The connection between the heart, the stomach and the vagus nerve
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- In this video, I speak with a gastroenterologist, Dr Simon Smale who is also CEO of more than Just Medicine about how the stomach and the heart are related and how stomach issues can mimic or cause heart issues such as palpitations and chest pain
Dont ever stoo making these videos sanjay. You give us all hope and the empathy cardiologist dont give us! Thankyou times a million!
So true. Cardiologists and stomach doctors look at me like I’m nuts. Yet my stomach causes my skipped heart beat.
Wow! I went to the ER, here is the US, with persistent heart palpitations. I have had gastro issues for the last few years. It seemed odd that it felt like it was starting in my stomach and burping up to my heart and every time it did I experienced a skipped a beat. When I tried to explain this to the ER doc he looked at my like I was totally wacked.
Yeah, unfortunately no point in talking to emergency doctors. I've learned that. One doctor told me I had a bite, which was probably bed bugs (insulting) I said I had had vein treatment recently and thought it might be a blood clot she said no it's definitely a bite. I went to the vein specialist who did my leg who then confirmed it was a clot and proceeded to drain it for me. Fortunately it was a surface, vein not very deep.
How many times did you experience skipped heart beats? i experience this after eating.
Same thing with me. All kind of test on my heart and they coming back normal.
I have also been experiencing palpitations softer eating recently.
No heart problems detected to date.
@@vinimation4691 for me eating more slowly and smaller meals has helped
I LOVE that even he says that its unusual for two specialists to agree with each other!!! I love the way they are also working with other professionals and looking at things more holistically. THANK YOU you give me hope for the medicial profession being able to help those of us who suffer with gastric problems and have been considered a little odd - and probably hyperchondriacs!
thank you!!!
I went through a stressful time with my diabetic daughter a few years ago. Every time I ate my stomach was making knocking feelings and my heart kept missing beats. My GP didn't understand what I was going through. I lived on soft cereal. I researched the Vagus nerve to no end. I believe the stomach and heart are connected. My blood pressure went so high as well. It took a year for my stomach to calm down. The more I stressed the worse it got. If I get those feelings now I know what is it is so it doesn't get worse. I had to take a tranquilizer and am now addicted. It keeps me calm. I have had a very stressful life. I didn't want to take meds but had no choice. I have also been type 2 diabetic for 2 and a half years and have Pernicious anaemia. I have to have monthly B12 injections. Two weeks ago I had an iron infusion. I have also been taking thyroid meds for more than 30 years. I wish the best to everyone from a million miles away in South Africa. xxx❤
God is our ultimate healer. I pray for our healing.
I think the thyroid meds is causing this palpitations qnd stomach shock feeling. If i skip euthyrox for only one day i feel soooo much better that evening
I just stumbled on the UTube York Cardiology , More than Just Medicine and I am saying This can only be divine intervention
Thank you so much from Canada
Great video! I wish more docs knew about the vagus nerve/heart/gut connection.
This is great! People need this unity among medical professionals.
Thank you so much for doing this. I’ve been to the ER many times in the past due to severe acidity issues which would cause heart palpitations and chest tightness and ofc, all that would go away once the stomach bloating reduces when I’m put on IV for pantop 40 to bring down the acidity. And this happens every-time I feel gassy. More than the feeling of indigestion and bloating, the worst feeling is your heart palpitating and beating very fast causing feelings of anxiety and wondering what’s going on because no doctor out there has made the effort to explain why your body is behaving the way it is. I also get this weird twitching sort of a feeling on my legs and hands when this happens but goes away on its own when I burp out all the gas. I had to figure this out on my own because no one explained this issue to me.
I’m glad there are doctors like you out there who care about such issues. Thank you!
Thank you for giving us very important information. Your partnership and collaborative support is a great treasure
Thank you Doctors for setting the example to share knowledge so more people can gain understanding and improve. Bless you, your family, and all your efforts to help others. I pray this meets the ears of many. Much respect and gratitude.
Thank you for working collaboratively and sharing this information so freely. So damn refreshing... TY
Oh wow just watched this. This approach to medical care is an absolute dream! I love ot. It just makes so much more sense than what we have now. A collaborative, holistic approach that centres the patient whilst treating them as part of the team. I would love this approach so much. It's very much needed.
I wish it could also be used in other areas of the NHS too, but I guess costs would be an issue. Still as someone with a complex chronic illness (ME/CFS) that has also accumulated other thing's along the way (as you often do with chronic illness), boy do I wish that some of my medical care had been better coordinated, more cooperative, and more on board with me myself as a knowledgeable, active participant in that care. It would have solved a great many issues, an awful lot sooner! Right now I'm always having to persuade a dozen different people that I do know my own condition very well, and that there are in fact implication on tests and other medical conditions that are meant to be taken into account, and even something as simple as an iron deficiency takes 6 months to get diagnosed with because of this. Joined up thinking would be Very beneficial wherever it can be achieved!
You two are a special team. Not many doctors talk about emotional response and heart gut connection. Thank you.
Legends! What a great plan. It’s so refreshing to see and hear of professionals collaborating. Amazing!
Thank you Doctor, what about Thyroid
These videos are so helpful. Thank you so much for making them!
God bless you docs. Continue to be instruments of comfort and healing for afflicted patients.
I applaud you both and your More Than Medicine team for your noble and gracious intention to extend your reach beyond your respective clinics so you could make a difference. True healers, indeed! You just made the world a brighter place. Thank you and more power💐✨
Two specialists from the NHS talking to each other ...now that is refreshing ....maybe they could reach out to others in the complementary field who also know a great deal about these matters.
I have heart palpitations and stomach problems and they both started around the same time...been like this for 17 years now.... I do believe stress and life style plays a big part in these problems and change helps but it's never goes away or at least not for me.... I've noticed when I have the stomach issues that stimulating the vagus nerve by rubbing my stomach from my upper abdomen down to my lower abdomen helps....and people that are having bad palpitations when they go to lay down I've noticed over the years that if I lay down very slowly to the lay down position I don't have as bad of palpitations.... Also this could help but I also have noticed that taking magnesium has helped a lot with not having as many heat palpitations... At one point in my life my heart was skipping every two to four beats for almost a year straight and it was really scary but once I started taking the magnesium it seemed to help alot if you do take the magnesium give it a week to see if it helps you don't have to take it in large dose just look up magnesium and how it helps with the heart beat
Thank you for your post. Reading other's experiences that sound so identical helps to reduce my anxiety. I'll ne going back on celexa for my anxiety, been taking mag supplements, and making lifestyle changes. The palps just started about 6 weeks ago, and I want this over asap! I'm sorry that you've been dealing with this for so long. May you too be set free from it!
I have experienced the same thing. I also don’t have a gallbladder and feel that has added to the problem. I have started a few months back taking magnesium bisglycinate by Bio Schwartz they are small capsules and very gentle on the stomach. One in the morning and two with my dinner. I believe they help. Once I hit sixty it seems there’s always something to deal with. I eat good meals, usually once a day, vitamins, walk, no medicines but LOTS of stress (primarily from others)😞
Thank you to both doctors. More than 10 years ago, I was investigated for irregular heart beat. Halter monitor, stress test etc. Irregular heart rate was confirmed but the heart specialist said nothing about the connection to the stomach.I was having indigestion at the time. The GP prescribed something for reflux and the irregular heart rate disappeared before long..The vagus nerve connection was not mentioned by the cardiac specialist at all but I concluded that must have been it when the palpitations and irregular heart rate stopped.
My tachycardia always seems to originate from my stomach! Thanks for the info. It’s been hard to get Drs to listen.
That is thru I have stomach problems for long now give me clear picture thanks again
Thanks for the wonderful efforts you make to try and educate and inform. I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and also I am a victim of very severe, early and prolonged sexual abuse which created unhealthy developmental brain behaviors. I have had very poor care for both these difficult conditions and now at 71 after a lifetime of personal efforts I see you making things better for the future of others. Thankyou
Incredible video. Cannot thank you enough!!!!
thank you Dr Sanjay and Dr Simon, i commend you both for your video's which give incredible reassurance and comfort to those of us out here who may be told by our doctors differently or "it's nothing"! Your commitment and advice here totally puts us at rest and saves "our" doctors from lots of stress when we keep going on at them about it. will visit your site right away and when and where possible, I would be delighted to donate to your excellent cause. i will certainly be coming to you both one day when i need any consultations and will be happy to pay any price you charge just to have such great doctors! thank you both again exceedingly! God bless you both. Kevin Lock (46) in Torbay, Devon UK
great, hope to see more of these specialists collaborations.
Quite a miraculous machine this body of ours. How everything works together as a whole.
Thank you so much for another fantastic video that will certainly help people.
Wow how amazing to have a group that comes together to help a patient more vids on Vegas nerve and it’s affects on the heart
Love your videos. I had written to you before, because right after gall bladder surgery, at 27 years old.. I began to have serious breathing issues during sleep. Doctors said it was nerves, but I continued to research, and later, ask more questions, and more research. That is when I was introduced to the vagus nerve. I asked a gastro doctor, if he thought my issues were related to the vagus nerve. He sad he did not think so. I am 76 now, and I developed apnea, which caused A fib, which is what I am being monitored for now. Thank God I had two episodes of palpitations while on the monitor, so I can sit my doctor down, and tell him that I BELIEVE the vagus nerve may be injured, or weak or hyper, and these palpitations have plagued me for years. I had read, in a medical journal that "if a person has had open abdominal surgery, they will likely have respiratory issues." Finally, I may have the answer. I am looking forward to more on this fascinating vagus nerve, and how to whip it into shape.
Wonderful-articulate-most important collaboration and common sense!
This is so very interesting and relieving. Thank you for taking the time to make those videos
thank you both for evolving and being honest.
Thank you so much for this video. It was just what I needed to know.
Thanks to both of you. Very informative.
Was very good listening to u both with so much humility
I’ve just stumbled on this thanks to a friend and this is the first time ive heard a medical person describe so closely what I am experiencing…
So interesting. My stomach has for years had an effect on my heartbeat such as skipped beats especially when stressed.
Hey dicky. I am having the same issue right now. Did your problem solve?
I’m having blood pressure spikes immediately after eating. This is causing me anxiety because the doctors can’t figure out why. Tomorrow I have an appointment with a new Indian lady doctor. I have hope that she will be able to help me.
I get heart palpitations mainly at night I get my CT Angio and it came very good. But why these palpitations and anxiety comes and goes.
@@bornwin-sx9oz we are on same boat ...so what was the out come after seeing the doctor ?
@@jupps72 The new doctor stopped one of my high blood pressure medicines, Valsartan. My BP went back to normal. Previous doctor over medicated me. I feel I got my life back!
This is very helpful in my case. I started getting pvcs while my stomach is full. Burping makes my heart beat normal.
It has triggered my anxiety a couple of days back, I went to cardiologist who performed Eco Cardio and ETT. Everything was normal except for my heart rate which was on little higher side.
I then figured out this connection when burping helps my heart beat normal and makes me feel relax. Thanks to both of you 😊
wow! you just described almost to what i get. When my stomach gets bloated, which happens like every 6 8 weeks and last up to 2 weeks. I get horrible pvs's when that happens. my doctor does not believe there is a connection between the two. But i know there is.
I feel like when I am having PVC's I constantly burp. It is very strange
Rafaqat Hussain Same thing has been happening to me thank God for these videos & I hope your doing better God bless! 🙏
same here.. I've been suffering from this syndrome for 10 years.. cause by the time my anxiety attacks, I feel bloat, and my heart rates gets higher.. my doctors keeps on giving me proton pump inhibitors and metablockers... and it's not giving me any relief at all...
Ladisteo Yongski I know how you feel
Simon is a hunk too - nice guy hunk! Smart, humble, trust worthy. Great attributes for a doctor. I would trust him completely!
I will love this program.
Thank You Drs for this amazing video... I reside in the U.S and currently saving so i can see u...I have been struggling with palpitations and endless stomachs issues with no help. please keep making these videos ...thank you for giving me hope.
Great video! I’ve also discovered that it’s very possible to alter your heart rhythm with certain back postures and neck/head positions.
Really? I’m intrigued
Fantastic collaboration and explanations.
Very interesting indeed, thanks so much, cheers!
Brilliant informative great that two different areas of medical knowledge working together just brilliant thankyou
Thank you ! For giving back!
thank you so much jeanne
Very informative, yes do hope for lots more research, especially the difference between men and woman with heart disease.
Thx you both.
Great video, Thanks so much. Hope you follow this one up with what we should do to ease up the pain and the possible exercises to follow!!
Dr. Simon, thank you for doing the dilatation of my gullet at MRI in February. Im so happy to see you here.
I Love this program you are talking of, good luck with this.
Thank you for your video and experience of a professional doctor on vagus nerve . Very interested and yes lots of nerves in our body
Love you guys!
Thank you soooo much !!!
This is amazing information!
Thanks Dr. Sanjay and Dr.Simon
Very interesting and informative video
Thank you gentlemen for sharing this information. God Bless you'll.
Thankyou drs much appreciated 👍 if only all the drs know their stuff like you.💖🥰xx
Thanks for making this very informative video.
Dr gupta sir some thing new to me very interesting and informative conversation between two renovend medical expert, enjoyed the video thanks 18/11/2019
This was a great video. My doctor's keep telling me there is no connection but they always seem to go together for me. I have GERD and PVCs and PACs
Enjoyed this immensely! The coverage of the Vagus nerve I missed somehow. Atrial Flutter triggered by esophageal stimulation is a fascinating concept in itself. Certainly a stimulating presentation. Regarding the patient centered group approach, City of hope medical center in America invites the pharmacist on rounds to provide input. Having a nutritionist along could be very valuable for most of us. Good Luck and thank you for your constant efforts.
Excellent video
I am a competitive cyclist and had an ablation to help with my svt. I also suffer from oesophagitis from time to time. There is definitely a link between my svt episodes occuring when I am suffering from reflux.
I'm telling my Dr's that there is a link and they're telling me I'm crazy
A mindfulness stress programme is needed.
This is such an excellent explanation and I really hope you guys get your much deserved funding sorted out! I have been suffering with these bloody things for 16 years since the birth of my daughter (which was emergency c-section). I have had tests, echo, ECG etc. On one occasion, I was hooked up to an ECG and I felt a "run" of palps - they are horrible and always take my breath away and send me into a full blown panic. I instantly told the medic and he said, much to my surprise, "Nope...nothing showing. Heart rate totally normal." THEN, a few minutes later, he registered an ectopic beat, but I didn't even feel that. Afterwards, I had a lot of trapped air releasing from the stomach/esophagus and I was certain that the "flutters" I was experiencing was not, in fact my heart, but originating from stomach/esophageal area.
How are you doing now? Were you able cure it? and how?
@@AbhayMishra-md8sq Kya Bhai pareshan ho
Omg this is exactly me. I don’t know why it happens. Same exact thing. It’s not anxiety. It’s my stomach. It’s terrifying. I hope you beat this.
@@incorrigibletexan152 You're not alone, I can tell you that. I'm sure I have ectopic heart beats, I've noticed them by checking my pulse on the carotid artery, but sometimes I think it's gas from my stomach, it's hard to tell. It's like fluttering in the middle of my chest, and almost always followed by a little cough.
@@SelfReflective that could be a spasm by esophagus or diaphram
You are worth listening and wonderful doctor, many doctors here just want to get rid of patients but want their money, they just dont listen or care
DR Gupta. Thank you both. I recently wore the Holter monitor for 24 hours for irregular heart beat and on the form I had to complete I mentioned that digestion problems seemed to give me palpitations. So glad I wasn't imagining the connection. I have since learned to stimulate the vagus nerve using pressure points in the ears and this helps enormously. Some information from you on the latter would be great. Thanks for your good heart!
Janet, I would be very grateful if you could share about which these pressure points are. Thank you
Great help Great combo
thank you very much, very interesting
God bless you both. Highly intellegent. Great colabiration ❤
It's wonderful to see/ hear you, so keen and knowledgeable about this subject. How I wish our paths had crossed, 20 years ago, when I was suffering with AF, and, despite two ablations, only a PaceMaker cured my problem. Having read a reprint , of a 1905 research into the purpose, and effect, that the Vegus /Vagal Nerve has on the HEART etc. Only to be ridiculed and laughed at by all medical people in my local Heart unit, from nurses up to Professor of heart surgery.
ncidently, the object of those early researche's, was to find a link to the cause of 'FITS' , but they ended the research , as it was thought to be far too complicated and risque for those times. Today, it's almost de rigueur to mention VAGUS Nerves. Thank you Gentlemen.
Thank you for this-most interesting too of course. Well done too.
Thank you fantastic video.
Excellent. Thank you both
Please do a video on vagus nerve
God bless
IBS , BLood pressure, Vagus nerve
How it effects and how to take care of it
I look forward to it
Great idea!
This video was informative beyond words. 🙏
Love these educational videos
Wow, wow, wow!!!! When I am nervous or I have acid reflux I get a lot more ectopic beats and SVT. When I am to full I get more PVC's and PAC's. Thank you so very much. Love and light to both of you!
brenda fowler same thing i feel 15 years dealing with it since i was 17 I'm 32 it never went away
Lorenzo Flores same here Lorenzo. Mine started at 18 and I'm now 49. It's terrible.
brenda fowler so if i eat less i won't get more pvcs? I'm sorry but my english is not so good and that British doctor has a strong accent so please could you explain if it's possible. because i suffer from pvcs but my doctor told me my heart is normal but I'm still get them from time to time.
@@talalaltalalvlogs5181 yes,eat smaller meals
So…avoid stress? Thank you both. I’ve just seen this. ❤️
Great video
Thank you Drs
thank u for both of u doctors for the info. 💞👍
Wow, this sounds like what I'm experiencing. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, this enlightens me
Thank you Sanjay, that helps a lot.
I have anxiety and experiencing a vibration in my abdomen and palpitations. I’m sure this is connected to the vagus nerve.
That is your Abdominal Aorta. It is normal to feel the pulse of it
Well done gentlemen!
Thank you, brilliant.
I wish all doctors had the understand and knowledge you two have towards your patients! What I would give to have a doctor as good as yous!
I get heart palpitations and severe pain when I eat and my GP has told me it’s not possible! But its happening wether she says it’s possible or not! I’ve lived on meal replacement shakes for the last week as I can’t cope with the pain it causing me to eat! It’s like lactic acid build up in my entire torso and it’s been going on for almost a year! I’ve also just been diagnosed with POTS (I do have quite a complex medical history).
I don’t expect miracles, I just want answers and my doctors seem to have given up on me 😢
Screw dealing with that GP. You need to search out a good Specialist. Get to the root of your gastric problems. Your stomach and your brain are Very connected and communicate constantly. If your stomach and digestive system are out of whack it can and will begin to affect you mentally aa well. Clinical Depression is extremely common. You do know that around 70 to 80 percent of our immune system is located in our stomachs, right?😉
Love you all working together.
Thank you for your videos. They're really helping to put my mind at ease with regard to palpitations and ectopic beats. I was wondering if there's any possibility that a gastric band could irritate the vagus nerve thereby increasing the frequency of palpitations, especially when/after I eat? Also, could it make me more prone to vasovagal episodes?
More complicated than I understand but I will learn more as I go. Thanks.
Keep pushing your doctors. I have anxiety, slow bowel transit, and esophageal spasm. Then finally needed a pacemaker for a slow heart rate last year
The knowledge about the vagus nerve I am getting from Y/T is mind blowing. Who knew that one single nerve with all its myriad branches that travel from our ears, nose, throat all the way down to our gut through the stomach, plays such a profound and expansive role in our lives and wellbeing? What an inexplicably complex and amazing this creation! For me learning about such things always becomes a deeply spiritual experience, in addition to being an informative one. My gratitude to all those who share their knowledge with us. 🙏🙏🙏❗
Thank you
Sometimes when laying in bed watching tv, my heart starts racing like I just got through running a mile, scary feeling.
yes i can understand how scary it can be- try and get a heart monitor to catch it.
It'd mean a tonne to me if you'd consider subscribing to the channel. Wishing you a happy new year
Mine does this while sleeping. Waking up this way is terrifying
@@kristiea3897 mine too!
Excellent!
Can you please make a video on vasovagal syncope?
Big thanks. Most informative. I suffer from that vagus nerve impaired? Blessings
Hello!!!, Excellent information, what type of test/exam can one do to confirm a vagus problem?
Thanks Doc's do you place much emphasis on heart rate variability, which I believe can be accessed via the vagus nerve? tia
Great video thank you. Living in York And feeling I am not far off a referral I might get to meet you. Getting pain in chest, doc not sure if is stomach issue. Having X-ray this week
Your video is very helpful ! Only one thing, could you adjust the level of your camera 🎥, so you don't have to look down, and you will have even better connections with your viewers.
This is marvellous. I have very well controlled familial high bp which is normally quite easy to deal with. But IBS strikes me often mostly stress related and it feels as if my heart is out of control and out of rhythm. This article has helped me very much. Tips and tricks to calm this over reaction which leads me to think I am about to die of arrhythmia or stroke would be very welcome. Please