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Is Having Frequent Heart Palpitations Along With Low BP A Cause For Concern?

I have frequent heart palpitations. My blood pressure is normally low at 104/66. I was on a flight from Denver to Orange County this weekend and my pulse would skip a beat regularly at a count of 1,2,3-skip,1,2,3skip . Last night my blood pressure was 123/75. I usually feel these palpatations when I get anxious or lay on my left side for sleeping. My cardiologist is Dr. Lawrence Santoro at St.Joseph s in Orange, Ca. He has said that heart palpatations are common in women and doesn t have a specific answer for them
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HI

Greeting from Dr. Divakara.P     
First of all thanks for choosing Healthcaremagic for posting your query.


There are many causes of Palpitations from simple and harmless to serious and life threatening.

Simple Causes are :

1.     Anxiety, Fear , Stress
2.     Fever, Pain. Exercise
3.     Low Blood pressure
4.     Low Blood sugars
5.     Low Hemoglobin
6.     Thyroid diseases.

Serious causes are :
1.     Problems of heart.
2.     Adrenal Problems .
3.     Problems in the nerves supplying heart.
4.     Problem in the brain.
It requires an evaluation to find out the cause of your palpitations and skipped heart beat. I would recommend you the following tests. Kindly get it done and revert back .
Complete Hemogram , Serum TSH, Fasting and Postprandial Blood sugars, Treadmill test and 2d ECHO.

Hope this information was useful to you.
Any clarifications feel free to ask .

Regards.

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Is Having Frequent Heart Palpitations Along With Low BP A Cause For Concern?

HI Greeting from Dr. Divakara.P First of all thanks for choosing Healthcaremagic for posting your query. There are many causes of Palpitations from simple and harmless to serious and life threatening. Simple Causes are : 1. Anxiety, Fear , Stress 2. Fever, Pain. Exercise 3. Low Blood pressure 4. Low Blood sugars 5. Low Hemoglobin 6. Thyroid diseases. Serious causes are : 1. Problems of heart. 2. Adrenal Problems . 3. Problems in the nerves supplying heart. 4. Problem in the brain. It requires an evaluation to find out the cause of your palpitations and skipped heart beat. I would recommend you the following tests. Kindly get it done and revert back . Complete Hemogram , Serum TSH, Fasting and Postprandial Blood sugars, Treadmill test and 2d ECHO. Hope this information was useful to you. Any clarifications feel free to ask . Regards.