What Is The Reason For Rapid Heart Rate And Headache In A Child?

Posted on Sat, 21 Dec 2013

Question: Hi, my daughter is 9 yrs. old. For approx. three weeks now, she has been experiencing moments of rapid heart beats, which usually last for no more than about ten minutes at a time. When this occurs, she also complains of a headache around the forehead area, and says her brain goes " wonkey" , but can't describe what that means. Any idea what this could be ? She has recently had blood work done, had an echo-cardio done today. Is going next week for an EKG , and a halti-monitor. Anything else I should ask to be checked ?

Answered by Dr. Uma Rajah Ananth (19 minutes later)

Brief Answer: may be SVT or WPW syndrome Detailed Answer: Hi, You are going in the correct path! This may be a condition called supraventricular tachycardia. ECG at the time of tachycardia or holter is the priority. Further work up depends on the results of holster study like Some blood works ( hemoglobin,thyroid function) and electrophysiological studies. Good luck Dr uma

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