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What Causes Rapid Heartbeat And Difficulty In Breathing?

I am a 45 year old female, non-smoker. I used to work out a lot but do so with less frequency now. Sometimes after bending over to pick something up or going up the stairs I find that I have a rapid heartbeat and breathing a little harder. Breathing and heartbeat seem to normalize pretty quickly. I don t know if it is connected to asthma/allergies or if it is an indication of something else.
Thu, 29 May 2014
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Your complaints suggest that you might be suffering from anginal chest pain or asthma or hypertension.It may even due to simple diseases such as anaemia. Hence you need some simple investigations such as haemoglobin level, ECG, lipid profile etc.With these tests, kindly attend your family physician who will be in a position to diagnose and treat you
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What Causes Rapid Heartbeat And Difficulty In Breathing?

Your complaints suggest that you might be suffering from anginal chest pain or asthma or hypertension.It may even due to simple diseases such as anaemia. Hence you need some simple investigations such as haemoglobin level, ECG, lipid profile etc.With these tests, kindly attend your family physician who will be in a position to diagnose and treat you