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What Causes Violent Chest And Upper Body Spasms?
i have an implantable pacemaker/defibrillator - last night i was awakened twice by violent chest/upper body spasms, but it did not really feel like the one time the defibrillator went off two years ago. is there some kind of other shock i should know about?
Mon, 4 Jul 2016
Anyway any doubt better to confirm ...just get defibrillator checked ......and shocks will be there then we can know ...other wise most probably U may be fairly asymptomatic... defibrillator have different programming to handle arrhythmia ...some time without shock..it pace heart fast and convert to normal rhythm ...so better be checked ...take care
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