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Is feeling a pvc(premature ventricular contraction) any more dangerous than not feeling them??mine are benign but they are killing my anxiety

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No!: one the great mysteries in my practice is why some patients feel PVCs and why some do not. There is no correlation between severity, frequency, or risk. The main issue regarding PVCS is excluding structural heart disease and ischemic heart disease. Ischemic heart disease (heart vessel blockages) is quite unlikely in your age group. An exercise stress echocardiogram will clarify all those issues

Answered 9/6/2019

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Dr. Georgia Latham answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Try to relax: Whether a person feels a PVC or not is not necessarily related to how benign or dangerous a PVC might be. If you are very anxious about your PVCs, this is not good for your overall well being. There are medications that help control the PVCs (make them less likely to occur). Perhaps you should discuss this with a physician and perhaps try taking a medication to see if that helps.

Answered 5/2/2018

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