Heart palpitations

Heart palpitations are one type of feelings of having a fast beating or fluttering or pounding of heart. Usually they are harmless but in rare conditions they can be a symptom of a more serious heart condition, such as an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that might require treatment.

Symptoms

Heart palpitations can feel like the heart is:

 ·       Skipping beats

·         Fluttering rapidly

·         Beating too fast

·         Pounding

·         Flip-flopping.

Causes:

·         Strong emotional responses, such as stress, anxiety or panic attacks

·         Fever

·         Depression

·         Too much or too little thyroid hormone

·         Hormone changes associated with menstruation, pregnancy or menopause

·         Strenuous exercise

·         Stimulants, including caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, amphetamines, and cold and cough medications that contain pseudoephedrine.

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