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What Causes Rapid And Hard Heart Beats With Heaviness In Chest?

Hello I ve been having a series of symptoms for a while now and I m unsure why, and I don t know if they re related or what they mean. For the longest time I had a hard and fast heart thudding once in a while for a few seconds of time. People guesses it s heart murmur, when I looked it up online it said heart palpitations. It began happened sooner and sooner, till on a daily basis, and now since a few days ago, it happens pretty often during the day, and longer than ever before. Also the left of my chest appears to be heavy, so it s harder to breath. The heaviness hasn t gone away much for the past few days, though there are times it s easier to breath. Another issue is much more recent, been over a week or so but I ve had full body twitching on a daily basis, and it too, has become more often. I can t control it at all. Also when I have a hard time breathing my face vibrates and my skull gets tingles sometimes too. I sometimes did get chest pain at the left, assuming it s my heart, in the past, and I do so now as well. Right now as I m sitting and since a few days ago, my chest also seems like its moving on the inside at the left, the outside seems kinda puffier than the other side but I m not completely sure.
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
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Pain Medicine & Palliative Care Specialist 's  Response
hi
it is really better to get evaluated for the cause
please go for an ECG ,sugar,electrolytes including calcium & magnesium levels.
until then you can also start with multivitamin orally,as such sometimes nutritional deficiencies can also present this way.
please evaluate with the cardiologist as early as possible, all other can be secondary related to the cardiac problem.
all the best
take care
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What Causes Rapid And Hard Heart Beats With Heaviness In Chest?

hi it is really better to get evaluated for the cause please go for an ECG ,sugar,electrolytes including calcium & magnesium levels. until then you can also start with multivitamin orally,as such sometimes nutritional deficiencies can also present this way. please evaluate with the cardiologist as early as possible, all other can be secondary related to the cardiac problem. all the best take care