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Is it normal to feel your heartbeat next to your sternum? i can feel it lower as well, under my nipple, but sometimes it feels stronger near my sternum, between the 2nd and 3rd rib, especially when i exercise.

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

That sounds fine: The heart is behind and to the left of the sternum. It is about the size of a fist. There is a good diagram of where the heart sits in the chest at : https://www.acls.net/anatomy-of-the-human-heart.htm.

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Answered 8/20/2019

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A member asked:

Is it normal to feel your heartbeat next to your sternum? i can feel it lower as well, under my nipple, but sometimes it feels stronger near my sternum, between the 2nd and 3rd rib, especially when i exercise.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Dr Hickerson and another doctor agreed

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