Re: Body/Face Flushing Racing Pulse

Sam wrote:
I am 40 years old, male. I have always thought I had a racing heart rate
and I tend to get ansi rather quickly. I also have mild/moderate sleep
apnea and inflammatory bowel disease. I only about 10-15 lbs overweight
but you wouldn't tell by just looking at me. ( I am 5.91/2, 168 lbs).

You might be as much as 21 lbs heavier than ideal.

The last 6 months ago, it has been quite easy for me to get stressed
out and to "forget to breathe". As I understand it, anxiety is not
uncommon with sleep apnea.

A few months ago, I had an episode at work with no known triggers of
getting really hot and itchy all over. I checked in the mirror and I
was lobster red. I went to emergency and was released after a few
hours. I was told to take up Yoga or some other form of relaxation
exercise. At the time, I also complained that my blood pressure has
become low all of a sudden: 120/72 or so. Again, that's normal I was
told.

It is.

I said, thats not normal for me. I should be around 140/88 (85).

That is high.

I have been doing very little cardio exercise and I dont believe
that
that little had anything to do with it.

Visting my GP, he got me to get some blood work done and showed no
anomolies. I have complained in the past that I felt my heart was
beating too fast. It would be over 100+ minutes on any given day. I
complain about regular night sweats. Havent kept track of my body temp
much when I have these, when I did body temp was normal.

The other day, I went for a short walk. I layed down in the sun
(something i ordinarily do). After about 15 minutes, I had the same
symptoms as I did a few months back: I was hot all over. I quickly
went back home and checked in the mirror. I was indeed flushed all over
as last time. I took 2.5 mg of Zyprexia that I had on hand from a few
months back. I measured my bp when I got home and still flushed. It was
140/84 Pulse about 117 bpm. I then went to bed after taking off my
shirt. I also tend to have some pain on my left side of my body below
the pec muscle and a bit to the right. This tends to get sore when I
become ansi or tense. I sometimes feel that my left arm is a little
heavier than my right when I have this pain.

On Monday, I went to my GP and he [finally] agreed my pulse is too high.
I was around 123bpm when standing. He mentioned something about the
blood pressure being very different when standing and sitting. He sent
me to the lab to get blood work done and to have take a HOLTER MONITOR
home. I can't make out most of what else he wrote on the panel workup,
but something like LDH. 24 hour urine for VMA, namotmy ??, NoT, Kt,
urea, creat, C&P(?).

My pulse gets rarely below 88 bpm when I am sitting down and when
asleep, it's around 76 bpm (measured with a heart rate monitor and
confirmed with an overnight oxymetery). I am and have been taking
1GRAM of fish oil blend (as recommended by my GP). That day, I took one
tablet of FOLIC ACID, and 3 capsules of acidiphoilus.

Can anyone shed some light on why (how) these flashes are happening.

Your doctor since you have described that your doctor is working on
determining the source of your symptoms.

Is my heart damaged?

Not from what you have described.

What are the consequences or effect of a rapid heart rate?

76 bpm is not a high resting heart rate.

Thanks

You are welcome, Sam.

All thanks and praises belong to the LORD, Whom I love with all my
being.

Prayerfully in Christ's amazing love,

Andrew
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