Can Chest Congestion Cause Fast Heart Beat?

Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2015

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Mon, 23 Mar 2015 Answered on

Mon, 13 Apr 2015 Last reviewed on

Question : can chest congestion cause your heart to feel like its racing

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (45 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Treating chest congestion will stabilize your heart rate to...

Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you for asking!
I read your query and understood your concerns.

Yes chest congestion is caused by respiratory infection and may lead to tachycardia and palpitations. My advice is to treat chest congestion with mucolitics (mucinex), tea and paracetamols. This will help to stabilize your HR to.

Wish you health!
Dr. Shehu

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