Arrhythmias and Holter Monitor Test Posted: 06-11-06 17:56pm
I am 21, female, in general good health.
However, lately my heart has been
bothering me. I'm afraid I have some sort
of condition or arrhythmia. Sometimes I
will get the heart thumps or flutters, and
my heartbeats feel very heavy a lot.
Sometimes I feel a quick series of beats,
I can't tell if it's my heart of some
muscle twitching or spasm. It takes my
breath away at times and I'm short of
breath and it causes me to be extremely
anxious. Also, usually after exertion, my
heart beats super fast upon inhalation and
slows way down upon exhalation and feels
out of rhythm. I'm not sure if it's only
anxiety or something more. I have had
several ekgs and nothing has been found,
but usually the palpitations have not been
active during the ekg exam. Are ekg's
effective if palpatations are not present
at the time of exam? If I get a holter
moniter test, will this rule out any
conditions or arrhythmias? Thanks!
Holter (24 hours) monitoring is the only
way to discover occasional arrhythmias.
Sometimes arrhythmia may not be present
while performing a standard ECG. If
everything is OK (it seems highyl likely)
, then anxiety may be your real problem.
In young persons, anxiety is often
transformed into a physical symptom,
called somatoform disorder.
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