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What Causes Rapid Heart Rate?

to have random episodes where I can be sitting still not doing anything and my heart will start racing to 150+ bpm.. I am a 22 yr old female.. I had an episode a couple months ago where I was just walking through my friends office and all of a sudden I felt weird, and my vision started going black, and then I felt one big beat and then my heart started racing so fast I couldnt count it, it felt like there was a vibrator under my chest bone, my friend could even feel it. they did blood work to check my thyroid and everything looked normal. when I got to the ER after the vibrating episode my heart rate had gone back to 126 and they put me in a wheel chair and immediately took me back... the DR said theres no way it could be anything serious and sent me home that has happened once more since then... but normally the rapid heart rate is every so often.... for the past 3 weeks its been every day and when it happens its never slower than 130bpm... I have noticed my hair is now falling out by the handful I am dizzy alot, and its noticable when I feel this way, my mom even says I look like hell. but it will happen when I am just sitting there not doing anything, no stress or anxiety I was in the car yesterday and it was 136, I walked into walmart and it was 148 by the time I got in the door, I sat down for about 20 mins then walked over and took my blood pressure and it was 127/78 and 110 bpm, which is a higher than normal systolic for me...I eat a balanced diet and I am on no medications,
Wed, 7 Dec 2016
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hi
looking at your history
it can be palpitations
Palpitations are feelings or sensations that your heart is pounding or racing in which you may have an unpleasant awareness of your own heartbeat. Feel like your heart skipped or stopped beats.
as now the frequecy of these episodes are almost daily and are associated with dizziness and black out a thorough investigation is very important

i would sugggest you to go for
ECG
24 hour HOLTER monitoring ( record the episode of palpitation and we can analyse whether it is arrythmia or sinus tachycardia )
get them done as soon as possible as we have to find out the cause of palpitations

A 2d ECHO should also be done to see the cardiac functions as ejection fraction of your heart is to be seen...a decreased ejection fraction can also cause dizziness and tachycardia
take my advice seriously and get these tests done
thank you
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What Causes Rapid Heart Rate?

hi looking at your history it can be palpitations Palpitations are feelings or sensations that your heart is pounding or racing in which you may have an unpleasant awareness of your own heartbeat. Feel like your heart skipped or stopped beats. as now the frequecy of these episodes are almost daily and are associated with dizziness and black out a thorough investigation is very important i would sugggest you to go for ECG 24 hour HOLTER monitoring ( record the episode of palpitation and we can analyse whether it is arrythmia or sinus tachycardia ) get them done as soon as possible as we have to find out the cause of palpitations A 2d ECHO should also be done to see the cardiac functions as ejection fraction of your heart is to be seen...a decreased ejection fraction can also cause dizziness and tachycardia take my advice seriously and get these tests done thank you