... Primary Root Symptom: morning onset of non-sharp, dull, vague, uncomfortable, achey, centered chest tightness. I feel it around below sternum as well. Short of breath, airways feel tighter, breathing is more labored. I am more winded with everyday activities, and cardio and exercise are a lot more tougher to peform with the constricted airways. Physical Attributes:... (8 replies)

... Only a few days ago did I actually sit still and took my pulse. I was surprised to notice that everytime I would get a strong anxious feeling, my heart would pause or skip a beat. I was freaking out. Sometimes it's every 3rd beat.. sometimes minutes go by and then it would happen. ... (5 replies)

... Now, two days later after I saw my doctor, I do not feel the stong heartbeats beating my chest anymore. ... (10 replies)

... Hi, I have had palpitations on and off for about 5 years. With these palps and sometimes without I been noticing that occasionally I get short of breath (it feels like I just can't get enough air sometimes). This can happen when I get my strong heartbeats (due to the heartbeat or due to me being anxious?), but I've also noticed that this (SOB) can happen even when my heart... (2 replies)

... I am not sure what I can do at this point to help support her more than I am. I am trying to back off from my strong opinions that she should try to get up and move around and not let it get the best of her. ... (3 replies)

... shock feel on my left chest in the heart area that only lasts for a split second or less and it is strong enough to make me jump when it happens. Could this happen because of te heart electrical imbalance thing or something? ... (3 replies)

... aware of, strong and hard in the center of my chest. I described these as palpitations, although I am using that term in a very general sense. ... (7 replies)

... Specialist wanted me to quit smoking, quit eating red meat, and eat rabbit food. I am 28, 5'7", 130 pounds and strong as an ox, so do you think I did what he said, of course not. ... (4 replies)

... related. I hope that after I resolve the lung treatment it'll get better... I did experience more rhythm disorders these days during the strong cold. ... (2 replies)

... Hello, I am a 27 year-old male and I have some weird thing going on with my heart approximately since the ages 18/19... In the past years I've had a number of problems like arrhythmia, tachycardia, needle pinch-like pain in the heart area, knife-like pain in the heart area when under stress or laughing hard... etc. Currently the problems are lower, but the thing is... (2 replies)

... skipped heart beats, strong painful heartbeats, etc. ... (15 replies)

... My Tachycardia came with strong fast heartbeats, or weak fast heartbeats. When strong, it was very noticeable to others, and you could actually see my chest, or my shirt jumping with the beat. ... (4 replies)

... It's weird, the strong ones seem to only come when I do some sort of exhaling... such as yawning, laughing, blowing, or sometimes even talking. ... (4 replies)

... Hi, I too have ectopic heartbeats had them for about 5yrs all day every day almost every 6 beats they pop in, tried allsorts to rid them so far nothing found not even medication, they seem to be worse when I am stressed. I know what you mean by pressure related in your chest but I really dont think any position causes/helps all I know is docs say they do not cause any harm to... (2 replies)

... An EKG should provide information regarding your strong and slow heartbeats, but for an EKG to be adequate, the symptoms should be present at the time, otherwise it could be a false negative. ... (4 replies)

... I would hope that each patient is given the benefit of the doubt, by the doctor, that there are real causes for the patient's health problems. When our medical professionals can't solve a patient's problems, they always blame it on the patient. They tell the patient that it is the patient's inability to manage stress or anxiety, that is causing the patient's problems. This, to... (14 replies)

... J77, An EKG can/should indicate an enlarged heart, any heart muscle damage, as well as any abnormal heartbeats (provided the problem happens during the test). There can be false negatives and postives, and a rhythm problem...doesn't happen during the test...could show a normal tracing. Strong and hard pumping heartbeats (palpitations) can indicate a heart problem. It... (5 replies)

... i have always had PVC since i was a teen, im 44 now and they got worse, but usually nothing too bad, except a couple years ago when i had PVC every three heartbeats for some 10 minutes. ... (1 replies)

... Hi all~~ Very interesting posts---I had responded a few back, and now had to add my two cents again... My cardiologist has never mentioned that my heart could weaken from the PVC's, and I've been to quite a few since we've moved around alot, and I have never heard that before. Someone had mentioned how hard it must be to get them in a store or something, and I just... (34 replies)

... eally need to go, to heck with everyone...GO! Not only will it provide physical evidence to get you beyond the "normal test" factors, but it will also get you a strong referral to a cardiologist. ... (9 replies)