Things that make the heart flutter-a little too much

The feeling, at least once in their lives, they have experienced it all. The frequency accelerates, the heart becomes “thinking,” it seems losing the rhythm, forgetting a beat, then chasing after it. In the language common, it is said to “have palpitations.” An unpleasant experience, but in most cases transient and not serious, nor deserving of insights. In technical terms, this is referred to as arrhythmia, and the factors that can cause it are many: only when the disorder persists for several minutes, is associated with weight in the center of the chest, mental confusion or fainting, or it tends to recur often it is advisable to report it to the doctor and undergo some tests, starting with the electrocardiogram. Some useful information a regarding.

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