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Irregular Periods, Not Breast Feeding, Racing Heart, Feels Beating Hard In Chest. Cause?

I am almost 45 with 5 children from 16-2yrs old. I have only recently had extremely irregular periods from 28 days, then 42 days, with this last one 65 days. I am not breast feeding and have recently woken in the night with a racing heart that I can feel beating hard in my chest . I usually just try to breath slowly until it dissipates, however, I am concerned since I have never had any health issues. I am 45yrs old almost, 5 2 and 143lbs. What could be going on with my heart, and is there a possible correlation between extremely irregular periods and my night time racing heart?
posted on Tue, 17 Apr 2012
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Hello.

Thanks for writing to us.
The irregularity of your periods may be related to the menopausal cahnges. Doing a serum FSH evaluation will help in detecting the changes. The racing heart could be related to thyroid hormone fluctuations or a cardiac issue. Proper investigations are needed to find out the cause.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.

Regards,

Dr. Rakhi Tayal
drrakhitayal@gmail.com
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Irregular Periods, Not Breast Feeding, Racing Heart, Feels Beating Hard In Chest. Cause?

Hello. Thanks for writing to us. The irregularity of your periods may be related to the menopausal cahnges. Doing a serum FSH evaluation will help in detecting the changes. The racing heart could be related to thyroid hormone fluctuations or a cardiac issue. Proper investigations are needed to find out the cause. I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. Regards, Dr. Rakhi Tayal drrakhitayal@gmail.com