{"id":2158,"date":"2018-06-13T05:13:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T05:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/besthealth.guide\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2021-10-12T01:07:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T01:07:46","slug":"9-symptoms-of-brugada-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besthealth.guide\/9-symptoms-of-brugada-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Symptoms of Brugada Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our heart is a powerful muscle that beats non-stop throughout our entire life. Unlike other muscles like our skeletal muscles, it never gets tired and it keeps going on and on. Were it to stop working, it would literally be the end of our life since death is medically defined by the complete interruption of the heartbeat.<\/p>\n

Our heart has four chambers that work together in order to pump our blood through our bodies, and they are all coordinated by a neural center that is located on the top right chamber, called the right auricula. This center is connected to the rest of the heart through channels that transmit the electrical signals that make the heartbeat. However, these channels can malfunction, resulting in the loss of coordination in the heart. This is called the Brugada syndrome, and it can cause health alterations and even a heart attack. These are its symptoms.<\/p>\n

1. Type 1 Brugada ECG Pattern<\/h3>\n

This is the main symptom of Brugada syndrome, and it is required in order to be properly diagnosed. If you are suspected to have Brugada syndrome, a clinical doctor or a cardiologist will indicate that you get an electrocardiogram (ECG) performed on you so doctors can see the electrical pattern of your heartbeat. People with Brugada syndrome have a very characteristic ECG profile, so this condition is very easy to diagnose with this sort of test.<\/p>\n

If you have some of the other symptoms on this list, you might want to get tested just in case. Also, since the Brugada syndrome is partially linked to genetic <\/a>inheritance, you should also get tested if a close relative of yours, for example, a parent or a sibling, has been diagnosed with Brugada syndrome, as you have a higher chance of developing this heart condition as well.<\/p>\n

\"\"2. Dizziness<\/h3>\n

The problems with your heartbeat and your heart rate affect the way blood flows through your body, because the heart may have less effective strength. Insufficient communication between all four chambers of your heart can affect the rhythm and the coordination of your heart cells, and if they don\u2019t beat all together and synchronized, the lower half of your heart \u2013 known as your ventricles \u2013 can malfunction.<\/p>\n

A lack of potency and efficiency will harm your blood circulation, mostly decreasing the flow and reducing the oxygen and glucose<\/a> input of cells. If your brain doesn\u2019t get enough blood, it will have serious performance problems because your brain cells need a constant supply in order to work properly. Without enough blood input, your mental and neurological functions can decrease, and the first and most usual symptom of this is a feeling of dizziness. If the blood supply gets affected, even more, you can faint.\"\"<\/p>\n

3. Fainting<\/h3>\n

Loss of consciousness is one of the most common symptoms of many heart problems, not only Brugada syndrome. Disturbances in the heart rate and the coordination of the cells that make it beat at a steady pace will affect your blood flow and, in most cases, make it insufficient. When your brain doesn\u2019t get enough blood, it will shut down starting from the less needed functions in order to preserve the most important functions such as keeping your lungs breathing and your heart beating.<\/p>\n

However, even if fainting<\/a> is common to many heart conditions, the way you faint can tell the difference between syndromes and give your doctor a clue on which syndrome you might be actually having. Fainting from Brugada syndrome is often sudden and unexpected, which is called a \u201csyncope\u201d. It happens mostly at night or in the morning when you wake up, which is characteristic of this syndrome.\"\"<\/p>\n

4. Gasping<\/h3>\n

Some heart problems such as Brugada syndrome are known to alter the breathing pattern, and not only the heart rate or the beating pattern. Gasping is an involuntary and automatic response to the lack of oxygen<\/a> experienced by the brain and other organs with sensible cells in your body. You can gasp or pant in an attempt to compensate for the lack of oxygen that your cells need to get in order to work as they should.<\/p>\n

Gasping or panting is especially common during the night or the resting hours when the manifestations of the Brugada syndrome tend to increase. In most cases, the person doesn\u2019t even realize that their breathing pattern has changed because they are sound asleep, but the gasping and panting can wake them in the middle of the night. Gasping is not accompanied by a feeling of shortness of breath, because there is nothing wrong with the lungs.\"\"<\/p>\n

5. Arrhythmia<\/h3>\n

One of the most common consequences of a deficient connection between the upper right chamber of the heart and the rest of the organ is the disorganization of the heartbeat. This electrical system is responsible for not only keeping the heart beating constantly but also making sure that the pace of the beat is steady and responds to the current demand for blood supply (for example, the heart needs to beat faster when we are exercising than when we are resting).<\/p>\n

When this system of communication doesn\u2019t work well, the cells of our heart can start beating in a chaotic way and the beats don\u2019t last all the same. Some beats are faster than others, and sometimes the heart feels like it stops for a moment or that we even skip a beat. Arrhythmia<\/a> can be disturbing to experience, but it is treatable and rarely poses an immediate threat to life.\"\"<\/p>\n

6. Palpitations<\/h3>\n

The loss of a steady pace for the heartbeat is one of the manifestations of the dysfunction caused by the Brugada syndrome, but there are others that can also be interpreted as a sign that something is going wrong. Palpitations are the strong perception of our own heartbeat, and people who experience them could get immediately concerned, thinking that something is happening to their hearts.<\/p>\n

However, just as arrhythmia, palpitations<\/a> caused by Brugada syndrome are very rarely a sign of immediate danger. The heart has problems beating efficiently, and it tries to make up for it by beating more strongly, and for that reason, we can feel the palpitations on our chest. Some people report feeling these palpitations on the arteries of their neck, too. Palpitations can be quite scary, especially when combined with skipped beats because arrhythmia and palpitations can happen at the same time. Also, the anxiety or fear caused by palpitations can cause even more palpitations.\"\"<\/p>\n

7. Tachycardia<\/h3>\n

Tachycardia<\/a> can happen alone as a singled-out symptom or in conjunction with arrhythmia in people with Brugada syndrome. The word tachycardia means fast heartbeat and is experienced as an abnormal increase in our heart rate, which means that our heartbeats more times per minute than it should. In some cases, tachycardia is normal and even a sign of good cardiac health.<\/p>\n

For example, when we perform aerobic exercises, our heart beats faster in order to pump more blood to our muscles, which need more oxygen input and more glucose or other substances to burn for energy. Anxiety and strong emotions such as fear and happiness can also increase our heart rate without it being any sign of a cardiac problem. Tachycardia is a symptom of a heart alteration that is only considered as such when it doesn\u2019t respond to a situation or stimulus that naturally calls for it. \"\"<\/p>\n

8. Cardiac arrest<\/h3>\n

If you have Brugada syndrome, a cardiac arrest will not happen without any warning signs, because it is the result of the other symptoms getting worse and untreated. There are many types of cardiac arrest<\/a>, also known as heart attack, but the most common type of cardiac arrest in these cases is caused by a phenomenon called ventricular fibrillation.<\/p>\n

The cells of the ventricles, which are the lower half of our heart, need to beat together in order for the heart to contract and pump the blood out; if each cell of our cardiac muscle beats out of order and with no synchronization, our heart will wiggle and not perform an organic beat. The muscle is working, but not in an efficient way, and blood doesn\u2019t circulate. This is called ventricular fibrillation, and it can very quickly lead to a cardiac arrest. People very rarely recover by themselves from ventricular problems.\"\"<\/p>\n

9. Sudden death<\/h3>\n

Unexpected death caused by Brugada syndrome is often the culmination of a ventricular fibrillation episode. If nothing gets the cardiac cells back on track, the heart will not beat again as it should and the blood will not circulate. Eventually, the lack of oxygen and energy will affect the cells of your heart and they will stop beating altogether. It isn\u2019t uncommon with Brugada syndrome that people have a sudden death at night when they are sleeping.<\/p>\n

This is the time of their day and night cycle when many of the symptoms of Brugada syndrome occur, including ventricular fibrillation. Sudden death can also occur after a cardiac arrest during the day or the waking hours, and it is often preceded by fainting and other manifestations of a heart attack<\/a>. If the person doesn\u2019t get CPR in time and a defibrillation shock, they are very likely to pass.\r\n

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