By Dr Jonathan Pitts Crick
18.07.23
Cardiologist
Breathlessness – How to breathe correctly (Part 3)
Following on from the second of this three-part series of articles on breathlessness, highly renowned consultant cardiologist Dr Jonathan Pitts Crick offers a comprehensive insight into the main breathing techniques that you should try if you are feeling breathlessness, in this conclusion of a three-part series of articles on breathlessness.
By Dr Jonathan Pitts Crick
21.06.23
Cardiologist
Breathlessness – How to breathe correctly (Part 2)
While feeling breathless from time to time is a natural human response, breathlessness that limits your activities more than normal, occurs at rest, or while carrying out daily tasks such as reaching down to a low cupboard, requires expert assessment and treatment. In the second of a three-part series of articles on breathlessness, highly renowned consultant cardiologist Dr Jonathan Pitts Crick offers an expert insight into the actions that you should take if you feel breathlessness.
By Dr Jonathan Pitts Crick
12.05.23
Cardiologist
Breathlessness – How to breathe correctly (Part 1)
While feeling breathless from time to time is a natural human response, breathlessness that occurs at rest or while carrying out daily tasks, such as reaching down to a low cupboard, requires expert assessment and treatment. In the first of a three-part series of articles on breathlessness, Dr Jonathan Pitts Crick, highly renowned consultant cardiologist, provides a comprehensive insight into the factors that can stimulate breathlessness.
By Dr Jonathan Pitts Crick
31.03.23
Cardiologist
A comprehensive history of arrhythmia treatment
The first surgical option for arrhythmia was implantation of a pacemaker. It has been highly successful for people whose arrhythmia is due to the heart going too slowly. Some cardiogists believe that pacemakers are underused because many people have a heart that is going slower than would be most efficient. They are often held back by vague symptoms including fatigued or not sleeping well because the heart slows down too much which then causes the brain to speed up. This tells the heart by producing adrenaline, which in turn wakes the rest of the brain. As a result, people have disturbed sleep, similar to sleep aponea.
By Dr Jonathan Pitts Crick
28.02.23
Cardiologist
Treatment for arrhythmia is required if it is causing symptoms that are unpleasant or stopping you from doing things. It is also required if it is something that may potentially cause a long term problem, particularly being fatal. A dangerous arrhythmia must be treated. However, many arrhythmias are harmless. It is only worrying because people think that it must be serious as it is heart related but this isn’t always the case.
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