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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, 04:41 PM

Nov 9

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 9 OP

Drink coffee, I do every morning............... Lovie777 Nov 9 #1

Yes! Yes! Yes! wolfie001 Nov 9 #5

Me, too! And I have AFIB! rsdsharp Nov 9 #13

Fables about coffee. Jacson6 Nov 9 #2

Mormonism? wolfie001 Nov 9 #4

Mormons & coffee rustbeltvoice Nov 9 #19

I would research the research and find out... ananda Nov 9 #18

Coffee's like the Ever-Ready bunny wolfie001 Nov 9 #3

Whatever, DEcaffienated coffee helps/prevents HEARTBURN/acid reflux. elleng Nov 9 #6

Didn't help me hermetic Nov 9 #7

I cannot function without my coffee every day. I must be addicted... CTyankee Nov 9 #8

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

Caffeine is a stimulate known to increase the heart rate. lostincalifornia Nov 9 #24

LOL BWdem4life Nov 9 #10

like a lot of things, it's probably not the caffiene Skittles Nov 9 #15

cutting way back on caffeine helped my PACs. I never totally gave up coffee, just decaf or half caf joanbarnes Nov 9 #11

I had to look up PAC Skittles Nov 9 #16

I have it and Turbineguy Nov 9 #28

I have MVP Skittles Nov 9 #29

If true, this would be of no help to me. 3catwoman3 Nov 9 #12

In the last week I heard melatonan will kill you and sleeping on your doc03 Nov 9 #14

it's hard to keep up Skittles Nov 9 #17

Why just say coffee? SidneyR Nov 9 #20

Doc took me off coffee 30 years ago. piddyprints Nov 9 #21

Ehhh....not so much Bayard Nov 9 #22

It has been know for years that coffee can cause ectopic beats, and increases the heart rate and contractilty. If lostincalifornia Nov 9 #23

This girl who had a heart condition died from drinking a cafinated lemonade at Panera. lostincalifornia Nov 9 #25

I like the word "MAY". I have a coin that does the same think 50% of the time. lostincalifornia Nov 9 #26

They also had more heart attacks. progressoid Nov 9 #27

Yay!!!! FoxNewsSucks Nov 9 #30