Heart murmur and palpitations
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I was prescribed zoloft for anxiety and after taking it I began having episodes of my heart racing and pounding, these episodes would wakemeup throughout the night. I wore an holter moniter and I had an episode of a racing heart, but the cardiologist said that he saw nothing out of the ordinary. My question is, would a cardiologist be able to detect if my racing heart was svt?
I am an 18 year old female and since i was a child I have had a heart murmur, this has never bothered me until a couple of months ago. Recently I have been experiencing pain in my chest as though someone is stabbing me constently and with it, my chest becomes tight and i struggle to breathe. This can happen both when doing physical activity and when relaxing. I am constently on the go and until experiencing this pain was always active playing lots of sport.
In fact, when I sit still, **my body slightly rocks** (I checked on my webcam if I was really rocking and - yes). I can see my pulse on my neck and I bet my heart is visible on my chest when I'm lying down too.
So I went to a cardiologist, had ECG, 24h Holter, Blood tests and colored doppler electrocardiography. The doctor only checked the results of them which were watched/seen by other people. (who probably does this as a job, they would be experienced right?
Do you have an irregular heart beat? An irregular heart beat would be a concern. A heart murmur is an abnormal sound in the heart valves, so the mild regurgitation could be the heart murmur if that is the valve the doctor is hearing. You need to monitor the valve. Sometimes valves do get better as we get older (it has happened to several people I have spoken with). The heart murmur can make a person feel more tired than what is normal.
After listening to my heart the doctor heard a very faint murmur. He assumed it was a functional murmur which I was diagnosed with around age 12. No one has heard the murmur since then. Dr. ordered echocardigram and he said it showed borderline mitral valve prolapse and slight aortic calcification. He said it did not require medication but it needed to be checked on every 2 years. He also asked me if I was ever diagnosed with rheumatic fever.
I had heart palpitations rarely prior to pregnancy and I figured they are anxiety related but I had them more yesterday and recently so I was just curious. None today. Thanks ladies for ur responses.
According to what I have read mitral valve prolapse has a higher incidence of occurrence in patients with either endometriois, or hashimoto's disease than in the general population. Has there been research done to investigate the reason for the correlation?
I have both conditions and two of my doctors have heard a heart murmur, but was told that my echocardiagram was negative. A little over two months ago I began experiencing frequent palpitations.
Hi ladies, I've been experiencing extreme heart palpitations with dizziness, fatigue, and slight shortness of breath for the past couple hours. Anyone else experience this?
The test will assess the degree of regurgitation (leakage) of the valve and the leakage can be caused by the leaflets not fully closing the valve opening when the heart pumps blood into the body system and blood flows back into upper heart chamber. Many people have mild leakage and heard on stethoscope, and that condition is not considered medically significant and almost always will not progress, and there are no limitations on lifestyle.
But as you exercise and when there is pain, it leads to an increase in heart rate and together with anxiety, this could lead to a perception of heart sounds and the palpitations. This is more so as the perception comes down with the pain subsiding. As you have been extensively investigated, its unlikely there is a cardiac cause for the palpitations.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
in 2008 they said they heard a murmur in my heart and when they checked me they said everything was fine and that they didnt see anthing..but i got one done today and they still heard the murmur again and this time they can see what the problem was which is minor mutual regurgitation..so the problem is growing it's growing slowly but its growing so thats why im worried.
I have heart palpitations from a couple heart conditions and was told that throughout pregnancy the palpitations could get worse or better, or no change whatsoever, so most likely you have a pre-existing condition that can be easily treated.
Not long after starting the meds my doctor developed a suspicion that I had formed a late-developing heart murmur. I am now 16 years old (female) and have been increasingly frequently experiencing heart palpitations similar to my mother (who is 40 and on Cymbalta) when she misses a day of her meds. They labeled hers as PVCs so we think ya the same thing.
hi. I am 13 years old and I am having frequent heart palpitations. Yesterday, I had about 11 of them. Two times, it happened that i had one just 2 seconds after another. Then the others were just randomly. I go to the cardiologist once a yeaar becasue of a heart murmur. I already had the holter monitor on, and ekg's and echo's. Last time I went to the cardiologist was last December.
I have been extremely fatigued, experiencing severe head aches with out relief for 3 months straight, my legs have been cramping and feet, ankles and calves swelling, night sweats, weight loss, palpitations, racing heart beat, history of chest pain and syncope off and on since 5years of age, family history of Sudden cardiac death and other cardiac related disease in both maternal and paternal families. All labs such as CBC, TSH w/relflex normal.
Are you a medical professional? I'm just wondering why you are using a stethoscope unless trained to know what to listen for, and exactly where to place it. Most heart murmurs are harmless. I can't imagine a heart murmur coming and going, murmurs are usually due to valve problems and will remain.
If your Doctor has listened, and hears no abnormalities, I would go with that.
I have been experiencing this since my second trimester and apparently the pounding heart is normal as ur heart is working extra hard, as for palpitations I have been having those too and I mentioned it to my ob this week and she didn't seem concerned. Definately worth mentioning but if all the tests are negative its probably benign.
Sometimes with a cold and/or fever you can get dehydrated and your electrolyte (sodium, potassium, chloride and CO2) levels can get off and make you feel dizzy and off. This can cause palpitations if your potassium is way off for example. But usually that happens with a bad flu not a cold. You could get dizzy and/ or vertigo from an inner ear infection. But usually not palpitations. So if your symptoms have resolved other questions are do you eat a lot of sugar, or are you diabetic?
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