What causes sudden increase in the heart beat?
Patient: I am a 23 years old guy who lives in lebanon one day i was working and suddenly my heart start to beat faster arround 100 pulse/min and i were fainting my skin were so white i went to the ER and i slept for one night in the hospital. The day after i went to my doctor and asked me to do several medical exams like blood test,TSH,Urine,X-Ray for my chest,ECG,scanner for my stomach and everything went normal.i ve been like this about 2 months and i barely can moves i always feel sick and i am going to die i am feeling so weak and i always have a severe headaches and i am not balacend,and my vision is not always clear. Some doctors told me that i am having a stress disease but i am not sure about it and others told me could be my stomach.so i went to a gastroloc and told me that i have a kind of infection in my stomach with ebb so he gave me a medicine but i am still feeling that i am not normal there is something wrong. Please if you have any advise for me about my case let me know,what type of medcines i have to see? I ll be waiting your response as soon as possible because it drives me crazy and don t know waht to do.I need to know if my case could cause a death? Thank you, Doctor: Hi,  Anxiety can cause an increase in heart rate and palpitations which is a normal phenomenon. The heart rate becomes normal as soon as the stimulus goes away.  The exact diagnosis of the palpitation depends on the time of the ECG if the ECG is taken at the time of palpitations then a proper diagnosis can be made.  But as the palpitations are short-lived, we generally advise for a 24hr continuous ECG monitoring of the heart which is called Holter monitoring.  You don't need any medication for now but further management will depend on the Holter report.  Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.  Take care  Regards, Dr Sameer Maheshwari, Cardiologist