Heart failure after giving birth

[Peachy]

A friend of mine’s wife just had a baby and was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy soon after. She’s 35 years old. She had a long stay at the hospital after the birth and recently (about 6 weeks later) went back in for an ablation.

She’s not vaxxed. The family actually had covid about a month before the birth. It was rough for her. She recovered but two weeks before birth had extreme fatigue.

It was a hard labor. She got an epidural after laboring naturally for a while. It’s her second baby.

Her heart is running at 20-23%. Lots of PVCs. Her dad had heart issues starting at age 40 - pacemaker, etc.

Any thoughts or advice you can share?

 

[Michael Mohn]

A friend of mine’s wife just had a baby and was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy soon after. She’s 35 years old. She had a long stay at the hospital after the birth and recently (about 6 weeks later) went back in for an ablation.

She’s not vaxxed. The family actually had covid about a month before the birth. It was rough for her. She recovered but two weeks before birth had extreme fatigue.

It was a hard labor. She got an epidural after laboring naturally for a while. It’s her second baby.

Her heart is running at 20-23%. Lots of PVCs. Her dad had heart issues starting at age 40 - pacemaker, etc.

Any thoughts or advice you can share?

I had convid and no vax, very weak symptoms but after 9 month my lungs and heart still struggle when I do sports or make a big physical effort.
Being in high altitude does help a lot but I had not the time for an extended stay.

 

[Peachy]

I had convid and no vax, very weak symptoms but after 9 month my lungs and heart still struggle when I do sports or make a big physical effort.
Being in high altitude does help a lot but I had not the time for an extended stay.

I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you’re slowly improving. Thanks for the thought about altitude. We’re not far from mountains and they could keep that in mind for when she’s healthy enough to travel.

 

[Peatress]

This is a good episode on heart disease

A Bioenergetic View of Heart Disease and Stroke [Generative Energy #22]​

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF5LJMCuGn0


01:18 - Rising interest in heart disease and stroke
05:45 - Heart disease begins at a very young age
07:27 - What’s the role of cholesterol in heart disease?
11:13 - The heart and hormones
17:55 - What’s the role of aldosterone “the salt-retaining hormone” in heart disease?
25:38 - Blood volume, sodium, and dietary protein
30:34 - The role of endotoxin in heart disease and stroke
33:09 - Aspirinn for heart disease?
38:57 - “Normal” TSH and fatal coronary heart disease
40:20 - Is heart disease a mystery?
42:13 - Where can we find more of your work, Georgi?
42:57 - Do your own research and come to your own conclusions

Heart and hormones

invoking the discredited 'wear and tear' theory of aging, could have many unexpected harmful consequences. It would reinforce existing misconceptions about heart functions.

raypeat.com

Thiamine and Heart Failure: Challenging Cases of Modern-Day Cardiac Beriberi

Cardiac beriberi, or heart failure due to thiamine deficiency, is considered rare in the developed world. The diagnosis is often only considered in limited populations such as those with chronic alcoholism. Alternatively, the disease can be mislabeled ...

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Selenium and outcome in heart failure - PubMed

Selenium deficiency in heart failure patients is independently associated with impaired exercise tolerance and a 50% higher mortality rate, and impaired mitochondrial function in vitro, in human cardiomyocytes. Clinical trials are needed to investigate the effect of selenium supplements in...

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Magnesium for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease | Open Heart

 

[Peachy]

Thanks so much @Peatress

 

[LuMonty]

Ray compared DHEA to the heart medication Digitalis. Perhaps small amounts with pregnenolone or progesterone could help.

 

[Peachy]

Ray compared DHEA to the heart medication Digitalis. Perhaps small amounts with pregnenolone or progesterone could help.

Oh that’s interesting. Thank you!

 

[HuggyWuggy]

I've heard before that supplementing T3 helps recover from heart attack. I can't remove what podcast it was on but i found this article:

Association Between Low T3 Syndrome and Poor Prognosis in Adult Patients With Acute Myocarditis

This study aims to investigate the role of free triiodothyronine (fT3) in predicting poor prognosis of adult patients with acute myocarditis.A total of 173 consecutive adult patients with acute myocarditis completed thyroid function evaluations. They ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Peachy]

I've heard before that supplementing T3 helps recover from heart attack. I can't remove what podcast it was on but i found this article:

Association Between Low T3 Syndrome and Poor Prognosis in Adult Patients With Acute Myocarditis

This study aims to investigate the role of free triiodothyronine (fT3) in predicting poor prognosis of adult patients with acute myocarditis.A total of 173 consecutive adult patients with acute myocarditis completed thyroid function evaluations. They ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Thank you!

 

[Peatress]

@cdg posted an audio file of a consultation with Dr. Peat about T3 after a heart attack.

 

[Peachy]

Leaving things I find here as well…

Modified citrus pectin inhibits inflammation and myocardial fibrosis

“The results demonstrated that MCP (modified citrus pectin) ameliorated cardiac dysfunction, decreased myocardial injury and reduced collagen deposition. Furthermore, MCP downregulated the expression of Gal-3, TLR4 and MyD88, thereby inhibiting NF-κB-p65 activation. MCP also decreased the expression of IL-1β, IL-18 and TNF-α, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of HF (heart failure)”

Modified citrus pectin ameliorates myocardial fibrosis and inflammation via suppressing galectin-3 and TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling pathway - PubMed

Myocardial fibrosis (MF) plays a key role in the development and progression of heart failure (HF) with limited effective therapies. Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a biomarker associated with fibrosis and inflammation in patients with HF. The Gal-3 inhibitor modified citrus pectin (MCP) protects against...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Ras]

A friend of mine’s wife just had a baby and was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy soon after. She’s 35 years old. She had a long stay at the hospital after the birth and recently (about 6 weeks later) went back in for an ablation.

She’s not vaxxed. The family actually had covid about a month before the birth. It was rough for her. She recovered but two weeks before birth had extreme fatigue.

It was a hard labor. She got an epidural after laboring naturally for a while. It’s her second baby.

Her heart is running at 20-23%. Lots of PVCs. Her dad had heart issues starting at age 40 - pacemaker, etc.

Any thoughts or advice you can share?

Maybe Chondroitin Sulfate would help: The Man Who Cured Heart Disease With a Natural Molecule, 20 Years Before Cholesterol Drugs!

 

[L_C]

Hawthorn berries

 

[LizLemon]

A friend of mine’s wife just had a baby and was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy soon after. She’s 35 years old. She had a long stay at the hospital after the birth and recently (about 6 weeks later) went back in for an ablation.

She’s not vaxxed. The family actually had covid about a month before the birth. It was rough for her. She recovered but two weeks before birth had extreme fatigue.

It was a hard labor. She got an epidural after laboring naturally for a while. It’s her second baby.

Her heart is running at 20-23%. Lots of PVCs. Her dad had heart issues starting at age 40 - pacemaker, etc.

Any thoughts or advice you can share?

For an ablation they probably used extensive radiation, any post-radiation protocol could be useful (i.e. aspirin, Cyproheptadine, progesterone).

When you say heart running at 20-23% do you mean the ejection fraction?