Affect of the implanted defibrillator

病患者女 - 70歲

Hi Dr. Leung,

My mum suffers from high blood pressure, she was sent to A&E twice last Summer and she BP rise up to 200 on the ambulance. In late March, my mum was again sent to hospital and after several weeks of scanning / checking of her heart/brain, no particular reasons apart from "irregular heartbeat". She had the defrillator implanted on 3 Apr, as suggested by the doctor. 2 weeks after her implantation, it triggered her 10 times while she was asleep and she was then sent to A&E again. She stayed in ICU for 10 days. The doctors at the hospital could not provide concrete reasons for the cause of it . Since then my mum suffered from chest pain (pain level, 8) every night, deteriorate during the night time. The painkillers and sleeping pills aren't doing much help, she gets little sleep at night and chest /heart pain even she has only chat with my dad for less than 30 mins. In these two days, she said she sees blue flash light for 1-2 secs for around 20-30 times. Her brain feels blank in some point too. Kindly advise, thank you.