Hiatal Hernia And Heart Palpitations

Is your stomach causing your heart palpitations? Probably yes. Finally a cardiologist confirms the association between hiatal hernia and heart palpitations. Watch Dr. Vikki new video on the topic.
Summary of the video
Stomach-related palpitations can be caused by a hiatal hernia or inflammation of the gut, and can be treated through natural modalities to address root causes without drugs or surgery.
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If you've experienced heart palpitations, pressure in your chest, and visited the ER only to be told your heart is fine, it may be related to hiatal hernia syndrome.
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Stomach bloating and inflammation can cause the diaphragm to pinch the heart, leading to palpitations, a condition called gastric cardio syndrome.Expand
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The vagus nerve, which goes to both the heart and stomach, can cause palpitations if overly stimulated or irritated, but is also responsible for slowing the heart and needs to function in a balanced way.
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The natural pacemaker in the heart keeps the pace right, but if the vagus nerve is irritated and heart rate goes too low, other parts of the heart will stimulate and cause heart palpitations or ectopic beats.
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The program deals with anatomical changes, inflammation of the gut, positioning of the diaphragm, and normalization of vagus nerve function through natural modalities to treat stomach-related palpitations without drugs or surgery.
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Aspirin can cause inflammation in the gut and proton pump inhibitors can prevent absorption of key minerals and vitamins important for regular heart rhythm, so it's important to consider alternatives and address root causes.
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The root cause of stomach-related palpitations is often a hiatal hernia or hiatal hernia syndrome, which can cause pinching on the heart and change its location.
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People with stomach issues may experience palpitations that are often misdiagnosed as anxiety and treated with psychiatric medication, when in reality there is an easy solution.
For a hiatal hernia consultation, contact our doctors at the clinic at 727-335-0400.
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== Root Cause Medical Clinic
Dr. Vikki Petersen is co-founder of Root Cause Medical Clinic in Clearwater, FL (rootcausemedic...), a medical clinic with a pluri-disciplinary medical team offering a Functional Medicine approach (Root Cause analysis) to health issues, wit extensive lab testing. The medical team covers the fields of traditional medicine, functional medicine, chiropractic, nutrition, and physical therapy. the clinic is located at 1000 S Ft Harrison Ave, Clearwater, and also offers telemedicine services for certain States.

[@a.w.9662]

Yes, happens to me when my hiatal hernia acts up. A delicious chocolate brownie was responsible last time.

[@jeffreyscottfishman]

Happens to me too! Chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, being tired and dehydrated and stress all cause palpitations and skipped beats.

[@TheMasterGee]

Me too ​@@jeffreyscottfishman

[@marvintheparanoidandroid9598]

I'm on Beta blocks for this. I'm constantly saying that when i have a flareup with Gerd with Hiatal Hernia my palpitations get worse. They put me on Beta blocks smallest dosage 25mg of metoprolol tartrate. I already saw dr. Gupta and i agree 100% with him. I'm so glad this is getting traction because I'm sick of Gastroenterologists saying its not affecting anything and drinking Beta blocks for a healthy heart.

[@Jimbob-zn6bl]

I have a Hi Hernia that causes all the problems you mentioned. I push my hernia down very slowly under my left rib cage 7 times . 10 seconds hand slides. It helps tremendously!!👍😊🙏

[@blancamargarita8640]

I just tried your technique and it helped me thanks for sharing

[@jeffreyscottfishman]

Oops...left out some info. Went to hospital several times to only be told by cardiologists and doctors that my heart is great. Had ekg. Stress test, cardio echo and even cac scan of 0. One doctor had the nerve to tell me he wished his scan of his heart looked as good as mine. Interesting how I get so many skipped beats and flutter but everything comes out normal.

[@jitkablahakova3073]

There are doctors in the US who are aware of Gastrocardiac syndrome. I have a cardiologist in Washington DC who diagnosed me with Gastrocardiac syndrome. Her name is Amy Marino M.D.

[@Veronicawardwell]

I believe that it was a miracle that I found your information. ❤Thank you so much.

[@liljerseygirl249]

3 times went to ER with chest pain and palpitations, and told my heart is fine, any chest pain is not coming from heart. I had a hiatis hernia the size of a large orange sitting inside my chest.

[@rajgupta-kp5po]

I have suffered a lot from this. pushing hernia down with finger below rib cage helps a lot.weight loss and exercise if doesn't help surgery is required

[@meganstanley5589]

This has been my life for 6 months now. My heart suddenly palpitates during and after eating. I went to the ER in Tachycardia, but they said there was no evidence my tachycardia had anything to do with the heart itself. They thought I was just having an anxiety attack, pumped me full of Benadryl and sent me home a few hours later. They look at me and think I’m fine because I’m young and look healthy. But I know for a fact I wasn’t anxious until AFTER the palpitations had began…Sometimes I feel so much bloating and pressure in my chest and stomach that I can’t eat because I feel that full. I have chest pain often for what seems like no reason. I just heard of hiatal hernia yesterday. I have an endoscopy in a few weeks so I’ll know if I have one.

[@nic-o7s]

Good luck Megan. I’m in the early diagnosis stage also

[@andrewbrown8206]

Had this since I was 20..I’m 63 now and always thought my indigestion triggered it despite doctors and consultants dismissing it, I have a hietal hernia which does seem to kick it all off

[@terrimcquaid6231]

Genius!! You just described a battle ive been having for a few years now. I have a hiatal hernia and Ive thought it myself but was also seeing a Cardiologist at the same time for the same reasons..plus a hb of 42bpm ...but my heart was fine lol Thankyou for this video!

[@pinksandvibes3049]

Is that possible that only happens at night when i lay? Also i am battling to fall asleep because it is intense, and sadly i do eat if my palpitations doesn’t stop after 1 hour, i do eat something and gets better, my sugar monitor says my sugar was in good range the whole time.

[@MaritzaStella-r8e]

I also have this racing heart my resting heart rate now is 110 I keep on telling my doctor I have this pressure in my chest and head but they don't have any anders. I feel weak from hy arms to my legs and I get really very very hot. And horrible upper back pain between my sbolder blades that ridiates to my neck and jaw it really feels like a heart attach

[@tnijoo5109]

The valves of my heart don’t close all the way, especially the mitral valve. Could hiatal hernia have caused this and could a hiatal hernia surgery improve my heart issues? I have a lot of heart palpitations and dizziness and feeling like I can’t breathe.

[@abdoashraf4655]

I've been suffering from these kind of annoying symptoms for almost five years ( heart palpitations, shortness of breath, pressure in the chest that increases when being down in the water and this is actually the weirdest one, besides bloating after eating a meal on the left side only which is also weird and suggests that the cause of that bloating is the stomach ) ... I'm wondering can all these symptoms be caused by just unbalanced body muscles specially the abdominal muscles because all of these symptoms came out when I was doing abs exercises only for 3 weeks or that might be caused by a real hiatal hernia although I have made a upper gastroenterological barium swallow X-ray and it showed no thing !!!

[@jeffreyscottfishman]

Do you get a tightening feeling, full bloating in upper left side of your chest after eating a big meal? I get this all the time. It drives me nuts. Thought it was a clogged artery but doctor says heart is great. It litterally feels like there is a tube being stuffed and blocked after i eat a big meal. It kind of goes away after i relax and about 30 minutes after eating.

[@abdoashraf4655]

@@jeffreyscottfishman Yes I feel more tightness in chest even after drinking some water I won't even think now about eating a heavy or big meal as I had a horrible experience before when I ate much at the night !

[@jeffreyscottfishman]

@@abdoashraf4655 Im going to get a endoscopy and see if they find a hiatal hernia or ulcer.

[@Bogdan99996]

i also quit gym because of this... i quit swimming and running... even the bad habbits, as smoking .... not only the good ones. but can you be more specific on the time that you got the simptoms? especially the palpitations... i could give even my whapp number to have private conv... i m really interested in this, it will be like a therapy session. if not, maybe you can have a look on my comment on this video and have another chat there

[@abdoashraf4655]

@@Bogdan99996 I didn't see your comment on this video but anyway I also quit the gym due to the permanent feeling of air hunger and shortness of breath. I was doing swimming from about 6 years ago and I hadn't complained about anything none of these current symptoms existed. Once upon a time when I was doing abdominal exercises for 3 weeks and had finished my exercises and had gone to sleep suddenly I felt heaviness with breathing like I can't take it normally then I felt that my pulse was weak like I was about to loose consciousness then I felt numbness in every part of my body that was horrible from that night I'm no longer normal like I was before!! I have been suffering from a variety of symptoms like air hunger, bloating in the left side, heart palpitations even with minor physical effort like a rapid walk or going up on the stairs and many other annoying symptoms like permanent pain between shoulders in upper side of my back and recently I started to feel pain in the center of my back and lower back pain that's also accompanied with a pain in the neck. I started to realize recently that all of these symptoms maybe due to the muscles imbalance I did all the medical examinations none of them showed a real reason for my symptoms.

[@jackiekrupp355]

Watch dr Gupta’s videos, explained a lot and eased my fears. I have issues when tired, dehydrated, eat too close to bedtime , caffeine and chocolate and alcohol. I have hiatal hernia. Enjoy you channel

[@DrVikkiPetersen]

Thank you Jackie.

[@shantor100]

Stomach palpitations/spasms and heart palpitations are cousins. My new palpitations were slightly different and told my cardiologist this. She basically ignored me and said I'm just feeling them differently. My doctor was listening to my heart when i had what I thought was a palpitation. He said that was your Stomach. Bingo. Im now convinced 90 percent of my palpitations originate from my gut. Now, how to fix it all?

[@DrVikkiPetersen]

We do know how to treat it! If you'd like assistance, consider reaching out for a consultation. We'd be delighted to help Call us at 727-335-0400.

[@esther5017]

I’ve long suspected this to be the cause of my tachycardia but every time I’ve mentioned it to the doctor they ignore me. My first episode many years ago was during pregnancy when obviously the diaphragm would be pushed up.

[@johncarter3867]

Your videos have described my symptoms to a tee. How do you accept patients and where are you located . I've been searching for a cause for my issues. I've been a very fit long distance cyclist for decades and had previously lowered my by so no meds were prescribed, and then both actually ended up stretching my bladder and so. I would like to begin to cease my papitations. And recenter my digestive center so to speak.

[@RedBadgerFella6888]

Sorry for being late, I’ve had a hiatal hernia for 2 years now. I’ve noticed in those 2 years anything I do that gets my heart rate up really fast can cause my heart to palpitate or flutter,is this because of the hernia pushing the stomach up into my heart?

[@ambercarey00]

Mine does the same

[@swapnilaher7958]

I have been facing the same issue after eating heart races and rate goes up to 115

[@Sarah-yh4fn]

This. Is. My. Life. Thank you so much for making me feel sane. I have tried to explain to my doctor that I feel strongly about all of these symptoms coincidentally happening at the same time and I get told it isn’t possible. Now, what to do about it? Heal the gut and the rest will fall in line?

[@moretta73]

Have you resolved the issue since you posted this?

[@randomrazr]

what have u done tell us

[@Hanszo29]

Hello, Could Hiatus Hernia cause PVCs? I also have mild gastritis as well. I know you said Heart Palpitations but I was told I have PVCs and it has been driving me nuts!

[@dodigunawan2957]

Palpitations occurs if I am in a prostrate position, and sleeping on my left side, and in a squatting position

[@andreagreife2186]

My gastroenterologist says this can’t happen. I don’t believe him. I also have costochondritis & bad posture! I also have stress & health anxiety

[@jeffreyscottfishman]

This video was excellent. I'm wondering if it is my problem? I have gerd, palpitations, especially ectopic beats and pvs, fluttering etc. It gets worse when im dehydrated, eat chocolate, drink alcohol, get stressed out, not enough sleep and worse is left side top chest pain after eating a big meal. I believe I had a hiatal hernia when I was younger and think maybe it came back? Also sometimes when I move in a certain position or lay down i get the ectopic beat. It makes sense it could be the vagus nerve. I also have a low heart rate most of the time but I was told by doctors it's because I'm athletic. Wondering if the hiatal hernia or ulcer is to blame? Wondering how to get rid of the hernia or ulcer and fix this problem also?

[@Bogdan99996]

if you are curious, i also let a long comment about my condition about this. hope we can relax a bit more now seeing that is a bit common this ... a read all the comments here and i really feel a bit better psihicaly now... because i didn t heard about anyone this kind of simptoms. it s possible to have your whapp number ? only to have private conv about this? it will really help me a lot ... and hopefully you too

[@andreagreife2186]

Same here. I do have genetic predisposition to heart disease though so I sometimes don’t know if it’s that or my hiatal hernia & I get anxious about it which makes my symptoms worse

[@canoedoc2390]

Is it possible the vagus nerve could be damaged due to previous Lyme disease or post COVID infection, leaving the sympathetic innervation unopposed?

[@otakuwon]

My palpatations are much better now that I turned off my WiFi. I have a hiatal hernia, which still affects me this way, but not being fried 24-7 helps a lot too! Wifi is dangerous.

[@DrVikkiPetersen]

It can definitely affect some individuals strongly. Glad you figured that piece out. If you'd like assistance, we'd be delighted to help. Consider calling us for a consultation - 727-335-0400. We have a high success rate.

[@rupey4582]

I have a bounding pulse 24/7. Don't get deep sleep because of it. When I'm bloated it gets much worse and I see my arteries get super dilated, especially when my SIBO is triggered. My body is an absolute mess and it's been this way for 10 years. What to do?

[@mrahym]

What gets you this problem in the first place is diet,stress,posture and beeing overweight. Correct all of theese and this problem will go away over time.

[@argentinarodriguez4170]

Is there a reset button for the Vagus nerve??😮😮

[@007mareks]

I just read an about this device that might help reset the vegus nerve (Parasym, a well-known neurotechnology brand, has developed a wearable medical device called Nurosym.) If anyone has used this device, I would love to know.

[@danagray307]

Ive had them.its scary also have bloating and bad acid reflux

[@Fashionpreneurondemand]

How do we know the difference between a hernia and a stomach ulcer? They both have the same symptoms?

[@fruitfullynourishing]

Unfortunately, you have to get an endoscopy. I had one two weeks ago. I was so scared, but the process wasn't bad. I have a follow-up appointment on Monday. When I woke up from the anesthesia, the nurse said my GI Dr removed a gastric pylop, I have gastritis, and a Hiatal Hernia.

[@familjenm1947]

I live in Sweden how should I contact you so I can get help and training

[@antonioselak618]

Should i operate if my hernia causes palpitations?

[@adamurray4729]

It's happens to me 2x in a month went to ER I thought was having heart attack only to be told that your heart is ok...?! Why having this palpitations ,shortness of breath .. Went to the hospital for 2 procedures colonoscopy /gastroscopy . I will know the full results when I see my GP next week

[@DrVikkiPetersen]

I understand; it can be quite scary. If you'd like assistance consider contacting us for a consultation. We'd be delighted to help and have a high success rate. Call 727-335-0400.

[@Bogdan99996]

you`ve got your results ? i am curious

[@rose10425]

So, can hernia surgery correct ?

[@siouxmallek]

I have this

[@siouxmallek]

What are PPI’s?

[@thedatepro]

Proton pump inhibitors (like Prilosec, Dexilant, etc) they suppress stomach acid production and are not meant for long term use

[@ColdVsIce]

All the time

[@DrVikkiPetersen]

If you'd like assistance, we'd be delighted to help. Consider calling us for a consultation - 727-335-0400. We have a high success rate.

[@xavierfu6577]

Does overeating cause hernia?

[@jackykwan2580]

Its part of the cause, hernia happens when the valve controlling your gut and esophagus gets loose and doesnt close completely. As you can imagine theres always a hole there where acid and stomach contents will go up to the throat

[@meredithcampbell1675]

Ive been on nexuim 30 years , i have barrets oesophagus and recently had an endoscopy the gastroenteroligist says half my stomach is in my chest. My barretts is still the same not out of control yet . I get heart palpitations regular . They want to operate but im 60 now. Its quite big surgery. So ive cut my nexium in half really careful what i eat and take slippery elm. Its so addictive those ppis. Im still in 2 minds about surgery. But i know people who never had success with it

[@antoniaalvarez4104]

I have been to the hospital.

[@argentinarodriguez4170]

Does Omeprazole cause myopathy?

[@barrya.6212]

I got heart palpitations seeing this pretty doctor 🙂🙃