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A member asked:
I'm curious as to what does it mean when you can't feel your pulse/heartbeat?
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Nothing: Most patients have "low cardiac awareness, " meaning that they can't feel their heart beating normally. Anyone can be trained to take their pulse by feeling the (radial) artery at the wrist, or by gently feeling the carotid artery in the neck. The feeling of the pulse in those locations is generated by the (normal) heartbeat. Not feeling your heart beating in the chest is normal.
Answered 3/28/2017
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