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Why does it feel like my heart beats harder when i lay on my left side?

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Your heart is in the: left side of your chest,so,laying on your left side pushes that side a little closer to your beating heart...so,the beating feels more prominent.

Answered 12/6/2014

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Is it normal to feel heart palpitations or heart skip beat/pause when laying on left side (side of heart) i only notice some when i'm in this position?

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Experiencing slight random pain in specific spot on left side of chest,lot of headaches too. Going through stress with 92 year old mother, sometimes I feel like I can't breathe and heart beats hard but doesn't last, is this heart problem, very scared?

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Had heart checked, echo, stress test, etc. normal, i notice palpitations/fast beats upon lying down and laying on left side. Is this abnormal?

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A member asked:

Im skinny is it normal to feel my heart beat stronger than others I have no pain just feel my heart beating when I touch it when standing and laying on my left side I also have a strong pulse in my neck is that normal I have a muscular neck?

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A member asked:

When. I lay on my left side I can feel my actual heart beating not the pulse and when Im moving around it beats heavy Im healthy Im also skinny 170 pounds and 20 years old I had a ekg which the doctor said was normal what could it be ?

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