EKG and Pot

[birdgirl73]

You might want to read it all again. I said be very careful about alcohol. It can definitely mess with heart electricity. My doc has told me not to drink at all--or no more than one glass. So the answer there is I wouldn't drink much, if at all, at least until you ask about that. Just so it's clear, I suggested it'd be wise to be very wary about using cannabis, too, until you tell your doc. I know you're a kid and you have parents who are anti-pot, but if you're a teenager and if laws in Canada are like they are here, your doc can't tell them. It'll just be between you and him.

[birdgirl73]

An arrhythmia is when the heart rhythm is different from normal. They know how normal rhythms are supposed to be by looking at EKGs. An arrhythmia is just a different rhythm from normal. Some are harmless. Some are not. Some are treatable with medicines, pacemakers, defibrillators, or ablation procedures, and some are not. Arrhythmias result from conduction differences, too, but not necessarily from extra conduction pathways like you have. There are entire chapters in cardiology books about various arrhtymias. Many are common, and a lot of them happen to people after they've had heart disease and heart attacks and high blood pressure, none of which are probably a problem for you.

OK, gotta sign off now for a while and study some of my own homework. Nice talking cardiology with you!

[wildebeest]

An arrhythmia is when the heart rhythm is different from normal. They know how normal rhythms are supposed to be by looking at EKGs. An arrhythmia is just a different rhythm from normal. Some are harmless. Some are not. Some are treatable with medicines, pacemakers, defibrillators, or ablation procedures, and some are not. Arrhythmias result from conduction differences, too, but not necessarily from extra conduction pathways like you have. There are entire chapters in cardiology books about various arrhtymias. Many are common, and a lot of them happen to people after they've had heart disease and heart attacks and high blood pressure, none of which are probably a problem for you.

OK, gotta sign off now for a while and study some of my own homework. Nice talking cardiology with you!

ya i love carido talk. Ya i gotta ask the doc. So your saying arrhythmias can simply just develop in somebody