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What could cause heart palpitations?

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Many things: Palpitations are a sensation of skipped heart beats. They can happen due to an electrical problem, a metabolic problem like thyroid disease, or may be the way you manifest stress. Talk to your doctor today for more of a workup.

Answered 3/5/2014

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Palpitations: These are caused by many things. Stress, excitement, irritants both physical and chemical, pressure like a hiatal hernia or esophageal push or pull, and primary heart things, the causes are very many in number.

Answered 2/24/2018

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Many: Everybody's heart does a flipflop (unexpected beat) every once in a while. More than 5/minute -- try cutting back the caffeine, &/or get with your physician. Runs of very fast rhythm, or chest pain or syncope with the palpitations should prompt an office visit.

Answered 11/23/2020

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Palpitations: These are caused by many things. Stress, excitement, irritants both physical and chemical, pressure like a hiatal hernia or esophageal push or pull, and primary heart things, the causes are very many in number.

Answered 5/18/2014

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Dr. Rick Koch answered

Many things: Dehydration, stress, arrythmia, etc. Get checked out.

Answered 4/25/2013

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Palpitations: Palpitations have many causes from anxiety through anatomic and physiologic abnormalities. The feeling of bounding usually relates to the volume of blood pumped with each palpitation. There is no simple single answer for the question. If you're bothered by the feeling should consult a dr. To see if the problem can be clarified.

Answered 1/31/2016

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