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What Causes Pounding Heart Beat While Sitting Or Lying Down?
Question: What causes the heart to pound when sitting or lying down?
Brief Answer:
It depends on type of disease.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
welcome to HCM.
Palpitation symptom can be due to many diseases like atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, anxiety, endocrine disorder, anemia.
For diagnosis, investigations required like hemogram, ecg, Holter required.
As you are in younger age group, there is less likely chance of heart disease.
As a routine check up, you can do blood pressure check up, blood sugar fasting and postprandial and lipid profile.
You can consult your doctor for physical examination and further investigations.
Hope this is helpful, if you have any other query then ask.
Take care.
It depends on type of disease.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
welcome to HCM.
Palpitation symptom can be due to many diseases like atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, anxiety, endocrine disorder, anemia.
For diagnosis, investigations required like hemogram, ecg, Holter required.
As you are in younger age group, there is less likely chance of heart disease.
As a routine check up, you can do blood pressure check up, blood sugar fasting and postprandial and lipid profile.
You can consult your doctor for physical examination and further investigations.
Hope this is helpful, if you have any other query then ask.
Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Ashwin Bhandari
Heart disease runs in both sides of my family so it is something I am worried about. Could it be caused by intake of a lot of caffeine? I drink a lot of soda so if I cut that out would it help?
Brief Answer:
Maintain healthy lifestyle.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
If family history of heart disease present then you must maintain healthy lifestyle and do regular routine check ups as advised previously.
Your palpitation symptom can be because of increased intake of caffeine.
Avoid high amount of caffeine intake.
Decreased caffeine intake will make you symptomatically better.
Soda drinks contain high amount of calories which lead to weight gain in long term. Definitely decreased soda will be helpful.
You should do exercise daily and eat vegetables and fruits.
Also avoid stressful life.
Maintain your normal body-weight.
Hope this is helpful.
Take care.
Maintain healthy lifestyle.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
If family history of heart disease present then you must maintain healthy lifestyle and do regular routine check ups as advised previously.
Your palpitation symptom can be because of increased intake of caffeine.
Avoid high amount of caffeine intake.
Decreased caffeine intake will make you symptomatically better.
Soda drinks contain high amount of calories which lead to weight gain in long term. Definitely decreased soda will be helpful.
You should do exercise daily and eat vegetables and fruits.
Also avoid stressful life.
Maintain your normal body-weight.
Hope this is helpful.
Take care.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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