Irregular Heart Beat. Is This A Sign Of An Illness?

Posted on Sat, 9 Nov 2013

Question: I was curling tonight--we did a lot of sweeping--heart was pounding--I could feel it in my chest--rapid and irregular and did not seem to want to recover and I had a lot of stomach gas. When I got home I took my blood pressure --it was 113/82 heart rate 135 In the spring I had irregular heart beat and 24 hour monitor shawed several ectopic beats --no symptoms thus no treatment

Answered by Dr. Indu Kumar (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
You shouldn't ignore,need checkup n investigations

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for writing to XXXXXXX

You are 67 years old and you should not ignore your symptoms.
You have palpitation with tachycardia.
You need thorough checkup by cardiologist.
Besides clinical examination you need investigations like routine hemogram,RBS,LFT,RFT,Lipid profile,Ultrasound of abdomen,ECG in all leads,Holter ECG,ECHO.
Arrhythmia may be asymptomatic and it may land you in emergency condition.So you need proper evaluation.
You need proton pump inhibitors like tablet pantoprazole 40 mg before food for six weeks.
Proper treatment can be done after clinical examination and investigation reports.

Hope i have answered your query.
Get well soon.
Further queries are most welcome.

Take Care
Dr.Indu XXXXXXX

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