What Are The Symptoms Of Atrial Fibrillation?

Posted on Tue, 20 Jan 2015

Question: I have anxiety and Pacs. Sometimes i feel a strange feeling in my chest. Like a tingle kind of. But when i feel my pulse it feels normal but i have an urge to cough. If i was having a dangerous arrythmia could i feel iy in my pulse or does the pulse feel normal. When i have pacs i can feel them in my pulse but wasnt sure if you had a normal feeling pulse with afib.

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (10 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Fast and irregular pulse

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

I understand how difficult it must be to have PACS, it reasonable to be scared of atrial fibrillation. These are the signs of afib in case you have them

1. Severe palpitation
2. Sweating
3. Dizziness
4. Fast and irregular pulse

Pulse will not be normal in atrial fibrillation

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar