A 42-year-old member asked:
How come i get heart palpitations during strenuous exercise?
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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
53 years experience
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.
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Dr. Joseph Shenanswered
Cardiac Electrophysiology 33 years experience
Find out why,: If at all possible...You may benefit from a session of multifunction cardiogram.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/multifunction_cardiogram.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Should i be worried? Heart palpitations after and during exercise?
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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
53 years experience
Palpitations: Palpitations during and after exercise would be a reason to get checked out to see what might be the cause. Most of us don't have them during exercise.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Why could I keep getting heart palpitations?
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Dr. Bradley Radwaneranswered
Cardiology 43 years experience
Several reasons: Palpitations are a sensation of skipped or extra beats that some people feel. Often palpitations are benign, due to infrequent skipped beats and not related to any heart problem. In others, palpitations can be an indication of a heart condition that requires medical attention. Reducing caffeine and alcohol intake are general steps that anyone with palpitations can take. If it persists see your md.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Why are my heart palpitations getting worse? What do I do?
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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
53 years experience
Palpitations: If you have worsening palpitations you should be seeing a doctor, likely a cardiologist for evaluation and therapy.
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