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A member asked:

Just recently started noticing cold showers induce pvcs which never happened before. are cold showers normally a trigger for pvcs is it dangerous?

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Dr. Sue Ferranti answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

It really depends on how many PVCs you are having, if they are occurring together, if you are having symptoms, what the symptoms are, etc. Your cardiologist would be the best doctor to evaluate the significance of the PVCs and if treatment is warranted. Good luck to you!

Dr Kuitems agreed

Answered 3/27/2023

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I have been bed bridden for 2 years, now im trying to be more active little by little. But i sometimes get pvcs while im in activity for 2 minutes maybe. Seems like its triggering them. Is that dangerous? I have 1-16 pvcs overall daily maybe?

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My dr has noted that I have 2 diff type of pvcs one in rv the other is not said. Why and where could it be coming from. Just assured not dangerous.?

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I have a very sore head tonight. and my PVC's are strong too. I notice every time I feel the extra beat, I feel a sharper pain in my head at the exact same time too. is that because I have a sore head. or is all of this dangerous?

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I have pvcs. They feel different, like there us a linger pause than normal. How, many seconds between each beat is dangerous?

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