Why Would Experience Heart Palpitations, Dizziness, Light-headedness And Vomiting At 24 Weeks Of Pregnancy?

Posted on Thu, 10 May 2018

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Question : My daughter is 24 weeks pregnant with her 3rd. About a month ago she experienced rapidly beating heart, dizzy, light headed, and vomiting . this can last hours and for no apearant reason. She experienced short episodes with the other two pregnancies. But just once or twice. She went to er and cardiologists. She has worn heart portable monitor for past week. No can tell us what it is or what to do. The ekg was abnormal and high, but echo looked ok. Help us please

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (2 hours later)

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Detailed Answer:
Hello Ma’am

After going through the medical details provided by you I understand your concern and would like to tell you that from the history and symptoms which you had explained, it looks like she is experiencing supra ventricular tachycardia which is common in pregnancy in many patients.

The important thing is to make sure her heart is structurally normal which has been confirmed by echo which is a good thing so need not worry.

However I would like to review her ecg myself to be sure. Kindly upload the image of her ecg for review.

Kind Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap

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