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Is Graves Disease, Related With Heart Palpitations?

Hi I'm 41 female ,I have had graves diesese for past 3 years,diagnosed by heart palpitations at present my bloods are controlled,I'm on 5mg of neomerazole daily .over the last 4 month I've been experiencing palpitations again and my pulse is around the 97/113 mark,I get breathless climbing a stairs or just doing housework ,and sweat a lot on walking . I am under quite a bit of stress at the moment with family issues ,I've had an ECG and the t wave was slightly inverted,but 2 subsequent ECG's were fine and I've also had a holter monitor which was clear, I'm awaiting a stress test and echo, should I be worried? I'm actually more worried I'm wasteing the doctors time and that maybe I'm imagining things
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HI
GRAVES DISEASE CAN BE A CAUSE OF PALPITATIONS BY CAUSING INCREASED LEVEKS OF THYROID HORMONES.AS YOU ARE ALREADY ON NEOMERCAZOLE FOR LAST 4 MONTHS,I WUD SUGGEST YOU TO REPEAT T4 AND TSH LEVELS ,AND ACCORDINGLY ADJUST DOSE OF NEOMERCAZOLE.
ALSO IF I WAS YOUR DOCTOR I WILL START TABLET PROPRANOLOL TO CONTROL PULSE RATE.
HOPE MY OPINION WILL HELP YOU
THANKS
DR PRANAY BUDKULE
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Is Graves Disease, Related With Heart Palpitations?

HI GRAVES DISEASE CAN BE A CAUSE OF PALPITATIONS BY CAUSING INCREASED LEVEKS OF THYROID HORMONES.AS YOU ARE ALREADY ON NEOMERCAZOLE FOR LAST 4 MONTHS,I WUD SUGGEST YOU TO REPEAT T4 AND TSH LEVELS ,AND ACCORDINGLY ADJUST DOSE OF NEOMERCAZOLE. ALSO IF I WAS YOUR DOCTOR I WILL START TABLET PROPRANOLOL TO CONTROL PULSE RATE. HOPE MY OPINION WILL HELP YOU THANKS DR PRANAY BUDKULE