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Irregular heartbeat, made worse by emotional stress
Irregular heartbeat, made worse by emotional stress
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 36-year old male asked:
My heart starts beating like crazy with even the slightest exertion, like making the bed or tying my shoelaces. Started around January. Not stress related. Heartbeat is fast and hard but not irregular.
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A 37-year old asked:
Can stress cause irregular heartbeats?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Irregular heartbeat, triple beats at times. No meds. Stress tests/echo/holter all normal. Will exercise strengthen it and lessen the skipped beats?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Hi, I went to the hospital after having a panic attack with irregular fast heartbeats. At hospital i had an EKG that turned out to be abnormal with the mention of 743: Possible inferior infarction III aVF After that cardiologist made me do a stress te
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A 39-year old female asked:
I have severe panic attacks, agoraphobia & anxiety for 2 years. Can the constant stress give me an irregular heartbeat? (i'm not on caffeine or meds)
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A 27-year old female asked:
I am experiencing heart palpitations (worsened by: psychological stress) . The following also describe me: Feeling anxious and Irregular heartbeat. What should I do?
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A 26-year old male asked:
26 yo male with irregular heartbeat(<10 second episodes) Multiple EKGs, stress echo, and CTA of heart all show unremarkable. What could be the cause?
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A 29-year old male asked:
I am experiencing irregular heartbeat (worsened by: caffeinated drinks (coffee, tea, soda, etc.), psychological stress) and heartburn (gerd) (worsen?
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A 16-year old female asked:
I am experiencing irregular heartbeat (worsened by: psychological stress) , difficulty breathing, rapid heart rate (worsened by: after exercise) and?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Sharp pain under left breast like air pocket. Worse when I breathe in. Been under a ton of stress. No racing heartbeat. Possibly dehydrated. Stress?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I am experiencing irregular heartbeat (worsened by: alcohol use, caffeinated drinks (coffee, tea, soda, etc.), psychological stress) . The following also describe me: Lightheaded and Rapid heart rate. What should I do?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Does a heart ultra sound show coronary artery disease?Why would a stress test be ordered I have pre mature irregular heartbeats and low blood pressur
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A 19-year old female asked:
How much exercise or emotional stress can cause a missed or irregular period?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I have eye floaters and high myopia. Due to some emotional issues in family I get stress and anxiety often. And I have heard that it make eye floaters worse or any other eye related problems. Is that true?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Prolonged emotional stress makes my PVCs worse and stronger and also pain in my left lower jaw near chin, arm. 3 years heart FULLY tests and fine. Why?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Went got all blood tests was normal / nuclear stress test normal / chest X-ray / catscan / colonoscopy / endo / pft / still feel tightness and like can't catch my breath and my heart beat gonna stop. Getting worse and worse . Cardiol said clear?lung?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Why do I have skipped heartbeats? Is that because of stress? How can I protect against stress? Thanks :).
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A 28-year old female asked:
Why am I having more frequent ectopic heartbeat today than usual? Ive felt what I perceive to be ectopics at least 7 of them today. Is there a reason other than diet and stress why ectopics are greater some days than others?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Should i be worried about sca?! normal ekgs(shows normal heartbeat, just fast) normal echo showed normal function normal stress test/normal blood work
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A 39-year old male asked:
Whenever i want deliver a speech in public, i feel extremely anxiuos and my heartbeat will increase , stress and nervous, but disappear immedietly after.
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A 20-year old male asked:
What does it mean if heartbeat is normal at rest, but once it starts beating from stress or exercise, it beats really hard and fast? No anxiety.
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A 56-year old female asked:
How significant is it on a stress echocardiogram that one cannot reach target heartbeat even at end of stage 3?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Had a nuclear stress yesterday and it came back normal. My heart is good. Still having skipped heartbeats. Is that normal. Had other test done. ?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Im going crazy. I have sudden strong heartbeats. Like minor explosions in my heart but my echo and stress results are normal. Whats wrong with me?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Wake up at night time fast heartbeat 120, 165/95 bp(normally 125/75)and feeling of panic.Gradually goes down, before episode stress and lack of sleep?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I would suddenly get a rapid heartbeat up to 140-160bpm, feel dizzy/hot. Did ecg, echo, stress test. its normal. I have a fatty liver 20 cm. Can it be affecting my heartbeat? I also have anxiety but Im taking medication for it. Please help.
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A 18-year old female asked:
Hello, is normal in stress situation strong chest pain and fast heartbeat? I am since dec 2012 diagnosed with paroxysmal tachycardia.
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A 37-year old female asked:
Day 4 uneven heartbeats thought stress but nope, i don't intake caffine failed EKG but they said no sign of heartattack what could it be? No pain
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A 28-year old female asked:
Do i need to worry about sca if my EKG is normal(only shows fast heartbeat)..Normal echo shows normal function..Normal stress test and good blood work?
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A 28-year old female asked:
How do I get over fear of sca?!..Normal ekgs(normal heartbeat just fast)..Normal echo..Normal stress test.Normal blood work..Please help! anybody?
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