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What Causes Heart Palpitations And Headache While Lying On The Abdomen?
When i lay on my stomach, prop my upper body up with my elbows to read, my heart starts to pound and a noise like white noise or static is in my ears. I think i can feel my blood pounding to my brain and i get a head ache on one side, my right side of my head. All this stops after about a minute or so.
Wed, 21 Sep 2016
Hello. Thank you for your question and welcome to HCM. I understand your concern.
Lyıng on the belly means that you are pressing against the abdominal wall. There is the aorta which takes the pressure of your weight pressing against the abdomen. It is a common law of physics that everything pumping against a blockage or resistence, should pump harder, in order to overcome that resistence. This is the same thing that happens in the human body. The heart pumps into the arteries, and the bigger the artery that has the resistence, the harder should heart pump against it, to keep proper supply of oxygen and nutrients distal to the resistence. If this is a worrisome event to you, then I suggest not to assume the lying on the belly position.
I hope I was helpful with my answer. Take care.
Kind regards,
Dr. Meriton
Lyıng on the belly means that you are pressing against the abdominal wall. There is the aorta which takes the pressure of your weight pressing against the abdomen. It is a common law of physics that everything pumping against a blockage or resistence, should pump harder, in order to overcome that resistence. This is the same thing that happens in the human body. The heart pumps into the arteries, and the bigger the artery that has the resistence, the harder should heart pump against it, to keep proper supply of oxygen and nutrients distal to the resistence. If this is a worrisome event to you, then I suggest not to assume the lying on the belly position.
I hope I was helpful with my answer. Take care.
Kind regards,
Dr. Meriton
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