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I get a nervous feeling and i start having trouble breathing, get chest pains, and my heart beats weird and it last a few days. normal or get checked?

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Dr. Laurence Badgley answered

Specializes in General Practice

Panic attacks?: Late teenage female w. Episodic chest pain, shortness of breath, ; "weird" heart beats should have concern for psychological problems, hyperventilation, thyroid disorders, mitral valve prolapse (barlow's disease), postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (pots), etc. Women w. Joint hypermobility syndrome (brighton criteria) are subject to several of these symptom constellations. See primary doc.

Answered 3/20/2014

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Get checked: You sound like you may have an intermittent disturbance of your heart rhythm (arrhythmia). This can be confirmed with a 24 hour or 30 day monitoring device. This is treatable.

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