Pacemaker audible signals

My PM is emitting an audible sound intermittently. I had a check up 3 days ago and was told I still have 3 years of battery life. What other settings could cause these signals?

3 Comments

Sounds

by AgentX86 - 2018-09-17 09:30:12

You might look up your model on the Medtronic site. They have manuals for several of them.

depends

by ROBO Pop - 2018-09-17 13:14:13

The audible sounds can be due to several things such as low battery, problem with your device, dangerous rhythm, an alert to call your dr, a warning it's all over, or even a wrong number. As Maxwell said you can go online and look up alarms for your specific device, but you'd be better off to call your Dr.

I heard metallic clicking

by Keithwhelpley - 2018-10-06 23:25:36

I have had my PM/ICD for 4 months and also heard metallic clicks from my left side— the shoulder my PM is located. They weren’t rhythmic but rather intermittent. I tried to find the movement that seemed to generate the sound. My Cardiologist said it was my imagination. It’s not. 

Just two days ago I had my device readjusted. I haven’t heard the clicking since. The Tech did three things — turned on my sleep rate; adjusted the sensitivity of my rate response and lowed the voltage delivered for each pulse. 

My guess it was the third. But my tech had never heard of clicking.

I would love to have a doctors and techs who have PMs. They just don’t get it. 

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