Weird different ECG results at each visit but doctors say its ok?
I have been reading over my medical records. I wake sometimes with a high pulse and go to the ER. I have been told:
PSVT
SVT
Right Axis Deviation
Sinus Tachycardia otherwise normal
ST Rhythm abnormal ECG
and even a Lateral Infarction!
I am only 26 and this is ridiculous. This is all from the same ER. I have also had a heart ultrasound and it was normal. All of my chest x-rays are normal except for one they noted a "pectus excavatum mild case" so I went to look up what this is and my chest looks nothing like that! I’ve never been told that before!
My diagnosis has been anxiety, low potassium/magnesium, PSVT. I was then told by one doctor who saw me I don’t have PSVT and they just don’t know why my heart rate is high when I wake up. I do notice every single one of my blood draws shows low Potassium/Magnesium, High Glucose (103-133 max when waking from a fast).
Is this hospital screwed up? What do I do? This is insane!
Maybe its because I am nervous and shake a little during the procedure? The lateral infarction was done by a medical student and it was noted they also gave me my IV. My diagnosis going home that day was a UTI with dehydration/low potassium/magnesium which was also given to me in the IV. Can low potassium/magnesium and an urinary infection screw with your heart rate? It gets 150’s at max during these episodes and scares the living heck out of me. It was 163 during the really flubbed up ecg because they made me very uncomfortable knowing it was a medical student. I kept calling for a doctor.
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proper diagnosis by a cardiologist is suggested.
Try going to a different hospital or hospitals. I was having frequent heart palpitations and went to my doctor. I had an EKG and heart xrays done, which both turned out normal. However, I continued to have these heart flutters which were quite unsettling. I went to a different doctor and was diagnosed with sinus arrhythmia. I looked up the condition online and seemed to fit perfectly with my situation. Sometimes you just need a second opinion from a different facility. I reccomend a hospital that is commonly praised or is very well-renowned. Howver, magnesium defficiency DOES cause increased heart rate, so I would suggest visiting a different hospital and suggesting that this MIGHT be the issue. Best of Luck!! ^_^
Don’t pay attention to what the print outs on the EKG say. If it were that easy, we wouldn’t need cardiologists. EKGs should ALWAYS be properly read by a professional, and never diagnosed by what the machine itself says. I personally have printed EKGs that have said ******* Acute MI ******* when it 100% wasn’t (and the patient was in their 20s). So don’t worry. I highly doubt you had a heart attack, just relax!!
And medical students know what they’re doing. Doctors rarely ever put in their own IVs, it’s usually done by nurses, paramedics, or specific IV techs/nurses. And EKGs are very much noninvasive and medical students are more than capable of putting electrodes with leads attached on you and hitting the print button. And again, it’s rare that the doctor him/herself with do your EKG. There are even specific EKG tech certifications that people take and they are certainly not doctors.