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What Causes Increased Heart Beats?

Hey, my boyfriend says his heart is beating fast and it feels like its about to come out. And he also say it hurts a little. I told him to go to the doctors tomorrow, but I'm not sure at all what this is. It's happend a few times now and it's scaring both me and him. Also, he says he is going threw stress but doesn't think that is causing this..
Fri, 1 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

This can be a due to a stress, anxiety. And may be a cardiac arrhythmia like psvt or atrial fibrillation, in which heart rate suddenly goes up and also suddenly decreases. Blood pressure falls during these episodes and one has dizziness, fainting, blackouts, sometimes syncope. Usually ecg is normal as it is usually done in between the episodes. ECG done during episodes will show abnormality. He will need 24 hour holter monitoring if ecg is normal. So visit nearby cardiologist for these investigation.Also, hemoglobin and thyroid test should be done. ln order to abort such episodes you should try to cough hard. Till the time your evaluation is complete, you can ask your local doctor for tab ciplar LA 20 mg once a day.Overall, doesn't appear to be a serious issue, but should be evaluated.

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What Causes Increased Heart Beats?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. This can be a due to a stress, anxiety. And may be a cardiac arrhythmia like psvt or atrial fibrillation, in which heart rate suddenly goes up and also suddenly decreases. Blood pressure falls during these episodes and one has dizziness, fainting, blackouts, sometimes syncope. Usually ecg is normal as it is usually done in between the episodes. ECG done during episodes will show abnormality. He will need 24 hour holter monitoring if ecg is normal. So visit nearby cardiologist for these investigation.Also, hemoglobin and thyroid test should be done. ln order to abort such episodes you should try to cough hard. Till the time your evaluation is complete, you can ask your local doctor for tab ciplar LA 20 mg once a day.Overall, doesn t appear to be a serious issue, but should be evaluated. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.