My friend is experiencing some heart issues. He is 58 and has had some testing done. I have asked him to get all his blood work results from the GP.
Can anyone help point him in the direction he needs to be looking. At the moment it is a bit of a mystery.
1) Heart treadmill test is ok, no issues. His sonar scan on the heart and valves shows no issues. The next step would be to get a dye test to check his arteries, but this is not possible at the moment due to covid.
2) Appearance. Quite pale and grey looking. He has lost his normal pinkish colour in the face.
3) Symptoms = his heart can race to 140 just sitting at home. If he goes out for a walk he gets a racing heart and can feel sick.
4) Lifestyle = 5ft 6" height, normal weight, so not over weight. He doesnt do much exercise, no smoking, but he will drink wine and beer. Not sure how much per week, but it is not excessive. More of a social drinker. He lives with his wife and 2 kids.
He is an accountant. His job is stressful and he is affected by all the issues going on. Obviously the world is currently more stressful this last year due to covid. The company is running low in reserves and it may need to sack more workers. I think he takes all this responsibility. So he thinks the issue is stress and worry.
Sleep = i think it is normal for him to sleep badly. He goes to bed to late and will wake in the night. I think this has been worse in the last year.
So is this a simple case of stress and worry caused by your job and a poor lifestyle which doesnt help build resilience ie, exercise and good sleep are missing.
Any pointers appreciated. My thoughts are obviously stress, but could low vitamin D or iron be affecting things. Could his thyroid be not working so well. What about testosterone?
One final point is that he has high cholesterol. He stopped taking the statins maybe last year or the year before. I wonder if this has had an unbalancing effect. I wonder if he has started them again and it has set off these reactions. Do statins have this affect on the heart ?
Can anyone help point him in the direction he needs to be looking. At the moment it is a bit of a mystery.
1) Heart treadmill test is ok, no issues. His sonar scan on the heart and valves shows no issues. The next step would be to get a dye test to check his arteries, but this is not possible at the moment due to covid.
2) Appearance. Quite pale and grey looking. He has lost his normal pinkish colour in the face.
3) Symptoms = his heart can race to 140 just sitting at home. If he goes out for a walk he gets a racing heart and can feel sick.
4) Lifestyle = 5ft 6" height, normal weight, so not over weight. He doesnt do much exercise, no smoking, but he will drink wine and beer. Not sure how much per week, but it is not excessive. More of a social drinker. He lives with his wife and 2 kids.
He is an accountant. His job is stressful and he is affected by all the issues going on. Obviously the world is currently more stressful this last year due to covid. The company is running low in reserves and it may need to sack more workers. I think he takes all this responsibility. So he thinks the issue is stress and worry.
Sleep = i think it is normal for him to sleep badly. He goes to bed to late and will wake in the night. I think this has been worse in the last year.
So is this a simple case of stress and worry caused by your job and a poor lifestyle which doesnt help build resilience ie, exercise and good sleep are missing.
Any pointers appreciated. My thoughts are obviously stress, but could low vitamin D or iron be affecting things. Could his thyroid be not working so well. What about testosterone?
One final point is that he has high cholesterol. He stopped taking the statins maybe last year or the year before. I wonder if this has had an unbalancing effect. I wonder if he has started them again and it has set off these reactions. Do statins have this affect on the heart ?