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What Causes Irregular Heartbeats?
I take a lot of vitamins and supplements. On occasion, I have experienced an irregular heartbeat as well as skipped beats. I take atenolol, 25mg a day, for blood pressure. It has an added benefit of regulating heart rhythm. Increased dosage of this drug causes me dizziness and near fainting. In the past, I had a heart procedure (ablation) done to correct an extremely rapid heartbeat. For the past several days, I am again experiencing an irregular heartbeat, a fluttering feeling, and skipped beats. There is a general feeling of fullness in my upper chest, but no pain. I do experience stress, have arthritis pretty bad, and have a lot of pain with that. I do not take any pain medication. I am a 65 year old female.
Mon, 2 Jun 2014
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Another focus or bypass tract is likely to have become active
You may have to repeat the Electro Physiological Studies (EPS)
Anaemia / Anxiety / Alcohol / Tobacco (smoking) / Caffeine (too much tea, coffee, cola) / Thyroid / electrolytes My be contributing…
Take care
Good luck
Welcome to Health Care Magic
Another focus or bypass tract is likely to have become active
You may have to repeat the Electro Physiological Studies (EPS)
Anaemia / Anxiety / Alcohol / Tobacco (smoking) / Caffeine (too much tea, coffee, cola) / Thyroid / electrolytes My be contributing…
Take care
Good luck
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