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Constant Palpitations Due To Use Of Nicotine

Hi, I m 23 and I m having constant palpitations for a while now but I always blamed stress and nicotine for it, I m also noticing PVCs quite frequently lately . It s not interfering with my every day life except when I lie down to get some sleep, it seems to get worse than. I m not sure if it s subjective perception or the symptoms really get worse. At night I would get couple of skipped beats per minute when it s really bad. I m otherwise healthy and walk a mile per day at least to get to my university with no problems, even 300 stairs that I have to overcome are no problem and I do it while eating. My BP is 120/80 and resting pulse is around 70-75 usually, have no fever , no splinter hemorrhages or anything else that would suggest an endocarditis . I did however had a heart murmur as a baby, but it went away, probably patent foramen ovale . I find no cause to my problem, despite studying medicine everyday, so yeah... I m pretty frustrated and stressed out. Please help
Thu, 24 Mar 2011
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Hi Dear
Something is definitely wrong here with you ?? It could be temporary catecholamines rush due to nicotine , mild panic attacks to some arrythmia.
I advise you to get 2 simple tests done:
1. Postural Hypotension test for BP. which is done by checking bp twice....
2. ECG
We will find a solution here. dont worry.
Contact me at my email or
give me a call anytime.
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Constant Palpitations Due To Use Of Nicotine

Hi Dear Something is definitely wrong here with you ?? It could be temporary catecholamines rush due to nicotine , mild panic attacks to some arrythmia. I advise you to get 2 simple tests done: 1. Postural Hypotension test for BP. which is done by checking bp twice.... 2. ECG We will find a solution here. dont worry. Contact me at my email or give me a call anytime.