Heart Palpitations?
According to the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia...
Definition:
Palpitations are heartbeat sensations that feel like pounding or racing. You may feel skipped or stopped beats. The heart's rhythm may be normal or abnormal. Palpitations can be felt in your chest, throat, or neck.
Common Causes:
-Exercise
-Anxiety, stress, fear
-Fever
-Caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, diet pills
-Overactive thyroid
-Anemia
-Hyperventilation
-Low levels of oxygen in your blood
-Medications such as thyroid pills, asthma drugs, beta blockers for high blood pressure or heart disease, or anti-arrhythmics (medications to treat an irregular heart rhythm can sometimes cause a different irregular rhythm)
-Mitral valve prolapse -- the valve that separates the left upper chamber (atrium) from the left lower chamber (ventricle) of the heart does not close properly
-Heart disease
So lets see, its not exercise, anxiety, hyperventilation, any medications, caffeine or cocaine. And overactive thyroid or anemia is very doubtful. So is nicotine. I don't smoke that much.
I so have heart disease.
Should I go to the doctor? I probably won't. It doesn't happen that much.
Did you read what it says in parentheses after medications? "Medications to treat an irregular heart rhythm can sometimes cause a different irregular rhythm."
hmmm....
Definition:
Palpitations are heartbeat sensations that feel like pounding or racing. You may feel skipped or stopped beats. The heart's rhythm may be normal or abnormal. Palpitations can be felt in your chest, throat, or neck.
Common Causes:
-Exercise
-Anxiety, stress, fear
-Fever
-Caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, diet pills
-Overactive thyroid
-Anemia
-Hyperventilation
-Low levels of oxygen in your blood
-Medications such as thyroid pills, asthma drugs, beta blockers for high blood pressure or heart disease, or anti-arrhythmics (medications to treat an irregular heart rhythm can sometimes cause a different irregular rhythm)
-Mitral valve prolapse -- the valve that separates the left upper chamber (atrium) from the left lower chamber (ventricle) of the heart does not close properly
-Heart disease
So lets see, its not exercise, anxiety, hyperventilation, any medications, caffeine or cocaine. And overactive thyroid or anemia is very doubtful. So is nicotine. I don't smoke that much.
I so have heart disease.
Should I go to the doctor? I probably won't. It doesn't happen that much.
Did you read what it says in parentheses after medications? "Medications to treat an irregular heart rhythm can sometimes cause a different irregular rhythm."
hmmm....