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Family, Internal Medicine, General Medical Questions - heart beating strong and fast


Expert: Robert Borucki - 7/7/2009

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Hello, I'm 37 and have been noticing for the past several months that my heart feels like it's beating very hard. I just took a resting heart rate it was 87. I'm not overweight, about 118 lbs.  I've noticed it when doing normal activity and while resting.  My last blood pressure was 120/80 which is a little higher than my normal 110/70. It feels very uncomfortable and I've noticed a lot today, a little more than usual.  What could this be?

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this is probably not a big deal.... but it should be evaluated... talk with your doctor, get a heart monitor overnight to quantitate it to see if it is just an annoyance.  Watch caffeine, cigs, nicotine and stress and sleep deprivation which can aggravate it.....

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