Why there are symptoms of palpitation
In fact, the symptom can be caused by many reasons such as ;
• Palpitation with the abnormal heartbeat.
• Palpitation and association of other symptoms such as dizziness, faint, syncope, sore throat, chest pain or feeling more exhausted than usual. Which may indicate a severe heart disease in a person, should go see doctors as soon as possible.
• An acute palpitation which is not caused by an excess body movement including being able to heal. Accordingly, doctors often distinguish between 2 symptoms with and without palpitations.
• Palpitation with irregular heart rhythm.
• Palpitation in patients who already have heart disease, such as those who have had myocardial infarction, heart failure, congenital abnormal heart
• Palpitation symptoms in patients which have a family history or members die of heart disease prematurely.
However, rapid heart failure may not due to heart disease. But may be caused by others such as thyrotoxicosis, anemia, dehydration, and diarrhea or blood loss. After being treated, a heart condition will return to normal without a use of antiarrhythmic drugs.
Treatment
• Physical examination such as lungs x-rays and cardiac including cardiac electrocardiogram to help diagnose the disease Or lead to the delivery of additional special examination appropriately .
• Patients with suspicion of having angina, torn cardiac muscle .Your doctor must provide a pulse examination by running or walking.
• Patients with suspicion of having a heart disorders such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (hcm), enlarged heart, mitral stenosis, ventricular septal defect (VSD) and dressler syndrome. Later, doctor will provides Ecohocardigraphy accordingly.
In addition, the treatment depends on whether there is a cardiac problem or not. If there is then what type of diseases and where it occurs and what a cause is the heart or any organ accordingly. An important treatments is to cure as following cases such as cardiovascular disease, besides providing a medication treatment. If the artery is very narrow may need to be treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, such as balloon angioplasty or assess to the vessels by using stent.
Main triggers
• Caffeine
• Alcoholic beverages
• Stress
• Exhaustion due to sleep.
• Dehydration
• Illness from diseases such as toxic thyroid. Or overwork
• Some drugs.
Protection
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