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What Causes Flutters In The Chest?
Hi I am a 44 year old woman and since november have been experiencing chest flutters in the centre of my chest, feels like I am short of breath but not, and a little lightheaded. I have been able to correlate some of it with perhaps the menstrual cycle, I think. I do not smoke, somewhat overweight but not obese, have asthma....when I get these episodes I become a bit agitated or tense because it frightens me. I drink one coffee a day and one latte a day.....thinking it may be related to hormones or even a thyroid issue?
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Your symptoms appear to me as benign but still as it is the chest region involvement therefore we cant take risk you are advised to get your thyroid profile and an ecg as well
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