I am 33 and healthy overall however sometimes my heart feels like it skips a beat or misses a beat ? I cant really tell but i could barely feel it. This only happens sometimes and i could go days on and not feel this then it will skip once then go away and so on. I think it could be stress? What you all think.
2007-12-06 12:12:23 · 5 answers · asked by bikboo 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Also why does this happen?
2007-12-06 12:38:12 · update #1
It's normal to have a it as an episode, but a regular feature need a cardiologist's opinion. Avoid smoking, coffee, etc.
2007-12-10 08:15:32 · answer #1 · answered by Dr.Qutub 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is perfectly normal to experience some premature 'skipped' beats. They usually occur because of stress, and are completely harmless. Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) occur when there is an ectopic focus in the ventricle that sends out its own electrical impulse, pre-empting the next sinus beat. These abnormal and early (premature) impulses from the ventricles interrupt the normal rhythm. This premature impulse spreads across the ventricles, causing then to contract, and sometimes spreads backwards up the AV node to the atria as well.
The PVC is different from a normal sinus beat because the areas of heart muscle are stimulated in an abnormal order; the ventricles are stimulated first. Further, because the route of electrical stimulation is not normal, the impulse does not pass over the ventricles in the regular, organized way. The result may be a heart beat that is less effective in pumping blood. In addition, since the PVC comes early, the left ventricle is not properly filled, so the cardiac output from these premature beats is lower than a normal sinus beat. If one feels the pulse at the wrist in someone with PVC's, the premature beats might generate a noticeably weaker pulse, or sometimes no pulse at all.
Many times, following the PVC, there is a pause before the next sinus beat. When patients notice skips in their heart beat due to PVC's, they may notice the premature beat itself or the brief pause that follows it
2007-12-06 13:23:00 · answer #2 · answered by TMD 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everybody's hearts does the occasional flip flop, hard beat, skip or flutter. Usually it's benign and nothing to worry about.
Most of the time EKG's will be normal, because they will only show the problem while it's happening.
Stress is definitely a factor in heart arrythmias. I always have an increase in wacky beats when I'm exhausted or majorly stressed.
You are one of the "lucky" people like me, who feel every single heart beat and skip and then worry about it.
Make sure you mention this to your doc next time you go in for anything so you can get checked out.
2007-12-06 13:15:29 · answer #3 · answered by FishStory 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heart arrhythmia and palpitations
2007-12-06 12:40:27 · answer #4 · answered by colin m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is perfectly normal, and happens to everyone.
If it didn't happen to you, you'd be abnormal.
2007-12-06 12:30:43 · answer #5 · answered by Luke Skywalker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋