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Heart Beating Funny(skipping A Beat Regularly). Bp121/81. Trouble Getting Deep
Question: Heart beating funny(skipping a beat regularly). Bp121/81. Trouble getting deep breath. Woke up twice gasping for air. Anxiety sufferer, pill taken an hour ago. Symptoms started following light cardio work out. No pressure or discomfort in chest.
Have made rather extreme dietary changes in the last month. Cut out sugar almost completely as well as salt(to the degree you can avoid it).
Symptoms have slacked off a little.
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello
From the symptoms explained by you it seems like you are having some ventricular ectopic activity. Usually these ectopic won’t cause any harm except for uncomfortable sensation if they are frequent.
However we need to confirm this that wats the cardiac activity going on, for that we need to get a HOLTER monitoring done which is basically a 24 to 48 hrs ambulatory ecg monitoring.
This sudden change in your diet plan with lack of sugars also can trigger ectopics.
Hope to have been helpful.
Kind Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap
Please refer to the detailed answer below
Detailed Answer:
Hello
From the symptoms explained by you it seems like you are having some ventricular ectopic activity. Usually these ectopic won’t cause any harm except for uncomfortable sensation if they are frequent.
However we need to confirm this that wats the cardiac activity going on, for that we need to get a HOLTER monitoring done which is basically a 24 to 48 hrs ambulatory ecg monitoring.
This sudden change in your diet plan with lack of sugars also can trigger ectopics.
Hope to have been helpful.
Kind Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap
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