Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) and birth control pills?

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I was diagnosed with SVT in October last year and so came off the pill as i wasn't feeling great at the time.
I was just wondering if anyone knew if it is alright for me to go back on the pill now, or will it affect my heart palpitations?
Any ideas would be great!
That really is a question for your Dr - the medication you take for the SVT might render the one you were taking before less effective and the bc can interferee with your current treatment. Medical interactions are crucial to confirm before making any changes.
Your safest bet is something that won't interfer like the cervical cap or condoms and spermicide. Good Luck!  (+ info)

anyone have supraventricular tachycardia?

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has anyone been diagnosed with svt, had cardial ablation and after a few years have it return? I had the ablation 7 years ago january and now i have been having more severe symptoms than when i originally had the surgery. just wondering if this has happened to anyone and any new treatments or surgeries that may have worked for you. my surgery went fine, no problems during or after, so i was also wondering if it can pop up in a different spot. all answers are greatly appreciated.
i was also on a steroid(don't know the name) a year and a half ago that i was on 7 years ago right before my surgery, and it didn't help either time.
treatment of SVT can range from simple measures to ablation
simple measures like(valsalva maneuver ,unilateral carotid massage,compression the eye ball ,washing the face with cold water,inducing vomitting)other than this the drug of choice is Adenosine unless you have asthma then calcium channel blocker would be the best choice
others and more aggressive cardiac ablation
this is my e-mail if you have specific question I'm ready to answer you [email protected]  (+ info)

Is Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) Deadly?

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Is Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) at all life threatening and is it somthing I should worry about? How many people have died from it?
It's potentially dangerous, but easy to treat, control, and often terminate.. Deaths are extremely rare.  (+ info)

Supraventricular tachycardia?

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my 8 year old daughter has had periods of feeling unwell with a rapid heartbeat that comes on suddenly for no reason and lasts about 10 minutes.She gets these about once a week.After wearing a monitor for 7 days,i have had a letter saying she now has SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA.My appointment has been moved forward to June but now i have a month of not knowing whats properly going on.Has anyone else on here had this or their child been diagnosed with the same condition?Can anyone tell me about this condition please?
Well I don't know first hand about this condition but I found this comprehensive explanation and some common treatments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supraventricular_tachycardia

I don't know your situation but if you don't have health care coverage I would strongly advise you contact your local county human services or a county social worker to apply for either health coverage or Medical assistance. It would seem like this could get expensive real quick and if you have a month the process is generally long and drawn out any how.  (+ info)

Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) and oral contraceptive usage?

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My 18 year old daughter has supraventricular and has had two ablations to try to correct it. However, the ablations were not completely successful but she is on a medication that manages to control her arrythmia. She is now considering taking birth control pills due to a very erratic menstrual cycle. In the past, her heartrate would increase during the week prior to her cycle despite the medication to control her heartrate. It would subside again once her cycle began. I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience and is now on birth control pills. Has taking birth control pills incited your SVT?
the only risk she will sustain is more susceptibility to clots in legs with ocp ,she must consult with her cardiologist before getting on the ocp ,,  (+ info)

Are there any first aid methods to supress SVT (Supraventricular tachycardia) or any other palpitation?

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Valsalva maneuver is the first choice  (+ info)

Is there ne1 out there who SVT or supraventricular tachycardia?

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i know wot it is i have it so does my brother. im just wonderin will it have ne effect on my pregnancy i am meant to be takin tildiem but i stopped cos its causes me to miscarriage. and tildiem doesnt affect my asthma medication either.
my grandmother had svt a few months back..its an irregular or very quick heartbeat...it may feel like palpitations..she was put on the blood thinning drug warfarin and is now back to normal once her dosage ad been sorted out..other treatment can be a cardioversion where the heart is shocked back in to normal rhythm using a defibrillator  (+ info)

supraventricular tachycardia (svt) when should i get on medicine?

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i have svt attacks about 4-5 times a day. my heart speeds up to where i can barely breathe then beats really deep and slow then it goes back to normal im just exhausted after the fact. my doctor told me he could put me on meds for it but i denied cause he said it was possible to go without it. at that time i was only having one a day. do any of you guys with svt have that many attacks per day? do u think i should go back to the doc?
I was diagnosed with SVT as well. Yes, it is very scary during an attack. I feel out of breath, light headed, and it feels like you have no control over your heart. I was put on medicine a year ago. SVT attacks started in 2006, but they got more frequent and longer lasting as time progressed. So I went a while without medicine. I took 50 mg of Atenelol. Before I was put on medication, my attacks were very severe and long. They got up to 220 bpm and I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest. However, they occurred 5-6 times a week. The Atenelol made the attacks less severe, but it did not make them go away. In other words I did have some "break through episodes" as my cardiologist called it.

SVT is not a life threatening condition, so dont freak out by some of the answers on here. They have never experienced SVT and half of the people on here automatically think "serious" when they hear of a problem associated with the heart. Ninja 636: it isnt life threatning and its not like if you get an attack you cant drive. You dont even know what SVT is about. Angela: I have been in the ER for svt before and you nurses are general. You arent trained in cardiology, so how the heck would you know? You have NO IDEA of the details of svt. My ER nurse didnt even know how to plug me up to the heart monitor. Little newsflash, you cannot have a heart attack from SVT, nor can you die. It is physically IMPOSSIBLE. Stick to what you know for sure (like sticking on bandaids) and stop trying to act like you know what you are talking about. I'm serious because stuff like that scares people and it is bs...that cant happen.

Anyways, a month ago, I was tired of having attacks so I underwent catheter ablation. I bet your cardiologist has mentioned it to you. This is a low-risk procedure where you are put under anestesia and they insert 4 catheters through the groin. They map the heart's electrical system to find what is causing the SVT. (People with SVT usually have an extra electrical pathway that the heart will occasionaly jump on. This is the palpatations we feel. Some may have over 1 pathway. I just had one.) My extra electrical pathway was in a hard spot to burn with the catheter. (That is how they get rid of the pathway. They either burn or freeze. Once the extra pathway is gone, they heart cannot jump on it. Therefore, palpatations are history!) They tried burning ir 8 times! They couldnt get to it, so they tried freezing which worked! Once they think they eliminated the pathway, they try to induce a palpitation. I wasnt getting palpitations, so my SVT is cured! The expected time for this procedure is 3-8 hours. We thought mine would be short, but I was under anestesia for 8 hours because of the inconvient location of the pathway. Afterwards I had complications like junctional tachycardia. My heart was beating at 120 bpm afterwards at an irregular rhythm. The beat was coming from the AV Node and skipping the sinus. In other words, sinus rhythm is the normal. Junctional rhythm is the backup in case something goes wrong with the sinus. Nothing was wrong with my sinus. In fact, the sinus and junctional rhythms were racing each other. This is what caused the rapid heart rate. I was admitted in the hospital and was there for a week after the procedure. (Usually you go home the same day of the procedure.) The electrophysiologist concluded that the reason for the junctional tachycardia was because the heart was so irritated from the burning and freezing for 8 hours non stop. It wasnt dangerous, it was just annoying feeling that hard rapid heart rate all day! They put me back on the medicine to slow the heart rate. It sucked because that was the initial reason to have the procedure...to get off the medicine. Your body becomes immune to medicine after a while. Anyways, about 2 weeks ago I was weened off the medicine to see if the junctional tachycardia had ceased...and it did! Right now I am living SVT free with no limitations! I definitely recommed the procedure. I was extremely scared to have it at first but I felt so limited with the attacks. I was on the medicine a year though. I suggest you start it and see how it goes. If you are unhappy with breakthrough episodes, try the procedure! A tip for SVT attacks: you can use manuevers to try and stop them. The manuever I used most often is bearing down or "Valsalva manuever." The Valsalva maneuver should be the first vagal maneuver tried because it is most effective. It works by increasing intra-thoracic pressure and affecting baro-receptors (pressure sensors) within the arch of the aorta. It is carried out by asking the patient to hold their breath and "bear down" as if straining to pass a bowel motion, or by getting them to hold their nose and blow out against it. Also try rubbing one side of your neck firmly. Rub around the area where you would check your pulse. You can also try drinking ice water, plunging your face in ice cold water, and standing on your head. Although I personally DO NOT reccommend standing on your head during an SVT attack. Durning my attacks, I was light headed and dizzy. Standing on my head would have resulted in some other accident. When you are on medicine, the attacks are easier to stop. By the way, I am only 15. I wasnt born with SVT, it developed when I was like, 12. Hope this helps and good luck!!! :)  (+ info)

Could supraventricular tachycardia make the patient died?

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I have had episodes of SVT with heart rates of 270 at the highest. My doctor said the risk is that if they cannot figure out the cause and stop the arrythmia, you could go into life threatening arrythmias or other complications such as clots. So... the answer is yes.  (+ info)

Supraventricular tachycardia! help!?

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I have had supraventricular tachycardia (svt) for 15 years and only had it recorded at hospital this year for the first time! I also have high blood pressure, i cant take tablets they make me ill, my doctor is nice but not very helpful. Does anyone know any good natural remedies for blood pressure? Also its possible i may have an op to correct the svt has anyone had this done and it been successful! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks :-)
I drink only decaf tea and no coffee. I dont drink fizzy drinks and i dont add any salt to cooking and usually cook from scratch. I also do the vagal manouvers as some svts only last a couple to minutes.
Thanks for your answers i have had a 24 hour ecg and an echocardiogram. I havent had a treadmill test or stress test. I have had my kidney function checked and i am seeing my cardiologist in September. I wonder if anyone else suffers from this, its very scary the last one was over 200 beats a minute and i had a drug to stop and restart my heart which was also very scary. I probably sound like a wet blanket, generally im not i would just like to try and sort this stuff out!
Caffeine can cause SVT, you can have an op that burns out a specific pathway in the heart and that can stop it. There are some manouveres such as vagal stimulation that can calm down your SVT when you get it.

The operation is called an ablation or something similar  (+ info)

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