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What Causes Elevated Heart Beat?
I'm sick and while I'm laying down, occasionally I feel like my heart is beating extra hard so that it shakes my body slightly. If I try to palpate different areas of my chest, neck or back, you can feel my chest bounce a bit from the heart beat. I am 51 y/o, female 118lbs and have illness induced asthma.
Tue, 9 Jul 2019
Hello There
After going through your medical query I understand your concern and I would like to tell you that heart rate is ever changing phenomenon depending on your physical activity, stress and physiological changes . Being asthmatic you might be having heart arrhythmia so is recommended for you to get an ECG and Echocardiography done and consult a physician with reports.
Hopefully this information will guide you properly.
Kind Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap
After going through your medical query I understand your concern and I would like to tell you that heart rate is ever changing phenomenon depending on your physical activity, stress and physiological changes . Being asthmatic you might be having heart arrhythmia so is recommended for you to get an ECG and Echocardiography done and consult a physician with reports.
Hopefully this information will guide you properly.
Kind Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap
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