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What Causes The Heart To Skip Beats?

my heart was skipping a beat for over an hour. I often feel palpitations or a tight chest near my heart. ALso when I lie on my side to sleep my heart flips flops. I am a 40 year old woman with five children and I do feel anxious due to stress often. I exercise moderately out of fear of working out too hard for my heart. my energy level is low and I feel tired most of the time due to lack of sleep. I am scared because the feelingin my chest has been more frequent. I have cut out my one cup of coffee to quarter of a cup in the past three days. I am 5'3" and 128 lbs.
Fri, 1 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Most probably these are ventricular premature complexes. These are ectopic or extra beats. These are usually benign and not life threatening. These are frequently associated with MVP, also caffeine, alcohol, thyroid problems may aggravate these. So before going ahead we need to confirm it. Since these are not frequent ECG may be normal, so in that case you ll need 24 holter monitoring which can diagnose these. You should also get echo and stress test done. You should also get thyroid test done. You ll need beta blockers like Metoprolol to keep these under control. Try to reduce coffee consumption.

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What Causes The Heart To Skip Beats?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Most probably these are ventricular premature complexes. These are ectopic or extra beats. These are usually benign and not life threatening. These are frequently associated with MVP, also caffeine, alcohol, thyroid problems may aggravate these. So before going ahead we need to confirm it. Since these are not frequent ECG may be normal, so in that case you ll need 24 holter monitoring which can diagnose these. You should also get echo and stress test done. You should also get thyroid test done. You ll need beta blockers like Metoprolol to keep these under control. Try to reduce coffee consumption. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.