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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

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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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Drink coffee, I do every morning............... Lovie777 Sunday #1

Yes! Yes! Yes! wolfie001 Sunday #5

Me, too! And I have AFIB! rsdsharp Sunday #13

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

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

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

I had to look up PAC Skittles Sunday #16

I have it and Turbineguy Sunday #28

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it's hard to keep up Skittles Sunday #17

Why just say coffee? SidneyR Sunday #20

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

Ehhh....not so much Bayard Sunday #22

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

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

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They also had more heart attacks. progressoid Sunday #27

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