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What Causes Severe Palpitations And Shortness Of Breath?

My heart starts to beat really hard out of nowhere sometimes. To the point where I can see my chest bumping with it. It will also feel like my heart ia skipping ears or fluttering. It ll go from a normal pace to slightly faster to slightly slower. I feel very short of breath when this happens like I need to yawn in order to fill up my lungs and it causes discomfort in my chest. I was wondering if this could be A fib or pappilations? Or maybe something worse?
posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2014
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Hi,

I would explain that your symptoms could be related to a cardiac arrhythmia. Anxiety cannot be excluded either.

Coming to this point, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a physical exam and some tests:
-a resting ECG and cardiac ultrasound
- an ambulatory 24-48 hours ECG monitoring in order to examine your heart rhythm trends for a prolonged time and exclude possible cardiac arrhythmia
-complete blood count for anemia
-thyroid hormone levels for thyroid gland dysfunction
-blood electrolytes for possible electrolyte imbalance.

You should discuss with your doctor on the above tests.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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What Causes Severe Palpitations And Shortness Of Breath?

Hi, I would explain that your symptoms could be related to a cardiac arrhythmia. Anxiety cannot be excluded either. Coming to this point, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a physical exam and some tests: -a resting ECG and cardiac ultrasound - an ambulatory 24-48 hours ECG monitoring in order to examine your heart rhythm trends for a prolonged time and exclude possible cardiac arrhythmia -complete blood count for anemia -thyroid hormone levels for thyroid gland dysfunction -blood electrolytes for possible electrolyte imbalance. You should discuss with your doctor on the above tests. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.