I don't usually post to this board but I wanted to ask some people who have had HCM for some time about some symptoms my son is experiencing. He is 17 now, went into cardiac arrest at age of 13 on football field and was saved by an AED. Has an AICD and no obstruction but apparently a very thick septum. Either 25 or 35 depending on which doctor does the echo and whether they include a prominent muscle bar in the right ventricle which really isn't neccessarily a part of the septum.
Anyway, he has these episodes of what I thought for a long time were hypoglycemic in nature although I'm still not sure what they are. He gets very hot, even when it is not hot in the house and no one else is hot. He also, breaks out in a clammy sweat and experiences a lot of anxiety. It's almost like a panic attack of some sort He also has the anxiety at other times to the point where it is taking over his life. This is not a kid who worries about dying and so forth as he played 2 yrs of competitive high school basketball before he had to quit because he passed out due to a very fast arrhythmia and then got shocked. He doesn't have a lot of symptoms, still runs around and plays park ball and goes to gym. I would say his biggest symptom is tiredness if he doesn't get enough sleep, fluids etc.
I am very concerned about these episodes because he also has mood swings along with them and gets easily irritated. I guess you could say he is very high strung. Please respond if any of you have experienced such things.
Anyway, he has these episodes of what I thought for a long time were hypoglycemic in nature although I'm still not sure what they are. He gets very hot, even when it is not hot in the house and no one else is hot. He also, breaks out in a clammy sweat and experiences a lot of anxiety. It's almost like a panic attack of some sort He also has the anxiety at other times to the point where it is taking over his life. This is not a kid who worries about dying and so forth as he played 2 yrs of competitive high school basketball before he had to quit because he passed out due to a very fast arrhythmia and then got shocked. He doesn't have a lot of symptoms, still runs around and plays park ball and goes to gym. I would say his biggest symptom is tiredness if he doesn't get enough sleep, fluids etc.
I am very concerned about these episodes because he also has mood swings along with them and gets easily irritated. I guess you could say he is very high strung. Please respond if any of you have experienced such things.
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