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31 yo male, 6'2, 168 lbs. can feel my heartbeat in my abdomen when laying down before bed or especially after exercise. relatively normal?
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Normal.: You are feeling the pulses in your abdominal aorta. It's more noticible because you are thin. Perfectly normal.
Answered 3/23/2016
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Yes: It's completely normal. What you're feeling is the blood pulsing through your aorta, the largest artery in the body.
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