To take DS to a&e?

endofmytether88 · 2024-03-30T22:12:19+00:00

Posting here for traffic. DS(7) is we just about to play a game before bed. He said his heart was beating fast. This was 30 mins ago and his heart rate is still through the roof. We've tried deep breathing, drinking water, listening to his videos but it's not slowing. He doesn't feel sick or anything. What should I do? Would it be OTT to go to hospital?

Katherineryan1986 · 07/04/2024 07:53

Littlefish · 07/04/2024 01:19

@Katherineryan1986 I had radio wave ablation for SVT many years ago. Do feel free to message me if you decide to go for treatment. It was incredibly positive and life improving for me.

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Thank you. I will certainly bear you in mind. I am on the NHS waiting list which the consultant estimated to be about 12-14 months.

Littlefish · 07/04/2024 01:19

Katherineryan1986 · 31/03/2024 08:53

This is possibly SVT - supra ventricular tachycardia and is not usually life threatening (I have this condition)

Sit him on the floor with his legs out in front of him. Get him to hold his breath until he is red in the face, then as he releases the breath tip him (still in an L shape) onto his back with his legs in the air. This is called the valsava manoeuvre.

At New Years my heart rate went to 208bpm and A&E did this manoeuvre and it corrected it straight away thankfully.

I have seen a consultant who has recommended ablation as a possible treatment but for now I am on medication.

Definitely take him to A&E.

@Katherineryan1986 I had radio wave ablation for SVT many years ago. Do feel free to message me if you decide to go for treatment. It was incredibly positive and life improving for me.

Comfysock · 07/04/2024 01:07

@endofmytether88 hope alls ok

ilostmyhearttoastarshiptrouper · 01/04/2024 11:35

Hope he's ok and that you went to A&E

Againlosinghope · 01/04/2024 10:44

My child heart beat like this. It was a heart defect

walking101 · 31/03/2024 21:49

@endofmytether88
Hope everything's ok

MaMisled · 31/03/2024 21:16

At 11 yrs old my daughter had a full on gasping for breath, heart pounding, dizzy episode whilst playing an exciting video game. I rang for an ambulance ( 16 years ago) and they said classic panic attack brought on by the game! I wonder if it was the excitement of the game for this little lad? Hope op returns and tells us he's OK.

UtterlyQuackers · 31/03/2024 20:40

Hope everything is okay OP x

Mirabai · 31/03/2024 19:06

As DS has an episode the night before the coffee the two things may not be related.

anxioussister · 31/03/2024 18:46

Chocolate has a significant amount of caffeine in it - that + a lot of sugar has quite the effect on little systems - some bodies more sensitive to it than others.

TeaKitten · 31/03/2024 17:03

tearsandtiaras · 31/03/2024 16:59

Teakitten

You have no idea if anyone on here is a parent as you say it is negligent caring to rely / seek medical advice from strangers on the internet that are unverified. I say this as a child safeguarding professional.

As a parent it is natural to second guess your self - any parent / carer in care of a child should know how to safeguard them. The NHS provides very clear advice on seeking medical help via their services.

Please check these rather than spout rubbish about people seeking help from stranger on an internet forum

Of course you a child safeguarding professional so your word is the only one that matters. You don’t just sound like another stranger on an internet forum spouting rubbish at all. And I don’t need to check the NHS, I didn’t ask for medical advice.

tearsandtiaras · 31/03/2024 16:59

Teakitten

You have no idea if anyone on here is a parent as you say it is negligent caring to rely / seek medical advice from strangers on the internet that are unverified. I say this as a child safeguarding professional.

As a parent it is natural to second guess your self - any parent / carer in care of a child should know how to safeguard them. The NHS provides very clear advice on seeking medical help via their services.

Please check these rather than spout rubbish about people seeking help from stranger on an internet forum

bluesclues91 · 31/03/2024 16:49

ED.

The amount of people who don't know how to count a pulse rate is alarming.

User8643733 · 31/03/2024 16:43

tearsandtiaras · 31/03/2024 15:33

I don't understand why people post on mumsnet and not call 111 with serious health related issues. Makes me think its not a real situation but more a cry for attention and the OP is bored/ upset/
Lonely at home

A&E threads always end up in trending because there's a sense of real-time urgency and people get genuinely invested. However the majority never come back to update anyway...presumably because they didn't go to hospital on the end and there's nothing to report.

TeaKitten · 31/03/2024 16:09

tearsandtiaras · 31/03/2024 15:33

I don't understand why people post on mumsnet and not call 111 with serious health related issues. Makes me think its not a real situation but more a cry for attention and the OP is bored/ upset/
Lonely at home

Sometimes as a parent you second guess yourself, you don’t want to waste NHS resources if it’s nothing and you are just being anxious and you may not have people you can talk to in real life, so you come on a parenting forum and ask other parents. Half the time posters make their minds up as soon as they’ve written it down and read it back really. What I don’t understand is why someone always has to post a shitty comment like yours on these threads. If you don’t want to offer advice why not just move on to a different thread? Why insult the OP who was just looking for advice on a parenting forum?

tearsandtiaras · 31/03/2024 15:33

I don't understand why people post on mumsnet and not call 111 with serious health related issues. Makes me think its not a real situation but more a cry for attention and the OP is bored/ upset/
Lonely at home

Whyarepeoplesoweird · 31/03/2024 15:27

Awful advice you've recieved from here....you should have taken him straight to a&e, his heart is tachycardia. It needs monitored. Is he ok

Kissmystarfish · 31/03/2024 13:54

Jadebanditchillipepper · 30/03/2024 22:56

Sorry, I misread his age. At 7, that could absolutely be due to caffeine. Probably no need to worry too much unless it hits 180-200 at that age.

That is incorrect and dangerous advice.

please mums don’t let your child’s heart rate get to 200!

Gemz1010 · 31/03/2024 13:07

Hope everything is sorted now but remember A&E is there for just such an occasion, yes they're busy but ours has everything from nurse, GP right up to emergency medical staff and you're triaged at the front door.

bradpittsbathwater · 31/03/2024 11:20

Hope you boy is feeling better now op

Shan5474 · 31/03/2024 11:20

When you say listening to his videos, what kind of videos? Does he have anxiety? That can cause high heart rate. Hopefully you are at/have been to the hospital and your ds is doing ok 🤞🤞

Billben · 31/03/2024 11:17

whistleblower99 · 31/03/2024 10:32

Who gives their 7 year old coffee?

Are you hard of reading or comprehension?

OP usually has a hot chocolate from Mc Donald’s, not a coffee.

Her son, thinking it was the usual hot chocolate in the cup, downed it.

MaMisled · 31/03/2024 10:50

whistleblower99 · 31/03/2024 10:32

Who gives their 7 year old coffee?

Someone who is human? Makes mistakes as they... like everyone else.... stumble through motherhood?

Hope your boy is OK op.

nozbottheblue · 31/03/2024 10:38

What's the latest, OP? Hope all is well x

incognito50me · 31/03/2024 10:32

Rosscameasdoody · 31/03/2024 08:10

There’s a medically certified app approved by NHS. It’s called FibriCheck and measures your heart rate and heart rhythm using the camera and flash of your smartphone. The results are automatically shared with your GP. But in this instance I’d go to A&E because it could indicate a heart condition like Atrial Fibrillation, which would need appropriate treatment.

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Thank you, @Rosscameasdoody . I just downloaded Fibricheck.

Good luck, @endofmytether88 ! I hope you are in A&E with your son; I am sure he will be fine, but if there is an issue, doctors will be able to diagnose it if they see him during an episode..