bowel problems causing irregular heartbeat

Hello! For the last couple of weeks I have been experiencing bowel problems. I am having problems passing stool. Besides this, during this I also felt some irregular heartbeat. Is there a connection? Can my bowel problems be causing irregular heartbeats? Thank you for all the info!

Hi there! I somehow don’t see connection between bowel problems and irregular heart beats UNLESS you have used or abused some of the laxatives. Laxatives tend to cause irregular heartbeat, also muscle cramps, tremors, spasms. If you haven’t used laxatives and you continue to experience irregular heart beats then you should definitely see a cardiologist.

The stomach and heart ARE connected despite what all these wonderfully healthy clever docs tell you.
I'm even going towards suspecting that a lot of heart problems ARE infact mascarading stomach problems.
The body IS connected at every stage and the heart is close to the diaphram and also main atteries running throughout the body.
I osmetimes exp tightining of muscles and intestines and stomach walls whcih lead to heart palps and beat increases with low bp and hard thumping beats.
It is important to look out for these things - GLuten - bacterias that could leak from guts - i.e. pylori, which affects the heart untraceably - candida - anything that affects your insides after eating be weary of - keep a list and see what affects what - also look into the role of 5HTP in the gut and seek advice from a doctor about your serotone levels in the gut.

I definitely have this same experience. Part of my "fix" for atrial fibrillation is to have a bowel movement. About 85% of the time, it works. But cardiologists have just looked at me like I'm crazy, or shrugged.

When my daughter was 3 months old, she for some reason had a hard time with a bowel movement, since I breastfed constipation should not have been an issue. Anyway, she became blue around the eyes and I could not get her to respond. The ambulance was called. The physician admitted her and got on the phone with a pediatrician. The only thing they could think of, since there is a nerve that connects from your anus to your heart, that by her grunting it affected her heart rhythm. I cannot remember the term they used but they said that they usually see it in old people and have heard of old people actually dying while trying to have a bowel movement. So in short, I guess there is a nerve that connects from the anus to the heart.

I am over 60 now and have noticed over the last 40 years that often when i have had some palps for no apparent reason that within 5 minutes afterward i would have to go to the bathroom for a bowel movement. It was as if my heart got the signal just before i got the urge to go. I am pretty sure that for me at least that there is a nerve that makes a connection between the urge for a bowel movement and the regulation of the heartbeat.