What Causes Heart Palpitations? | Heart Disease

So what causes heart palpitations? Well, first let's start talking about what palpitations are. I think for most of us, palpitations can be described as any unusual awareness of our heartbeat. It can be irregular, skipping, fluttering, or fast heart sensation, and it's pretty common. The first thing to say is that more often than not, palpitations are caused by a pretty benign or harmless condition.

Oftentimes, it can be caused by something simple such as a few extra heartbeats in the heart which we all get throughout the day. Other times it can be caused by an abnormal heart rhythm, which can either be a fast heart rhythm or a slow heart rhythm. The best way to get to the bottom of palpitations would be to see your doctor. They can do a basic EKG and sometimes they'll order more long-term monitoring which would monitor your heartbeat or heart rhythm throughout the day.

In general, when we talk about palpitations, it's a problem of the heart's rhythm. The rhythm of the heart is the electrical conduction of the heart that helps the heart beat in a synchronous fashion. Not all palpitation syndromes are arrhythmias or disrhythmias. Often times they're normal heart rhythms which are just interrupted periodically by extra heartbeats.

Palpitations are very common and a lot of us get them throughout the day. They're also a very common reason for people to see their cardiologist. Luckily, most times people have complaints of palpitations it's from a benign or harmless condition and those are some general causes of palpitations.

[lunarlight]

I get this all the time I'm 22 had it for years never found a cause, only recently started getting them about 10 times a day finally being referred to a cardiologist but my ecg's have came back normal

[simoncuming]

I sometimes get them and only recently become more aware. I recently did an ECG and everything is fine. I generally find that a slight change of emotion can trigger them as your brain appears to release stimulants which excites the heart. Your nerves are more stimulated if you ve been drinking energy drinks like i have which are high in caffeine. If you start to feel a surge, sit back and take deep breaths, or go for a brisk walk,  i find this helps. In my case i think the high caffeine intake over the years has imbalanced my body.

[jacobb.]

I'm 12 and I woke up with my heart beating slow, and my body hurt with every beat until it got back to normal. I was so scared. What was it?

[izzacizzy]

i get palpitations, fluttering of my heart beat and sudden increase of the heart beat seldomly, maybe its benign because i dont get it often

[lazivlogger]

Me i am extremely worried because i do have palpitations my heart ratr usually over 100
118
121
And my bp is 90/77
I haven't been to a cardiologist because need to travel with a boat

[generaldiego]

I have them sometimes and it is kinda scary. Saw a doc but, he only did ekg for a short period found nothing and was like, "derp i dunno you're fine."

[bryanpena]

My heart rate at its lowest is 80 on average its in the mid 90s and at its highest 125 resting. My blood pressure is at 130/78 and I exercise over an hour a day every day. I visited my doctor and the er they all said my heart was fine (multiple blood work and ekg's were done) but my heart feels abnormal at times I get chest pains but I believe its due to heartburn from acid reflux as I belch alot with nearly anything even with water consumption. Never any chest pain with exercise. My cardiologist wants to put me on beta blockers but Im not sure if I should take that as I believe acid reflux and my liver thats producing excess enzymes is causing my heart to beat abnormally. The problem is I need to be off medicine to see if my enzymes go down then I can treat my acid reflux until all that has been taken care of I will know by then if I have a heart condition or if my liver that is inflammed with the acid reflux been causing an increase in my heart rate. Got to wait at least 2 months by then if I have a heart condition it would develop to something more serious. Thankfully my lipids are getting in place and Ive dropped 25lbs I feel better for the most part but until I tackle my other issues I will know then forsure.

[jamesainsworth]

I average around 15, 000 PVCs a day. Going to see my doctor this week so see what the hell is going on

[MiguelVilla]

sometimes when i have an irregular heart beat i feel very anxious and desperate