Strange heartbeat?

earlier tonight my 2 year old son tripped in the garden and banged his head, the bump was really big and kept swelling so i took him to the local nhs walk in centre. while he was being checked over the nurse said he has a "strange heartbeat" because after 20 beats it does a double beat. she said it was nothing to worry about but to take him to the docs on tuesday to be checked over there. however this is worrying me because my partner had a heart attack just over a year ago at a young age and now im thinking that my son will be heading down the same road! can any-one give me any info on irregular heartbeats in toddlers?

Strange heartbeat?
My sister has an iregular heart beat she was very young only 5 or 6 but in children it is quiet normal and they grow out of it.

she did it have it checked out as a precaution.

dont worry to much
Reply:ok, i dont know if its the same thing, but my son had a heart murmur when he was like 6 months and the doctor said that it was because there were 2 arteries in his heart that we positined at a 90 degree angle and when he gets older they will straighen up and things will be ok.

so Im thinking maybe your son had the same thing. and lots of children get it (and they grow out of it)

i suggest you keep up with the check-ups with his heart (its always better to be safe then sorry) Im sure hes fine and the fact that your parnter had a heart attack at a young age (unless its heart disease) wont come into play with this situation.
Reply:it could be a rouge electode

they are quite dangorous they give you a random heart beat this can disrupt the body natural flow and can be quite dangorous get him checked out asap

good luck joe
Reply:He might just have an irregular heartbeat. It's not caused by a bump to the head, but it will get worse as he gets older. An irregular heartbeat is nothing to worry about because I have one and it's actually a slight heart murmer. It won't stop him from doing anything, it's just when the upper chambers of the heart don't beat in sync with the lower chambers and one day it might be a problem, but I've been assured that it wont cause any problems because the heart is still working just as well as any other heart, it's just a little confused. Eventually his heart might go from one beat every 20 beats to one beat ever 5 beats like mine. It's a pretty common problem, so don't worry, but keep an eye on him and keep up with doctors.
Reply:i have this and i am 25 it's not heart diesease it's just a systolic murmer it's nothing to worry about





that's probably what your son has but yes take him to the doc

no matter what it is it's easier taken care of at a young age
Reply:my son had a heart defect and thats about what they said to me, it sounded different and I needed to follow up with a heart Dr. he has sugery at age 2 about 8 mons after they found out. It went real well. He was up running again in a day or two.



Good luck

guerlain