A palpitation is an abnormality of heartbeat that ranges from often unnoticed skipped beats or accelerated heartrate to very noticeable changes accompanied by dizziness or difficulty breathing. Heart palpitations can be symptoms of illnesses such as coronary heart disease, asthma, emphysema, and lung cancer. You can notice these palpitations through abnormal or normal awareness. The difference between an abnormal awareness and a normal awareness is that the former interrupts other thoughts, whereas the latter is almost always caused by a concentration on the beating of one s heart. Palpitations may be brought on by overexertion , stress , anxiety , panic adrenaline , alcohol , nicotine , caffeine , cocaine , amphetamines , and other drugs , disease (such as hyperthyroidism and pheochromocytoma ) or as a symptom of panic disorder and many other factors. More colloquially, it can also refer to a shaking motion. It can also happen in mitral stenosis . Nearly everyone experiences an occasional awareness of their heart beating or weak chest, but when it occurs frequently, (more than 6 per minute as a rule of thumb) it can indicate a problem. Palpitations may be associated with heart problems, but also with kidney disease , vitamin D deficiency, electrolyte imbalances for magnesium and calcium , anemias , asthma, and thyroid malfunction. Attacks can last for a few seconds or hours, and may occur very infrequently, or more than daily. Palpitations alongside other symptoms, including sweating, faintness, frequent headaches, chest pain or dizziness, indicate irregular or poor heart function and should be investigated. Palpitations may also be associated with anxiety and panic attacks, in which case psychological assessment is recommended. This is a common disorder associated with many common medications such as anti-depressants. Palpitations can also occur from blood loss, excessive pain, or lack of oxygen.
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I was on Aten 50 for past 6 years. I had been advised for Telma 40 instead. I get a sense of palpitation, which I never experienced eariler. Should I revert to Aten 50?
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Hello , I am 43 years of age, 5 ft 4, 180 pounds, female. I have had heart palpitations daily for 10 days now. I have now developed the pins and needles sensation in both arms and hands. I went to the drs last week...
It feels like a semi-robust pumping feeling in my abdomen, making me feel like it's moving me or jerking me at times, but subtely, standing or sitting. The feeling is intermittent. I don't know what it could be. Heart...
I have been experiencing heart palpitation since last 2 years..but these days it has increased too much and today i am having some pain in my chest ......I am male, 24 yrs ...just passed out of college ..doing job in Bangalore , India, I do...
i have some left upper chest pain and palpitation after i climb stairs that goes away after a few minutes. I have high bloodpressure regulated with labetalol22mg bid and maxzide 50/75 half tab 1xpe day.
I excercise pretty regularly and do not...
27 y male. History of palpitations, just recently had a one second tightness in heart region, feels almost like the blood had trouble going through... In good physical shape but I do drink a lot. 6'2, 215 lbs.
I have this synptoms : pressure around my eyes, back of my nose and roof of my mouth, I have a tooth with a rooth canal that seems to be fractured. sometimes I get red eyes and my eyes also feels blurred and stranded like a pulling sensation...
My husband has been suffering with a skin rash and severe itching for 2.5 years. He has a titanium plate in his neck and that plate is made of titanium. Ever since this plate was placed in 1996 my husband has suffered with chronic fatigue,...
I had a stent in my heart 20 months ago. I'm actually taking cardevilol 6.25mg, 1 tablet b.i.d., benazepril HCTZ, 20-25 mg q.d., simvastatin 80 mg -1/2 tablet q.d. Niaspan-1000 mg-1 tablet q.d. Aspirin-81mg- 1 tablet q.d. Zantac-150 mg-1 tablet...
My ekg reading was "normal sinur rhythm with left atrial abnormality and non-specific s-t changes. What does this mean?
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User : i had a mitral valve replacementin 2003. I have been on sotalol 120 mg twice daily for six yaers now. recently i have been lagging on my medicine. do i need to restart this sotalol and if so how necessary is it to be monitored in a...
User : I am a very active, very healthy 62-year-old man. In the past six months or so I have been drinking a great deal of skim milk. Recently, I have been experiencing an occasional chest sensation, not painful but annoying, that feels like a...
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is here a medical University i need medical help from u i am a patient in Malaysia i suffered from palpitation disease for more than half a decade but hte doctors here are unable to diagnosis can u let me knoe how to treat this disease by using which type of medecine currently I am on propranalol
I was told i have leak in valve wat will need to be done to fix it? Also wen i get up i get relly dizzy at times having to hd on to something! Month ago i was scrunched down for bout half hr aa i waa dtanding felt dizImess coming then a loud buzz in my head i had a black out but it was alll white! I than wobbling my legs and arms wer useless(...
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I ve been having palpitations and i was asked to take the medicin inderal 10mg.. since the medication , i have been having more palpitation than i had before.. this time its every day and it doesnt matter when i m standing or lying. it can last for more than 15 min and it scares me alot. i m 26yr and also been daignose of having thalasemia...
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I have been taking two pegs of good indian whiskey for the past 20 yrs. almost regulairy except religious days. I experiecd palpitation for the first time in 1996. This was happening not regularily but at times. Last incidence took place in 2005/06 and after that i never faced this problem. This subsided on taking Trika 0.25 mg. Please comment...
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Are palpitations harmful?
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My mil has palpitations diagnosed earlier.Y day with some tension ,her palpitation rate incresed and she had guidiness as well as swelling on her face .Is it anything to worry?
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it just started the other day but when im playin basketball or football i get really weird heart palpitations and i got a ekg done and they said i was fine but this is getting annoying and im a 19 yr old male thats in shape
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Hello, Ok, I m addicted to Red bull as this is my only caffeine vice just recenlty after big night out drinking afair amount of vodka redbull, I have woke up with bad Heart Palpitations. This sunday I woke up I was short of breath felt as if I had a baby elephant on my chest . Sadly, I haven t learnt from this as I m writing this with a can of...
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My husband chews a can a day of chewing tobacco and has for 30 plus years . Recently he has been experiencing heart palpitations. He was checked out a few years ago but they said it was nothing. He has taken on a new position in his job as a District Mgr. I was thinking it is anxiety related. I did get him an appointment with his doctor.
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i have palpitation when i want to sleep .. what should i do..it start midnight saturday till now its i cant sleep properly because if i start to sleep there is palpitation..but when i meet therapist the say my heart is normal due to ecg ..please help me.. i didnt sleep properly for 3 days~
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