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Waking Up Middle Night Rapid Heartbeat

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Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha MD

I am waking up in the middle of the night with a racing and pounding heart. This is what actually wakes me up. Last night, it happened...woke me up...heart racing and rhythm... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Neeraj Kumar MD

I have felt light headed in the morning when I get up for last two weeks. If have to get up in middle of night, I feel a bit dizzy or again, light headed. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Neeraj Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Suresh Heijebu MD

Hello, I have been experiencing a rapid heartbeat at night while sleeping. 120/125 bpm, I am borderline pre-diabetic w / AM fasting sugar level between 102 & 111. The fast heart rate wakes me up... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Suresh Heijebu ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ilir Sharka MD

What would cause leaning to left and back when I got up in the middle of the night with extreme unsteadiness and vomiting? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ilir Sharka ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Shoaib Khan MD

By looking at this ekg is it possible to have long qt syndrom the reason I ask is I have been having episodes of waking up in the middle of the night with my heart racing or if the alarm clock... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shoaib Khan ( General & Family Physician)

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Dr.       Dorina Gurabardhi MD

blood pressure. I wake up every night with profuse sweating and a rapid heartbeat. I also take Synthroid because my thyroid does not produce enough on its own. Can you advise why I may be... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Vinod Kumar MD

I have recently wakened in the middle of the night with a rapid heartbeat. Had testing about 8 ... sleep? Would the rapid heartbeat be caused by sleep apnea or some other problem? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vinod Kumar ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Het Ram Bishnoi MD

Daughter, age 10, wakes up often within an hour or less of going to bed with a rapid heartbeat, clammy and rigid to where if I touch her, she will be almost in a frozen state. Often times, she will ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Het Ram Bishnoi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Jilu Joseph MD

Yes, I had shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat this morning and now I have a sort of burning heat sensation in my chest and I feel very tired and unwell. I have been anxious lately with waking... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jilu Joseph ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.       Dorina Gurabardhi MD

June 15 in the middle of the night I felt this rapid heart beat and restlessness and I went to the ... even after the pregnancy was terminated, last week I woke up in the middle of the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi ( General & Family Physician)