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What Causes Extreme Fatigue, Fast Heart Beat And Chest Discomfort?

Posted on Tue, 27 Dec 2016

Question: I think I have some kind of heart failure , and have symptoms of it
my symptoms are extreme fatiuge , heart discomfort, like pressure , fast beating when doing minimal exersize and it beats really hard

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Get your thyroid profile checked. Upload reports thereafter.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. However, the mentioned symptoms are not indicative of heart failure. If there is heart failure, the heart is unable to pump adequately and therefore a backlog in pumping occurs. This leads to pooling of blood in the periphery, leading to edema of feet. Unless that is the case, I would not worry about 'heart failure'.

It is normal for the heart rate to go up on physical activity. The mentioned fatigue could be due to low thyroid levels. Get our thyroid profile checked. A careful clinical evaluation is needed. The heart rate and blood pressure needs to be checked.

You need to eat well, exercise regularly. It is very important to do an hour of physical activity daily.

Let me know if I could help further.

Regards

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

Follow up: Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (5 minutes later)

i dont have a family doctor , where can i get this checked, also i dont exersize because my heart rate shoot up really high and my heart beats hard, this doesnt seem right to me. i think that my recent drug use may have caused a problem and exersize feels like it strains my heart , is that a possibility,could exersize make it worse ?thanks for the help

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (7 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Cardiological evaluation needed.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back.

I understand your anxiety. It is difficult to comment without a physical examination. As of now get the thyroid profile checked. But you would still need to see a doctor. Exercise helps in physiological conditioning of the heart and helps in improving compliance. But you mention that a murmur is present. So, an echocardiographical follow up might be needed to check if things are fine with your heart. If they are, exercise would not make it worse.

Regards

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

Follow up: Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (11 minutes later)

ok i will, thanks for the help

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (9 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Glad to be of service

Detailed Answer:
Feel free to contact me back directly if you ever have a health related query in the future.

Wish you health.

Regards

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