Heart Disease and Heart Attack Forum - Heart palpitations and pain

Hello.
I have a question and please urgently need an answer. I have just turned 18, in end october to be precise. I still havent see any doctor but I will soon. It has been few months now that I very often feel like a pulse of 3-4 seconds in -i think- the southern part of my heart. I am not sure if it the southern or northern part though; the pain fees like a block. This happens very rarely but it happens and scares me because the pain is really hard. I have researched and think it has something to do with my papillary muscles but I am not sure at all. I would like to know if someone knows what is happening and what I should do to stop that.

-just for the info, I drink a full bottle of milk per day on my own for the past 2 years. A friend told me that calcium could be a reason to what is happening..But I am not convinced at all-

please advise
antoine

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on August 8th, 2007

Heart Disease and Heart Attack Answer A1994

According to the description of the symptoms(“painful pulse of 3-4 seconds in the southern part of my heart”) you may have experience a so called 'palpitation'. At your age, anxiety is the main reason for such painful sensations from the heart. This type of anxiety is called somatoform disorder or neuro-circulatory dystonia. Nonetheless,in order to be establish “somatoform disorder” as a final diagnosis, all organic diseases of the heart must first be excluded. You can see your primary health provider for a physical examination and ECG, and to begin the process.

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