Missed Heartbeat, Feeling Of Sinking Heart. Taking Medicine For High Blood Pressure. What Is This?

Hi friend, Welcome to Health Care Magic There is an obvious spelling mistake - 3 years old !!!??? Feeling of ‘missing, dropping- skipping- hard- fluttering-’ beat is called ECTOPIC or premature beats / palpitation and so on is Dysrhythmia (Arrhythmia is commonly used)... A beat comes earlier than normal – this itself is not usually felt. The next beat is a bit delayed - longer time to recover form early extra beat – so heart fills more and the beat appears forcible – thud / lubb - - dubb - - lubb - - dubb - lub - - - DUBB / Ectopic beats can arise from ventricle (lower chamber of the heart - Ventricular Ectopic; VPC) or Atrium (upper chamber - Atrial Ectopic; APC). / APCs are generally harmless. Even VPCs are often harmless – ‘benign’. / If they are frequent - more than 5 per hour, 2 or more beats coming consecutively – they should be investigated further. THE FIRST STEP IS TO SEE A CARDIOLOGIST / Irregular heart beats need to be DOCUMENTED by ElectroCardioGram (EKG). / Standard ECG records the electrical activity of the heart, for a few seconds. It can detect the arrhythmia occurring during that time only. If the episode occurs randomly or precipitated by a specific activity like exercise, one needs Holter or event monitor. Anaemia / Anxiety / Alcohol / Tobacco (smoking) / Caffeine (too much tea, coffee, cola) / Fever / Infection / Pain / Stress / Thyroid / Vitamin D, calcium, magnesium / Medicines like Phenylephrine used for ‘cold’; Salbutamol used for asthma and so on - may be responsible.... / Illicit ‘drugs’ like Amphetamine are notorious to cause abnormal beats / At times, abnormal nerve paths in the heart (bypass tracts) or disease of the conduction system may be responsible! See your doctor... Take care Wishing speedy recovery God bless Good luck