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What Causes Sudden Increase In The Heart Beat?

All of a sudden out of no ware i start to feel realy weird my heart starts beating really fast and i start to feel like im goin to pass out or someting weird is goin to happen usally if people are around ill get up and got to the bathroom put cold water on my face neal down and take deep breaths for a few seconds and return to what im doing my heart will still be beating fast but i slowly forget about it ad it goes away like to day i was playing cards and it happened so i did what i said i do when i returned to the table it went away about 5 min later i got a good hand in cards and my heart starting beating so fast i could see my shirt moving please try to tell me what this may be thank you
Thu, 28 Sep 2017
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Hello dear and thanks for posting your query here.
As per your description, it seems you are having some kind of tachycardia, most likely PSVT.
It is a benign condition which is generally not a life threatening condition.
But please see a cardiologist and get a baseline ECG to rule out preexcitation and echo to rule out any structural heart disease.
Then you may get a holter study to pick what exactly is the kind of tachycardia that you are having. Else you may opt for EPS that is electrophysiological studies to find out the exact cause of tachycardia and if needed, it can be ablated in the same sitting.
I hope this information would be of help to you.
Thanks and all the best.
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What Causes Sudden Increase In The Heart Beat?

Hello dear and thanks for posting your query here. As per your description, it seems you are having some kind of tachycardia, most likely PSVT. It is a benign condition which is generally not a life threatening condition. But please see a cardiologist and get a baseline ECG to rule out preexcitation and echo to rule out any structural heart disease. Then you may get a holter study to pick what exactly is the kind of tachycardia that you are having. Else you may opt for EPS that is electrophysiological studies to find out the exact cause of tachycardia and if needed, it can be ablated in the same sitting. I hope this information would be of help to you. Thanks and all the best.