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Should I Be Worried About My Heart Beat Being ~150bpm And A Prickly Numbness In Arms?
I am a 19 year old male, 125 lbs about 5'9".
Last night, I was laying in bed and felt my heart rate. It was very fast (150~ bpm). It started to slow down, and all of a sudden my body has numbness and pinching tickling sensations in my arms and my toes. Still feeling my heart rate, All of a sudden I felt no beat, as if it stopped. I got a rush of coldness through my body and severe disorientation. I panicked and got out of bed and and breathed faster then normal on purpose. I could then feel my heart pumping again inside my chest and some of the disorientation went away but the prickly numbness in my arms did not subside till I fell asleep.
Last night, I was laying in bed and felt my heart rate. It was very fast (150~ bpm). It started to slow down, and all of a sudden my body has numbness and pinching tickling sensations in my arms and my toes. Still feeling my heart rate, All of a sudden I felt no beat, as if it stopped. I got a rush of coldness through my body and severe disorientation. I panicked and got out of bed and and breathed faster then normal on purpose. I could then feel my heart pumping again inside my chest and some of the disorientation went away but the prickly numbness in my arms did not subside till I fell asleep.
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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I really appreciate your concern the given history is suggestive of psychogenic condition and such type of functional symptoms are very common in this age group and you need to control your thoughts because this is nothing to worry and all this is happening because of the stress level, just for the safety EKG can be done, hope this information helps you have a nice day.
Thank for asking to HCM
I really appreciate your concern the given history is suggestive of psychogenic condition and such type of functional symptoms are very common in this age group and you need to control your thoughts because this is nothing to worry and all this is happening because of the stress level, just for the safety EKG can be done, hope this information helps you have a nice day.
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