Symptoms:
Heart palpitations can feel like your heart is:
- Skipping beats
- Fluttering
- Beating too fast
- Pumping harder than usual
You may feel heart palpitations in your throat or neck, as well as your chest. Heart palpitations can occur whether you're active or at rest, and whether you're standing, seated or lying down.
Causes:
- Stress, anxiety, or panic dehydration
- Low potassium
- Low blood sugar
- Too much caffeine, chocolate, or alcohol
- Nicotine
- Strenuous exercise
- Fever
- Prior heart attack
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Anemia
- Overactive thyroid
- Pregnancy
- Menopause
- Heartburn (acid reflux)
- Recreational drugs and some medications
Occasionally heart palpitations can be a sign of a serious problem, such as an overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism) or an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia). Arrhythmias may include very fast heart rates (tachycardia), unusually slow heart rates (bradycardia) or an irregular heart rhythm.
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