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How Palpitations and Heart Conditions Differ
Joel: Hello I'm Joel from Memphis, Tennessee. Sometimes my heart starts randomly beating fast for a few seconds, how can I tell if this is a heart condition or just stress.
Dr. Melvyn Rubenfire: Joel, the relationship between these irregularities or palpitations or fluttering of the heart and serious disease is possible but much, much more often it’s just either fatigue, a bad night sleep, coughing, alcohol, stress, joy, any stimulus to your system that triggers adrenaline can trigger these little fluttering of the heart, so most of the time it’s nothing serious.
If you get short of breath, if you get lightheaded, you feel like you're going to pass out or you have chest discomfort those would be warning signs. But for the most part these little palpitations have little meaning. If they persist you obviously have to let your doctor know.
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