had a patient who had ablation done yesterday and is still having his arrhytmia. Best wishes.
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Mucinex or Robitussin.  Drink alot of water with it.
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Richard,\n\nThis is my field, so I'm sure I can help you out.\n\nDid anyone at the hospital mention cardiac rehab.to you? If they didn't, I'm surprised. Most hospitals that perform heart related surgeries offer this kind of program. Rehab. is one the most important things you can do for yourself after surgery.\n\nI'll give you a few reasons.\nThis is a very tramatic thing to go through. Right? Getting by, if only from a physical aspect, is hard enough. Then, you must face the confusion of what to do after you go home. Am I doing too much? If I do, will I have another heart attack? (assuming you did) I'm really tired, and I'm feeling very down in the dumps. I don't know how to cope with my family. They're driving me crazy and I'm driving them crazy. I just don't know what to do! Sound, in any way, familiar? A cardiac rehab. program is designed to help you, and YOUR FAMILY with all of this, and much, much more.\n\nDon't let anyone tell you, 'it's just exercise'. 'It didn't really do much for me'. 'I didn't need it anyway'. 'I can handle this on my own'. 'They can't do for me anymore than I can do for myself...bah,bah,bah.\n\n\n\nOnly touched on a few examples of what is probably going on with you. I mention your family, because, more often than not, they need the real help. They know what I mean. Trust me. And...It's not funny, but in my practice, the family is key to the recovery of the patient. Doesn't make sense, I know. It's a subtle thing.\n\nLet's talk Richard.\n\nGRIZZ\nduckling702@yahoo.com\n\nMy best to you.
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I have had tacacardia since the age of 6with ectopic heart beats it is a lot better now (in 50s)but Ismoked for 15-20 of those years and it aggravated it,coffee and tea are also a one a day .and stress.so deffinatley stay off nicotine.
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I came across the site below.  It has some good articles about defibrillators.  They have information and advice on the use of blood pressure monitors that you may find helpful.
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Sorry, I don't know your tubes.\nBut someone told me Nystatin treatment helps sometimes.
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Sounds like the cocaine triggered a panic disorder. I get mild cases of these if i smoke weed sometimes. Takes a couple days for me to recover. Time should help. Continue with the meds and maybe take up meditation. Good luck man, I wouldn't wish panic disorder on my worst enemy.
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You could try breathing exercises (or pranayama) especially Kapalbati as taught by Yogi Ramdev in India. His programme is broadcast everyday on a channel called Astha. It is also available in DVD form. My friend tried it and he says he has not had a single attack for one year. Another good cure i have heard abt is the fish therapy they do somewhere in Vizag, Andhra Pradesh. Hope this helps. Get well soon!
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Ya...it can be cured...low blood pressure i am not really sure...but concentrate on the medicine given by the doc...it shd work...
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NONE! but Flax seed oil taken internally and a good blood tonic will help. a good blood tonic is:Burdock root and Yellow Dock root decoction works as a blood tonic
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no cure, no herbal treatment, but there is psychological approach, please read below.\n\nSome common obsessions include:\n\nFear of being contaminated by germs or dirt \nFear of causing harm to oneself or others \nIntrusive sexually explicit or violent thoughts and images \nExcessive focus on religious or moral ideas \nFear of losing or not having things you might need \nOrder and symmetry: the idea that everything must line up “just right.” \nSuperstitions: excessive attention to something considered lucky or unlucky \nSome common compulsive behaviors are:\n\nexcessive double-checking \ncounting \nhand washing \ncleaning \nordering/arranging \ntouching \npraying \nhoarding \n\n\nWhat treatment is available for OCD?\nOCD is not usually curable, but it is highly treatable, in that effective treatment can greatly reduce the occurrence of obsessive thoughts and compulsive rituals. A combination of behavior therapy and medication seems to offer the best long-term improvement. \n\nExposure Treatment and Response Prevention\nA type of behavioral therapy called exposure and response prevention is generally the first line of treatment for OCD.  In this treatment, you are repeatedly exposed to the source of your obsession. Then you are prevented from engaging in whatever compulsive ritual you use to reduce the anxiety brought about by your obsession. For example, if you are a compulsive hand washer, you might be asked to touch the door handle in a public restroom and then be prevented from washing up. As you sit with the anxiety, the urge to wash your hands will gradually begin to go away on its own. In this way, you learn that you don’t need the ritual to get rid of your anxiety.\n\nExposure treatment and response prevention is carefully planned out and controlled, with your therapist at your side to provide support. You will begin with a situation that provokes only a low level of anxiety. Once you’ve been exposed to this situation and have waited out the anxiety without engaging in your compulsion, you will move on to a more challenging situation. Continuing with the previous example, you might progress from touching the bathroom door handle to touching the toilet flush lever or even the toilet seat itself. With each successful exposure and response prevention, you’ll feel a greater sense of control over your obsessions and compulsions. Studies show that exposure and response prevention can actually “retrain” the brain to function differently, permanently reducing the occurrence of OCD symptoms. This type of behavioral therapy can even extinguish compulsive behaviors entirely.\n\nAccording to the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, 75% of people who complete exposure and response prevention treatment experience improvement of their OCD symptoms.\nFor more information about this behavioral treatment, read What Is Exposure & Response Prevention? and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP).\n\nCognitive Therapy\nA cognitive component is often combined with the behavioral approach of exposure and response prevention. Cognitive therapy targets the OCD sufferer’s catastrophic thoughts and exaggerated sense of responsibility. According to OCD Action, “Cognitive therapy suggests that OCD results when an individual misinterprets intrusive thoughts or urges as a sign that not only will harm occur, but that they may be responsible for it through what they do or what they fail to do.” Therefore, a central task of therapy is to address these irrational thoughts and challenge them. See Treatments for OCD: Cognitive Therapy for an overview of the cognitive approach and useful treatment tools, including thought records. For more on how OCD leads to biased and unproductive ways of thinking, visit Cognitive Therapy for OCD: What It is, When to Use It and When Not! \n\nTo review the main ideas involved in a combined cognitive-behavioral approach to OCD treatment, read OCD-UK’s What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?\n\nMedication\n
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Try:\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001177.htm#Treatment
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Take ECG and consult a cardiologist. \nPlease see the webpages for more details on Heart palpitations.
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Yes, accupuncture can do wonders. Just take the full course of treatment and don't stop too early, finish all the way!