Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Are heart palpitations a sign of heart disease


Are heart palpitations a sign of heart disease?
on and off i get these conscious heart beats where i can feel it beat and i can almost feel the blood leaving my heart. these palpitations occur every 20 or 30 seconds. this happens for around an hour and then stop for a while. it usually starts after i eat, or late at night before i go to sleep. they dont hurt, they just feel weird and anoying.
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This is the sort of question you need to talk to a health care professional about. Your current doctor will have a lot of information about your past health that we simple do not have access to. I don't know about you but for me it only costs 15$ to go see my doctor and I would trust 100% what they say compared to some rubbish you ask a nerd on the internet. Not dis'ing nerds by the way, I am in fact one of them and proud to be.
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Heart palpitations can be caused due to various causes. Disturbed heart rhythm, or arrhythmia, occurs when the heart's natural pacemaker develops an abnormal rate or rhythm, the normal blood flow is blocked or another part of the heart takes over as pacemaker. You should take ECG at the time when the heart palpitations occur. Otherwise, you have to undergo 24 hour Holter monitoring test.
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They can be sometimes. Best thing is to get a doctor to run some tests if it bothers you. I get these too, they feel like fluttering in my throat or extra heart beats. I usually only get them when i'm stressed, had caffeine, worked too much and little sleep. They are really annoying and if i had the money i'd probably go to the doctor too, but for me at least it seems to have a pattern as to why i get them.
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Not normally, most everyone has them at one point or other. They are usually caused from stress, too much caffeine or even smoking. It feels like a missed beat or an extra beat and can be annoying but not dangerous. Cut back on caffeine, reduce your stress and it should stop



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