Medical Description

Irregular heartbeats, also known as arrhythmias or dysrhythmia, can be silent and not cause any symptoms. Doctors can detect irregular heartbeats through a physical exam by taking a patient’s pulse or through an electrocardiogram.

Symptoms

• palpitations (a feeling of skipped heart beats
• pounding in the chest
• dizziness or feeling light-headed
• fainting
• shortness of breath
• chest discomfort
• weakness or fatigue (feeling very tired)

General Information

Certain lifestyles may provoke irregular heartbeats, like smoking, drinking alcohol, consuming caffeine or stimulants in cough and cold medicines.

In some cases of irregular heartbeats, no treatment is necessary. In other, patients may have to take medications, change their lifestyles, go through invasive therapies or have surgery.

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