Are Irregular Heartbeats, Stress And Anxiety Normal?

Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2016

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Question : can we call arythmia when the heart do like 1234 then 1 2 3 4 then go back to 1234, i dont know how to explain but the heart change around 20 bpm without do nothing , i mean just resting...i have normal ecg and holter 24 and maybe i stress and anxious too much about my condition...

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
A certain level of irregularity is acceptable.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HelathcareMagic.

I have gone very carefully through your query. I understand that your heart rate is irregular (probably irregularly irregular). A certain level of irregularity is quite normal and can occur in normal individuals. A single ECG is unlikely to capture it. However, if apprehensive, you can get a 24 hours Holter monitoring done and can visit a cardiologist thereafter and get the report assessed.

Let me know if I could help further.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar