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Cause For Sudden Increase In Heart Beat?
Hello, so the other day my heart started beating really hard, & its not the first time that ive felt this, so last night my heart started beating really hard, and usually its just about 5 pounding beats, but last night it was more than 5 hard beats, it was beating really hard and it got to the point where i felt like i couldnt breathe. lately i havent been able to sleep either, and when i woke up today in the morning i had this really wierd feeling in my heart, and now in my heart area, my chest hurts, and i feel short of breath, i dont know if this is normal? or what should i do? please help
Tue, 7 Jul 2015
this is suggestive of increase in heart rate i.e. arrhythmia. tachyarrhythmia can cause chest pain, shortness of breath, weakness, dizziness, .. this is not normal thing to happen. you need to take opinion of physician for the same.
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