Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia Newly Diagnosed

Two of my friend's kids have it. One diagnosed at 2 and the other at 12. They both had to get monitors to wear around for a day or so. The 2 yr old went on meds everyday the other is just checked periodically. They say it could be stress or hormones. The otehr thing to look at is if there is an imbalance between the left and right brain. The right brain controls respiration so maybe think about bringing the right side up some with physical activites or put her in OT so she can spin and things, it may make the tachycardia go away. Keep the left brain where it is by not teaching letters, numbers etc until much older. There is a great book called Disconnected Kids that talks about this. Turns out the 2 yr old is now 3.6 and has sensory issues so he is starting OT. His right brain is definately low and has been for some time. Maybe after OT he will get off his meds. Let us know what happens.

I was a child with SVT. I was diagnosed when I was 13 after a particularly bad episode of tachycardia. It was very traumatic for all of us, especially my parents! I saw a cardiologist a couple of times a year from then on. I was on medication for 14 years, first on Inderal and then on Zebeta. I still had episodes of rapid hard beat, even on the medication, and even passed out once. It was just a way of life for me. The doctors said it was too risky for me to get pregnant with my condititon, so at the age of 27, I decided to go ahead with a procedure called ablation. It was a one day outpatient procedure. Since then (I'm now 34), I have had no heart problems and have 2 children. I'm sure it's scary going through this with your daughter, but there's hope! Hope that helps.

Steve Iskowitz is my son's cardiologist. I recommend him highly. As for waiting.....I would be nervous about that also; call Steve and see if you can get in. They will probably have your child wear a 24 hour Holter monitor which does a continuous EKG. My son did this in 2nd grade and it was normal. His heart just speeds up and slows down for no reason....it is a sinus arrythmia and completely harmless. But the only way to find out what she really has is to do this test.

Check with Dr. Bruce West at Health Alert- he is the best at this sort of thing,k