A study released from Norway following thousands of people revealed that those who had “benign” heart palpitations as well as high blood pressure were alarmingly at risk of developing atrial fibrillation.
How worrisome were the numbers?
More than 20,000 people were followed over a period of 11 years, with ages ranging from 25 to 96.
The results, after looking at a combination of factors contributing to stroke-causing atrial fibrillation, showed that women with both hypertension and showing heart palpitations were over 80% more likely to develop atrial fibrillation.
Men were over 90% more likely. While the researchers were wary to formally announce a causal relationship, other experts commenting on the study were quick to acknowledge causality.
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That is strange because I developed Heart palpatations,I went to at least ten different doctors.They said it was anxiety,It wasn’t it was the beginning of a Cancer in My thyroid gland.I’ve recently had My 2nd operation to remove all of My thyroid,after mqaking Me wait almost a year. The heartpalpatations are happening less often but I still get them when I least exspect them. & they are very fright3ening. I also went into Afib.instead of trying to frighten the Hell out of people,Give them a way to help themselves,without charging an arm & a leg.It’s bad enough being sick without someone making it worse..thru fear.
i have av nodal reentrant tachycardia..was misdiagnoised for years &years with anziety&panic..now after more than 40 years learned it was heart palpatations due to mis firing in the electrical area of heart..some days i do ok(i dont take meds they make me a zombie)other days are not so good i can go from 60 to 260 in one heartbeat..it scares me so bad!!heart specialist says benign ..but recommend cardiac ablation(no not doing that eighter)i have found that drinking lots of water cold water helps…cut down on caffeine(cut it out if u can totally)..as far as stress when anyone out there learns how to controll it please let me know..my daughter in law was murdered 2 yrs ago on her 29th birthday..leaving 4 little boys that miss there mom..my stress is out of this world…