Suggest treatment for heart palpitation and shortness of breath
Patient: I recently took my daughter to the doctor because she was having what seemed to be heart palpitations. They were very speratic in timing being several days or even a week or more in between episodes. our doctored performed a EKG that seemed to be normal. The doctor asked if she had shortness of breath or pain. the answer was no. My daughter does not drink or smoke. Caffeine consumption is low due to she does not like soda as taste is distorted by her topramate that she takes for optic migraines. Our doctor did not seemed alarmed and explained these may be some sort of electical palpitations. But the past three days she has had a total of ten which is way more than usual in such a short time. A couple instances there were three episodes within 30 minutes. Other times they were hours apart. We called our doctor to report these episodes but she does not seem alarmed. Should we be alarmed? Doctor: I have gone through your question and appreciate Your concern. According to your history there are repeated episodes of palpitations. I think it is matter of concern as she maybe you suffering from Rhythm disturbance. Like atrial fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia. If Ecg is normal holter monitoring can be done to reach diagnosis. Before labelling it due to anxiety better to rule out arrhythmia. Thanks