Question 1

why does my heart flutter when i cough?

Accepted Answer

Vagal Stimulation: Cough and palpitations may be mediated by the same nerve in the body (called the vagus nerve).  With significant coughing irriation of the nerve can take place resulting in palpitations or tachycardia (fast heart beat).  Usually palpitations associated with coughing are safe but you should be evaluated by a health care provider to be sure.

Question 2

why does my heart flutter every so often?

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Ectopic beats?: Everybody's heart does a flipflip once in a while, more in caffeine users; we call this a premature ventricular contraction and unless you have more than 5 per minute, or a run of them, or have pain or faint, it's a non-problem. If by flutter you mean episodes of the heart racing and perhaps taking your breath away, it's probably supraventricular tachycardia. Ask your physician. Good luck.

Question 3

why does my heart flutter after i had a triple bypass?

Accepted Answer

Bypass pts often: Bypass ptshave a irritable heart after surgery
this can cause irreg heart rythm called atrial flutter or atrial fib. This is usually transient but can be permanant.

Question 4

how does a heart flutter feel?

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Aware of Heart Beat: Heart flutter is an awareness of your heart beat.  It may be related to a rapid heart beat, or extra beats and is often referred to as palpitations.  It may be caused by stress, medication, or other lifestyle considerations and in the absence of structural heart disease is of little concern.  It however also can be a marker of a serious heart problem so if persistent consult your doctor.

Question 5

can you describe a heart flutter?

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Yes: Palpitations refer to a fluttering sensation in the chest which most commonly is related to the heart beating fast and/or more forcefully and/or beating irregularly.

Question 6

what does a heart flutter feel like?

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Heart arrhythmia: Most people experience heart arrhythmias as a heartbeat racing, or feel like it keeps skipping beats or a hiccup. Others describe them as throbbing, flip-flopping, murmuring, or pounding. Others just describe a wave of dizziness or dread. Causes can be as varied as stress, anxiety, or panic, dehydration, low potassium, low blood sugar, too much caffeine. See a Dr if you feel them more than once.

Question 7

is it a problem if you feel your heart flutter?

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Maybe: Heart flutter or palpitations may be a simple muscle spasm not even related to the heart, or it may be a symptom of a serious heart rhythm disturbance. If accompanied by chest pain, shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness or lightheadedness, nausea/vomiting or if persistent, you should be seen immediately. The safest route is to talk to your dr about it so a good history can be obtained.

Question 8

do smells make heart flutter?

Accepted Answer

It is possible: It is possible that a particular smell could cause a "heart flutter" in an individual.  Heart flutter refers to a palpitation. If a person becomes anxious because of a certain smell, this could cause a flutter.  Palpitations are associated with atrial flutter, whick can be cause by a large number of causes(drugs, illicit drugs, caffeine) as well as diseases(abnormalities of the heart.

Question 9

does red bull cause a heart flutter?

Accepted Answer

Yes: It definitely can and should probably be avoided especially if you have a heart problem.

Question 10

can reflux feel like a heart flutter?

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Yes: Heart flutter can mean almost anything to different people. I have had patients note "palpitations" or "gurgling" in their chest from a hiatal hernai and I have also had patients with proven severe erosive esophagitis develop symptomatic arrhythmias (apc, vpc and paf) which resolved with treatment of their reflux. So "heart flutters" may or may not be causally associated with reflux/hiatal hernias.

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