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Seizures Heart arrhythmia
Thu, 02/01/2007 - 14:161. Anyone know if a seizure can cause your heart to have an irregular ryhthm?
2. Does it work the other way around...can an arrhythmia cause a seizure?
3. For people who have experienced this, can it feel like it's almost skipping a beat?
Re: Seizures+ Heart arrhythmia
Submitted by beaniebabs on Wed, 2007-02-21 - 10:08
hey, first off the drs thought i had a heart condition cos i had arrythmia now i have epi with irregular heart beats. it does skip beats as shown on monitoring, also i get palpatations prior to sx. if your heart skip a beat b4 sz this is most likely the cause of sz and having it checked will be a gd idea emily :o) x x x