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Heart Palpitations


Raphael

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Raphael Rookie

Hello

Does anyone ever get heart palpitations after eating along with burping? 

Could this be symptoms of gluten or  lactose intolerance?

Thanks you


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Scott Adams Grand Master

Before I finally got diagnosed with celiac disease and was still eating gluten, I went to the emergency room ~3 times with what I thought was a heart attack (in my mid 20's). Of course it wasn't, and when they did EKG's on me all looked fine and they said it was just "stress." Of course that turned out to be wrong, and after I went gluten-free that feeling went away, and I haven't had it since.

Scott Adams Grand Master

This was accompanied by vertigo and sometimes panic attacks, thus the "stress" diagnosis. I believe this is why celiacs are often misdiagnoses with mental issues because the symptoms can look similar to certain mental issues.

Raphael Rookie

Thank so much for your reply! 

I thought I was having a heart attack, too.  Cardiologist said my heart was fine. I had EKG, heart monitor for 2 weeks, etc. My PCP had me on omprazole for 8 months which did nothing to help. I was told I had acid reflux.  Finally after researching on-line I read that gluten can cause belching and heart palpitations. I am now eating gluten free. Feeling better but if I accidentally eat gluten, heart palpitations and burping comes back.

Were you also getting symptoms of burping a lot?

Did your gluten symptoms last a few days? If I eat gluten accidentally, my symptoms last up to three days, no matter what I eat.  

 

Scott Adams Grand Master

Yes, I also had gastro issues but at that time I didn't make any connection between the perceived heart issues and those symptoms. Neither did the emergency room doctors. 

The vertigo heart thing went away after a few weeks on a gluten-free diet, but it took me almost two years to feel back to normal again.

zenith12 Enthusiast
2 hours ago, Raphael said:

Hello

Does anyone ever get heart palpitations after eating along with burping? 

Could this be symptoms of gluten or  lactose intolerance?

Thanks you

I have had that symptoms many times. Good luck and give up corn and rice along with wheat and see how you feel.

zenith12 Enthusiast
1 hour ago, Scott Adams said:

Before I finally got diagnosed with celiac disease and was still eating gluten, I went to the emergency room ~3 times with what I thought was a heart attack (in my mid 20's). Of course it wasn't, and when they did EKG's on me all looked fine and they said it was just "stress." Of course that turned out to be wrong, and after I went gluten-free that feeling went away, and I haven't had it since.

Hello Scott, I was having some heart pains after eating CORN and wheat. 

One of the funny symptoms too was NOSE dripping. Runny nose  I mean instantly after eating corn. And i had

 10 other symptoms too. My reaction to wheat, is WORSE, Corn second worse  and third worse  RICE.   


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Raphael Rookie

Thank you for all the information!

Awol cast iron stomach Experienced

After my gluten challenge  cow's milk caused heart palpitations for me.  

plumbago Experienced

Have you checked to see if you have a hiatal hernia?

Two days ago, I related in a long post here

the saga of my "heart palpitations" which actually is in my case supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).

I go on and on about it, but basically I think I'm concluding it happens after I eat and especially after I eat processed carbohydrates too quickly. Much more to it than that, but that's the Cliff Notes version.

I divide my episodes into three baskets: (1) kind of a background noise when I’m aware of them and do nothing, I know they’ll pass; (2) more in my face when I have to do something to make them go away (usually cough); and (3) when it’s blocking my path, so to speak, when it seems it won’t go away and I start to feel overtly uncomfortable and dizzy etc. and start to panic.

Plumbago

Posterboy Mentor

Raphael and Plumbago,

I had a friend who swore by the Amino Acids Arginine and Taurine to keep his arrythmia's under control.

Here is an article about it.....

https://www.pjstar.com/article/20120515/Blogs/305159877

Plumbago I was going to post it in the Sleep Issues thread in response to your SVT issue....but since you already posted that thread link.....this will be sufficient.

Amino acids are like B-Vitamins they don't stay in our system for more than 12 hours (typically) before their start to go down.....taking them 2x works best.

People who have low stomach acid can have trouble digesting proteins....thus Amino Acid absorption issues show up.....my go to amino acid is Lysine for my mouth sores.....but since I treated my low stomach acid issues....I almost never have to take Lysine anymore.

I hope this is helpful but It is not medical advise.

Posterboy,

Raphael Rookie
23 hours ago, zenith12 said:

I have had that symptoms many times. Good luck and give up corn and rice along with wheat and see how you feel.

Any ways to relieve the burping? Wow sometimes I feel like a burping machine. 

cyclinglady Grand Master

No easy remedies.  For me, I must avoid gluten.  I think you need to determine the root cause of your burping.  It can be due to many things, including celiac disease.  Learn more:

https://www.healthline.com/health/abdominal-pain-and-burping

Posterboy Mentor
29 minutes ago, Raphael said:

Any ways to relieve the burping? Wow sometimes I feel like a burping machine. 

Raphael,

You might have a Peptic Ulcer....or a Hiatal Hernia especially if you are burping not related to food ingestion.

https://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/ss/slideshow-whats-making-you-burp

Ulcers can be triggered from too little stomach acid.....not too much as is commonly believed...(Food dilutes acid keeping our body at a healthy level....eating lowers stomach acid naturally) when this cycle is broken we can develop ulcers triggered by an H. Pylori Infection etc...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute worked out this connection....over 15+ years ago....but doctor's still treat us as if we have too much stomach acid instead...

https://www.hhmi.org/news/excessive-growth-bacteria-may-also-be-major-cause-stomach-ulcers

Try taking the baking soda test and it will tell you if your Stomach acid is really too low or too high.

This Dr. Jockers article explains how to test this theory using Baking Soda...

https://drjockers.com/5-ways-test-stomach-acid-levels/

If it really is too low....taking some BetaineHCL with meals might help you.

I suggest taking 3 or 4 capsules to begin with....and going up or down as necessary....

Always take it (BetaineHCL) with a couple glasses of water and a meal.....BetaineHCL should never bee taken on an empty stomach....or it could cause a burning sensation.....like someone is putting a cigarette but in your stomach.

If this happens drink more water....and eat something to help with the burning sensation....

It should be a warm sensation (not unpleasant sensation) when you are taking it appropriately.

Mastic Gum might help an ulcer too!

I hope this is helpful but it is not medical advise.

Posterboy,

Raphael Rookie

Thank you! My dietician told me about this site.  So happy I found it.

Such helpful information. 

  • 5 months later...
Nev Newbie

Yes. Every time I have even small amount of wheat I feel palpitations and burping and some reflux within 2 minutes or so. This morning again so I am done with Gluten. Thanks for discussing this. 

Scott Adams Grand Master

Welcome to the forum @Nev, We’re glad to hear that what we’ve shared here is being found and helping others !

  • 2 weeks later...
BuddhaBar Collaborator

The cause is trapped air in your food pipe. It puts pressure on your vagus nerve causing palpitations and skipped beats. Might even get you light headed. When it happens, cough hard a couple of times. It helps.

  • 1 month later...
JenniK Contributor
On 7/3/2020 at 2:45 PM, Scott Adams said:

This was accompanied by vertigo and sometimes panic attacks, thus the "stress" diagnosis. I believe this is why celiacs are often misdiagnoses with mental issues because the symptoms can look similar to certain mental issues.

This has happened to me. (I am in process of diagnosis) I am active, fit, etc, and at 47, had to wear a heart monitoring device for ten days. Heart is fine, no other explanation was ever found. Because of the vertigo, which sometimes struck while I was driving, I no longer drive on the interstate at all, preferring  smaller roads where I can pull over if needed. Just that alone has been a massive inconvenience. I was on antidepressants for a few years, mostly for anxiety. I no longer take any medications and have had no anxiety since being gluten-free, except when I get glutened, and then it spikes for a couple days and leaves again.

Scott Adams Grand Master

Welcome to the forum @JenniK! Are you able to drive on the freeway again, now that you've been gluten-free? 

I used to feel exactly like I was moving in an elevator, the going down sensation, and also had to pull over on several occasions when driving. I'm glad that went away, but it did take me a few months after going gluten-free.

JenniK Contributor

I can drive on the highway again, but I don’t like to at all, and avoid it if I can. Since the vertigo usually got triggered by sharp head movements, it got triggered while looking to lane change on the freeway. It only happened a few times while driving, but now my brain has made the correlation, and I am just afraid that it will happen again, so I get anxiety before getting on the freeway, even though I was perfectly fine and anxiety-free just seconds before. The vertigo is bad enough, but getting it while going 75 driving a car is dangerous for everyone involved!  It was, in fact, that incident that led to me going to the doc to say, “WHAT is this about!? And could this be gluten?” She said No, but it could be sodium or high blood pressure, or some heart thing. That’s how I ended up on the heart monitor, which was totally unnecessary, but I appreciate that she was being careful. 

knitty kitty Grand Master

JenniK,

Thiamine deficiency will cause vertigo and panic attacks/anxiety.  Thiamine deficiency will cause tachycardia.  Thiamine deficiency is seen in alcoholism, but it also occurs in malabsorption diseases like Celiac Disease.  Doctors don't recognize the symptoms of thiamine deficiency outside of alcoholism.  Please discuss thiamine deficiency with your doctor.

Vestibular signs of thiamine deficiency during the early phase of suspected Wernicke encephalopathy

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082353/

And...

The Role of Vitamins and Minerals in Psychiatry

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3046018/

 

High dose Thiamine is safe and effective.  There's no upper toxicity limit.  

Hope this helps.

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