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Skittles

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16. I had to look up PAC

Reply to joanbarnes (Reply #11)

Sun Nov 9, 2025, 05:41 PM

Nov 2025

PAC stands for Premature Atrial Contraction, which is an extra heartbeat that occurs when the upper chambers of the heart (atria) contract earlier than normal. While often harmless, frequent PACs can sometimes indicate an underlying heart condition or lead to more serious arrhythmias.

just curious but when that happens does it FEEL like your heart is skipping a beat?

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Coffee may protect against irregular heartbeats [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 OP

Drink coffee, I do every morning............... Lovie777 Nov 2025 #1

Yes! Yes! Yes! wolfie001 Nov 2025 #5

Me, too! And I have AFIB! rsdsharp Nov 2025 #13

Fables about coffee. Jacson6 Nov 2025 #2

Mormonism? wolfie001 Nov 2025 #4

Mormons & coffee rustbeltvoice Nov 2025 #19

I would research the research and find out... ananda Nov 2025 #18

Coffee's like the Ever-Ready bunny wolfie001 Nov 2025 #3

Whatever, DEcaffienated coffee helps/prevents HEARTBURN/acid reflux. elleng Nov 2025 #6

Didn't help me hermetic Nov 2025 #7

I cannot function without my coffee every day. I must be addicted... CTyankee Nov 2025 #8

It sure doesn't work that way with mitral valve prolapse. LudwigPastorius Nov 2025 #9

Caffeine is a stimulate known to increase the heart rate. lostincalifornia Nov 2025 #24

LOL BWdem4life Nov 2025 #10

like a lot of things, it's probably not the caffiene Skittles Nov 2025 #15

cutting way back on caffeine helped my PACs. I never totally gave up coffee, just decaf or half caf joanbarnes Nov 2025 #11

I had to look up PAC Skittles Nov 2025 #16

I have it and Turbineguy Nov 2025 #28

I have MVP Skittles Nov 2025 #29

If true, this would be of no help to me. 3catwoman3 Nov 2025 #12

In the last week I heard melatonan will kill you and sleeping on your doc03 Nov 2025 #14

it's hard to keep up Skittles Nov 2025 #17

Why just say coffee? SidneyR Nov 2025 #20

Doc took me off coffee 30 years ago. piddyprints Nov 2025 #21

Ehhh....not so much Bayard Nov 2025 #22

It has been know for years that coffee can cause ectopic beats, and increases the heart rate and contractilty. If lostincalifornia Nov 2025 #23

This girl who had a heart condition died from drinking a cafinated lemonade at Panera. lostincalifornia Nov 2025 #25

I like the word "MAY". I have a coin that does the same think 50% of the time. lostincalifornia Nov 2025 #26

They also had more heart attacks. progressoid Nov 2025 #27

Yay!!!! FoxNewsSucks Nov 2025 #30