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Causes of very strong heartbeat,chest/stomach moving up/down w it?athlete. very uncomfortable. don't have a lot of caffeine and i'm not anxious person

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Dr. Daniel Ziegler answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Healthy heart: The technical definition of palpitations is "awareness of ones own heartbeat" 20 somethings often have a newfound awareness of the dynamics of their physiology and no real history of significant illness. A rule of thumb at that age: If you are not sure if something hurts, it doesn't. Coffee, alcohol, full stomach, marijuana, anxiety, good athletic condition will all cause a pounding heart.

Answered 5/28/2016

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