Age
Posted By: jss on 2008-08-04
In Reply to: irregular heartbeat - when to worry? - HappyCat
Age would be a big factor in how I would proceed with this. I have something similar and it really scared me. I waited to go to my PCP who just happened to hear it in her office on the 3rd try, as it doesn't happen all the time. She did an EKG, Holter monitor, cardiac ultrasound, etc. and determined it was PVCs and since I was in my 20s it really was nothing to worry about. She told me if it ever lasted more than a few minutes or I had any additional symptoms with it to get checked out again and as I get older we could consider meds.
Now with that said my husband is close to 40 and if he came to me with something like this (he doesn't take meds either and NEVER goes to the doctor) I would take him to get it checked out. If you feel comfortable with your local urgent care, certainly take him there. It's things like this that we have insurance to help us with. My husband woke me up from pain earlier this year (it turned out to be a kidney stone) same circumstance with his age and actually him feeling concerned, I took him straight to ER. Go wherever you feel comfortable if it happens again. To me the UC is in place of a PCP but an ER visit is different. If you'd be happy seeing your PCP (if it was an option) at that moment then go to the UC. Sometimes I think you just have to go with your instincts.
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