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does the ecg detect extra heartbeats?

steve knight

steve knight

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or years after I ate carbs I would have what I thought was a skipped heartbeat it felt like my heat stopped. later I found out it is a extra beat. it eased up as I stopped eating so many carbs but it has come back off and on now. today I am feeling sick and it happened several times and I was able to capture it finally on my apple watch. but I usually get inconclusive though I got one today that was normal and had the glitch happen twice and said inconclusive (thats what I usually get)
 
steve knight said:
or years after I ate carbs I would have what I thought was a skipped heartbeat it felt like my heat stopped. later I found out it is a extra beat. it eased up as I stopped eating so many carbs but it has come back off and on now. today I am feeling sick and it happened several times and I was able to capture it finally on my apple watch. but I usually get inconclusive though I got one today that was normal and had the glitch happen twice and said inconclusive (thats what I usually get)
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Inconclusive means you should probably do as Steve suggests. Mine always declares Sinus Rhythm. It may sensor wise be able to detect a lot of conditions, but the software isn't trained on so many conditions yet. Better get it right than try and support a lot of conditions is the idea. If you give the doctor the reading, he/she might be able to read from the information your condition or order a 12 lead like Steve says.
 
Monkswhiskers said:
I would get a proper 12 lead ecg at the doctors if I were you.
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I had one last year this is so random it would be pretty lucky if it happened then. took me a long time to actually capture it on my watch. I even had a treadmill stress test to check mt heart.
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casperes1996 said:
Inconclusive means you should probably do as Steve suggests. Mine always declares Sinus Rhythm. It may sensor wise be able to detect a lot of conditions, but the software isn't trained on so many conditions yet. Better get it right than try and support a lot of conditions is the idea. If you give the doctor the reading, he/she might be able to read from the information your condition or order a 12 lead like Steve says.
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ya most of the time it seemed to give an inconclusive. but I got one today that was fine and it tit it twice. I sent the pdf to the doctor. I freaked out the docs last year as my esophagus would make my left arm hurt when it hurt (I tore my rotater cuff and some muscles a few months ago) so the doc when I finally got through to them how mad my heartburn was wanted me to rush into emergency for a ekg. but I said I would go to urgent care because I knew it was not a heart attack. it was fine but they still thought it was my heart so I had a treatmill stress test on the hottest day of the year. but the ticker was fine. this has been happening for many years but its so random it would be real lucky to capture it.
 
steve knight said:
I had one last year this is so random it would be pretty lucky if it happened then. took me a long time to actually capture it on my watch. I even had a treadmill stress test to check mt heart.
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In that case, when you capture it on your Watch, you can save the report of the scan. Whilst the software may not be able to diagnose it, the data should still be there for the medical staff to go over.
 
Did your doctor ever send you to a heart specialist? You could try something like a Zio Patch, which you wear for two weeks to monitor you.
 
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steve knight said:
or years after I ate carbs I would have what I thought was a skipped heartbeat it felt like my heat stopped. later I found out it is a extra beat. it eased up as I stopped eating so many carbs but it has come back off and on now. today I am feeling sick and it happened several times and I was able to capture it finally on my apple watch. but I usually get inconclusive though I got one today that was normal and had the glitch happen twice and said inconclusive (thats what I usually get)
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I’m not sure, exactly, what you are talking about. If you are talking about PVC’s, yes, it picks them up. It doesn’t register as anything odd, just as a bad read or Sinus Rhythm. I had those really bad for a bit, several times a minute, but a bit of diet clean up, magnesium supplement and they are mostly gone, at least insofar as I mostly don’t notice them. Everyone has them.
 
MisterSavage said:
Did your doctor ever send you to a heart specialist? You could try something like a Zio Patch, which you wear for two weeks to monitor you.
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no as the tests I had were normal. and this was so random at the time I don't remember if I said anything.
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casperes1996 said:
In that case, when you capture it on your Watch, you can save the report of the scan. Whilst the software may not be able to diagnose it, the data should still be there for the medical staff to go over.
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I sent it to the doctor. today is the only day it has happened enough to actually get it on my watch. it would cost me 80.00 for a urgent care visit and who knows if it would happen there. though today it might. but I have spent so much on medical care last year with no help and no results I am pretty reluctant to spend more unless I would actually get results. it used to only happen after I ate carbs once a week. Now I cant eat any carbs and it is happening again. today it has happened quite a few times. its not that strong as it was when I ate carbs.
 
steve knight said:
I sent it to the doctor. today is the only day it has happened enough to actually get it on my watch. it would cost me 80.00 for a urgent care visit and who knows if it would happen there. though today it might. but I have spent so much on medical care last year with no help and no results I am pretty reluctant to spend more unless I would actually get results. it used to only happen after I ate carbs once a week. Now I cant eat any carbs and it is happening again. today it has happened quite a few times. its not that strong as it was when I ate carbs.
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I hope it works out for you, mate
 
casperes1996 said:
I hope it works out for you, mate
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its so much lighter then it used to be it used to make me pause while it happened it felt so strong now its not a big deal. but with my luck if I go in for a ekg it wont happen.
 
steve knight said:
I take craploads of magnesium to keep my leg cramps so what in check no problem on the potassium I doubt but I can take more. don't use caffeine on a regular basis.
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I quit the potassium supplement and cut back a bit on the magnesium. Switching up my diet covered the potassium. The magnesium "seems" like it still makes a difference, but, I also take glucosamine, something I'm pretty sure doesn't work but my knees have been good since I started so I'm scared to stop.
 
my body only lets me eat protein only so my options are really limited. I don't know if there is anything I can take besides magnesium or potassium. but the problem is so much lighter then it used to be I don't worry about it. my doctor is calling tomorrow so I guess the pdfs I sent worked.
 
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