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Is It Dangerous To Have Skipped Heart Beats While Exercising?
hi,my name is josh, i am fit and in shpe , good amouunt of muscle mass i weigh 168 bodyfat 12 percent and im 19, sometimes while im working out my heart skips beats, it seems like when its around 160-170 bpm or when im exerting myself it happens, it gives me really bad anxiety and i just want to know its dangerous?
Thu, 23 Apr 2015
Hello Josh!
Thank you for asking on HCM!
First of all, I recommend you to objectively identify if ectopic beats are present. This is done by a careful medical examination (cardiac auscultation) and better by an ambulatory 24 to 48 hours ECG monitoring.
If ectopic beats are present, then the next step is to rule out any structural heart disease. This latter is performed by a cardiac ultrasound.
If you have no structural heart disease, and no complex arrhythmia results by ambulatory ECG monitoring, then nothing to worry about. Those possible ectopic beats do not pose any dangers to you.
You have to avoid any possible triggering factors, like smoking, alcohol, caffeine, and always perform an escalating physical activity strain.
So, to conclude, I recommend you to visit your doctor for a medical check up (physical exam and some routine blood tests like complete blood count, glucose, thyroid hormone levels, etc), and to talk about the recommended diagnostic options mentioned above.
Hope to have been helpful to you. Greetings! Dr. iliri
Thank you for asking on HCM!
First of all, I recommend you to objectively identify if ectopic beats are present. This is done by a careful medical examination (cardiac auscultation) and better by an ambulatory 24 to 48 hours ECG monitoring.
If ectopic beats are present, then the next step is to rule out any structural heart disease. This latter is performed by a cardiac ultrasound.
If you have no structural heart disease, and no complex arrhythmia results by ambulatory ECG monitoring, then nothing to worry about. Those possible ectopic beats do not pose any dangers to you.
You have to avoid any possible triggering factors, like smoking, alcohol, caffeine, and always perform an escalating physical activity strain.
So, to conclude, I recommend you to visit your doctor for a medical check up (physical exam and some routine blood tests like complete blood count, glucose, thyroid hormone levels, etc), and to talk about the recommended diagnostic options mentioned above.
Hope to have been helpful to you. Greetings! Dr. iliri
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