DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Palpitations
Palpitation
A palpitation is an abnormality of heartbeat that causes a conscious awareness of its beating, whether it is too slow, too fast, irregular, or at its normal frequency. The word may also refer to this sensation itself. It can be caused by (but should not be confused with) ectopic beat, which is a more specific diagnosis. The difference between an abnormal awareness and a normal awareness is that the former interrupts other thoughts, whereas the latter is almost always caused by a concentration on the beating of one's heart. Palpitations may be brought on by overexertion, adrenaline, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, cocaine, amphetamines, and other drugs, disease or as a symptom of panic disorder...
Palpitations - List of case studies
- List of Symptoms
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Pain radiating up to the thigh and hip Pain with palpitations Painful and deformed left foot Painful erections ... tumefaction (ventral surface of the left forearm) Palpitations Paraesthesia (toes of right foot) Paraphasia ...
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
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warmth and/or appearing red), chest tightness or pain with palpitations, anxiety and trouble breathing. Referred to as the Immediate ... feeling warmth, appearing red, chest tightness, pain with palpitations, anxiety, trouble breathing, tongue swelling, face swelling, ...
- Sinus Tachycardia in Mitral Insufficiency
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history of continued cigarette smoking and complaints of palpitations. A sinus tachycardia of 160 is documented with little physical ... two years reported symptomatology characterized by heart palpitations; at the Holter ECG Test evidence of inappropriate sinus ...
- Ischemic Heart Disease
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Difficulty lying flat in bed due to shortness of breath? Palpitations or an irregular heart beat? Has an echocardiogram ever been ... of breath, Chest pain, Difficulty lying flat in bed, Palpitations, irregular heart beat. Related Conditions : Ischemic Heart ...