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What Causes Drop In Heart Rate?
Question: Hello, I have an 18 year old grandson who is very overweight, mostly in the belly area. He also gets very stressed due to pressures in his life. He was born with a severe club foot and has had 9 operations. One leg is 1/2 the size of his other leg and his foot is very deformed. Whenever he has had those operations, often his heart rate drops to quite severely low levels, requiring measures by his surgeon to adjust to get his heart rate at an acceptable level. We do have heart problems in my family. Could these issues cause my grandson to have a heart attack?
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Brief Answer:
He is not at a higher risk for heart attack. You need not panic.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone carefully through your query. Let me mention that for weight gain to occur, the total amount of energy intake in the form of food has to be greater than the total amount of energy output throughout the day. So, for your grandson to lose weight, he has to reduce his food intake on one hand and on the other, he needs to increase his workout. Thyroid hormone controls our metabolism and hence it would be worthwhile to get his thyroid profile checked.
The uneven distribution of muscles of his lower limbs could be due to uneven use of his legs due to his deformity and is probably not directly related to his obesity. I would need you to provide details of the ailment and the exact nature of interventions right from the begining so that I can be able to comment on the same.
The heart has an electrical system and the electrical impulses after generating from the wall of heart, proceeds through a predetermined pathway thus leading to the sequential contraction of the atria and ventricles. I do not think that there is any problem in this regard, rather it is more likely to be due to the effect of certain medicines given during such surgeries. I would not get concerned unless the anesthetist mentions any reason to get concerned. In any case, these are not going to cause heart attacks. You can realx about that.
Hope that helped.
Regards
He is not at a higher risk for heart attack. You need not panic.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone carefully through your query. Let me mention that for weight gain to occur, the total amount of energy intake in the form of food has to be greater than the total amount of energy output throughout the day. So, for your grandson to lose weight, he has to reduce his food intake on one hand and on the other, he needs to increase his workout. Thyroid hormone controls our metabolism and hence it would be worthwhile to get his thyroid profile checked.
The uneven distribution of muscles of his lower limbs could be due to uneven use of his legs due to his deformity and is probably not directly related to his obesity. I would need you to provide details of the ailment and the exact nature of interventions right from the begining so that I can be able to comment on the same.
The heart has an electrical system and the electrical impulses after generating from the wall of heart, proceeds through a predetermined pathway thus leading to the sequential contraction of the atria and ventricles. I do not think that there is any problem in this regard, rather it is more likely to be due to the effect of certain medicines given during such surgeries. I would not get concerned unless the anesthetist mentions any reason to get concerned. In any case, these are not going to cause heart attacks. You can realx about that.
Hope that helped.
Regards
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