A cardiologist addresses whether or not premature ventricular contractions can be caused by seasonal allergies.
Many people who have PVCs want to know if seasonal allergies can cause this sometimes very disturbing symptom.
“This would be quite rare, and only if the allergies really caused a lot of stress and anxiety and excessive adrenaline release from a more severe allergy,” explains Dr. Sameer Sayeed, a cardiologist at ColumbiaDoctors of Somers, NY.
PVCs can have a bark that’s bigger than their bite, which is why individuals who experience these can become quite alarmed.
Seasonal allergies are far more likely to cause headaches than premature ventricular contractions.
If you’ve been experiencing “cardiac awareness,” then you need to have a thorough checkup by a cardiologist.
They may then recommend additional testing that you’d need to make an appointment for.
Do not let all of this frighten you; multiple tests are modern medicine at work to help find the root causes of troubling symptoms.
Tests that turn out normal will give you substantial reassurance that you have a healthy heart.
PVCs may be relevant in people who have heart disease, but even then, this association has not been clearly defined by research.
Dr. Sayeed performs echocardiograms and stress tests at the Midtown Manhattan and Westchester offices at Columbia Doctors. He is also trained in cardiac CT imaging.
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