Feeling heart beat, skipped beats through skin

Posted by jadillow @jadillow, Oct 21, 2019

When I have chest discomfort (almost like a quick pencil stabbing) in place my finger on the spot of pain and can feel my heartbeat in that spot. Is this normal?

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@afrobin

Oh, you're a guy! Do the pains radiate up and down your arm or is the pain fixed in one spot in your arm as it is in your chest? I would not worry in the least. Tell me...did your father have a heart attack early in his life? Men follow their fathers in this regard. If not, don't worry. We all have odd pains here and there in our bodies. I would get active, stop coffee and booze, eat well and do for others. Could it be that focussing on pains and heart bumps and flips (which so many of us have, especially coffee drinkers) take your mind off what is really worrying you?

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Man worry I have is when this happens I check my pulse and when the “sensation” kicks in my pulse actually pauses before starting again

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@jadillow

I have been getting more and more lately the feeling and it like something is flip flopping in my chest. It I annoying I definitely notice it. I have had a full workup done the end of last year and cardiologist says I shouldn’t be worried but that’s always easy for them today. I have terrible reflux at time ls with constant burping. I’m wondering if this is related as my local doctor and cardiologist at this point are dismissing the issues. I also have random sharp pain in upper left chest as well. Just wanted some more guidance. I am 36 with hypertension and trying to get that under control. I believe I have GI issues as well but doctors just won’t help me at this point. I want to be proactive and not visit an ER unless I feel it is absolutely needed.

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The pains In chest happen out of nowhere. The come quickly and leave. Still worrisome for sure

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@jadillow

I have been getting more and more lately the feeling and it like something is flip flopping in my chest. It I annoying I definitely notice it. I have had a full workup done the end of last year and cardiologist says I shouldn’t be worried but that’s always easy for them today. I have terrible reflux at time ls with constant burping. I’m wondering if this is related as my local doctor and cardiologist at this point are dismissing the issues. I also have random sharp pain in upper left chest as well. Just wanted some more guidance. I am 36 with hypertension and trying to get that under control. I believe I have GI issues as well but doctors just won’t help me at this point. I want to be proactive and not visit an ER unless I feel it is absolutely needed.

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Never knew my real father so unfortunately don’t know 🙁

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@jadillow

I have been getting more and more lately the feeling and it like something is flip flopping in my chest. It I annoying I definitely notice it. I have had a full workup done the end of last year and cardiologist says I shouldn’t be worried but that’s always easy for them today. I have terrible reflux at time ls with constant burping. I’m wondering if this is related as my local doctor and cardiologist at this point are dismissing the issues. I also have random sharp pain in upper left chest as well. Just wanted some more guidance. I am 36 with hypertension and trying to get that under control. I believe I have GI issues as well but doctors just won’t help me at this point. I want to be proactive and not visit an ER unless I feel it is absolutely needed.

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Oh, you're a guy! Do the pains radiate up and down your arm or is the pain fixed in one spot in your arm as it is in your chest? I would not worry in the least. Tell me...did your father have a heart attack early in his life? Men follow their fathers in this regard. If not, don't worry. We all have odd pains here and there in our bodies. I would get active, stop coffee and booze, eat well and do for others. Could it be that focussing on pains and heart bumps and flips (which so many of us have, especially coffee drinkers) take your mind off what is really worrying you?

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@jadillow

I have been getting more and more lately the feeling and it like something is flip flopping in my chest. It I annoying I definitely notice it. I have had a full workup done the end of last year and cardiologist says I shouldn’t be worried but that’s always easy for them today. I have terrible reflux at time ls with constant burping. I’m wondering if this is related as my local doctor and cardiologist at this point are dismissing the issues. I also have random sharp pain in upper left chest as well. Just wanted some more guidance. I am 36 with hypertension and trying to get that under control. I believe I have GI issues as well but doctors just won’t help me at this point. I want to be proactive and not visit an ER unless I feel it is absolutely needed.

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I’m also a male. Lol. I do feel pains in my left arm as well. Doctor dismissed them

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@jadillow

I have been getting more and more lately the feeling and it like something is flip flopping in my chest. It I annoying I definitely notice it. I have had a full workup done the end of last year and cardiologist says I shouldn’t be worried but that’s always easy for them today. I have terrible reflux at time ls with constant burping. I’m wondering if this is related as my local doctor and cardiologist at this point are dismissing the issues. I also have random sharp pain in upper left chest as well. Just wanted some more guidance. I am 36 with hypertension and trying to get that under control. I believe I have GI issues as well but doctors just won’t help me at this point. I want to be proactive and not visit an ER unless I feel it is absolutely needed.

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Heart discomfort or pain moves...up the arm, up the neck, across the chest. Maybe you can stand in a doorway and put your arms on either side and push your body forward to loosen up tight muscles. Being stressed can make muscles tense up. So can being dehydrated so drink up...water!
Questions: Do you exercise vigorously? And can you stop drinking coffee, tea, alcohol or eating chocolate?
You may find that these worrying issues disappear completely.
You are very young for any heart issues. It doesn't mean a woman of 36 can't have them but it would be very very unlikely and rare.

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@jadillow

I have been getting more and more lately the feeling and it like something is flip flopping in my chest. It I annoying I definitely notice it. I have had a full workup done the end of last year and cardiologist says I shouldn’t be worried but that’s always easy for them today. I have terrible reflux at time ls with constant burping. I’m wondering if this is related as my local doctor and cardiologist at this point are dismissing the issues. I also have random sharp pain in upper left chest as well. Just wanted some more guidance. I am 36 with hypertension and trying to get that under control. I believe I have GI issues as well but doctors just won’t help me at this point. I want to be proactive and not visit an ER unless I feel it is absolutely needed.

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Stays mostly in same spot. Upper left chest few inches off breastbone. Like a pinch almost

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@jadillow

I have been getting more and more lately the feeling and it like something is flip flopping in my chest. It I annoying I definitely notice it. I have had a full workup done the end of last year and cardiologist says I shouldn’t be worried but that’s always easy for them today. I have terrible reflux at time ls with constant burping. I’m wondering if this is related as my local doctor and cardiologist at this point are dismissing the issues. I also have random sharp pain in upper left chest as well. Just wanted some more guidance. I am 36 with hypertension and trying to get that under control. I believe I have GI issues as well but doctors just won’t help me at this point. I want to be proactive and not visit an ER unless I feel it is absolutely needed.

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Does the pain move or is it in one location?

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@jadillow

I have been getting more and more lately the feeling and it like something is flip flopping in my chest. It I annoying I definitely notice it. I have had a full workup done the end of last year and cardiologist says I shouldn’t be worried but that’s always easy for them today. I have terrible reflux at time ls with constant burping. I’m wondering if this is related as my local doctor and cardiologist at this point are dismissing the issues. I also have random sharp pain in upper left chest as well. Just wanted some more guidance. I am 36 with hypertension and trying to get that under control. I believe I have GI issues as well but doctors just won’t help me at this point. I want to be proactive and not visit an ER unless I feel it is absolutely needed.

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From what I’ve read it appears to be called APCs and it happens randomly all day long

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@afrobin

I may have written this before as we have communicated before. The cardiologist said that 9 out of 10 people who see him for such symptoms, he does NOT medicate. Only 1 in 10 does he medicate based on whether one's life is disrupted by the palpitations/skipped beats/ flips and jolts. I was one of them unfortunately because I was almost passing out throughout the day. I was 46 at the time. I was on beta blockers but I managed to get off them by doing aerobic exercise which stabilized my heart. I went every day for 4 months for 35 minutes on the treadmill. I was off the meds in 30 days. If I were you I would do aerobic exercise every day, pushing your heart to make it stable and strong. And I would stop ALL coffee etc..which is what I did. It is 24 years later and I still do not touch coffee, caffeinated tea, alcohol, chocolate (well, on occasion but then I often get a racing heart) and it is written in my dental charts 'no ephedrine'. I am absolutely fine. And I have to say, maybe because I am not a worrier, I was not concerned about my heart flips etc.. The cardiologist did a good job reassuring me that my heart was fine and that I just had an 'electrical problem'. My daughter, age 19 at the time also had skipped beats so I had her examined and was told the same thing. As long as she can carry on with daily activities as usual, ignore it as much as possible. I hope this is reassuring.

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Yes it is. Thank you. I believe it is an electrical issue as well as I have sinus bradycardia that doesn’t really cause me trouble with the exception of some pains. The chest pains , which I have now, is located in upper chest. That’s the part that concerns me with this

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