Thank you very much.

Hi there,    another newbie here.  Searching for info about heart palpitations !  My 18 yr old son got Glandular Fever in September last year.  He was very athletic, playing basketball 5 nights a week.  It has been a very slow recovery.  

He is now attempting to get back into basketball, but whenever he takes the court, or practises hard at home, he gets alarming palpitations.  So yeah, off to read some posts now !

Hello, a first-timer to the website here.  RLR found me on another forum and recommended I try this one.  My symptoms are well beyond palpitations, mine are long episodes of atrial fibrillation.  I have been told that 2 things are necessary for AF to occur, (1) an atrium that is susceptable and capable of fibrillation and (2) something to trigger the fibrillation.  I am convinced that the trigger in my case is my vagus nerve.  I have symptoms of a dominant parasympathetic nervous system; bradycardia, low body temperature, hoarseness and thick saliva.  Initially my fibrillation was triggered by something that would stimulate the vagus nerve in my stomach such as eating spicy food, bending over, golfing and faster jogging.  Now the episodes start with less specific activity but are more frequent when I am more active.  I can usually feel a tenseness or spasms in the area about an inch above my navel before the fibrillation begins.  One more symptom that is related is occasional slight numbness on the left side of my face, usually when I am having fibrillation.  The facial trigeminal nerve shares a path with the vagus nerve in the brain.  I am taking an anti-arhythmic drug that really doesn't help much and am considering getting a radio frequency ablation to prevent the fibrillation.  By the way, this all started with short palpitations about 10 years ago.  I came to this site in search of some way to quiet down my over-sensitive vagus nerve/PNS.  I am wondering if my PNS is too dominant or if my sympathetic nervous system too weak.  For some reason there is an imbalance.  I just discovered that elevated blood sugar levels can damage the vagus nerve.  My levels have been in the 100 - 110 range for the last 3 or 4 years.  Even though I wouldn't be considered diabetic I wonder if long-term elevated levels could cause nerve damage that would make my vagus nerve jumpy.  Besides lowering blood sugar level (which I intend to do), is there any way to restore a damaged vagus nerve?  Any help or suggestions are appreciated.

Robb  

Hi My name is stella from the UK.

Have suffered palps for many years and am still worried by them. So much so that I have called the ambulance twice in the past.

Anyway have been sent to a cardio and had a scan and it showed a moderate amount of fluid around my heart. Well it has not helped me in the least to know THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It scared me and now am even more scared by all these palps. Also other symptoms going on which they tell me are anxiety, not too sure about that.

So thats a little about me

I popped into this forum awhile ago, but I don't think I ever said "hello".  Sorry for the delay.  I've gotten so much good information here!  There is nothing as scary as palpitations!

Hi I am a new member and I really hope someone will read my new post.......

Hi all, I am Jay and am very pleased to find this forum as I finally don't feel so alone in my journey with getting answers to health problems. Looking forward to chatting with some of you.