what do svt feel like?
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It may feel like a fluttering or racing heart. Most people with rare episodes of supraventricular tachycardia live healthy lives without restrictions or interventions. For others, treatment and lifestyle changes can often control or eliminate rapid heartbeats.
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You may feel a flutter, palpitations (like your heart is skipping a beat), or nothing at all. Fibrillation may require that you receive a “shock.” Most patients say that the shock feels like a sudden jolt or thump to the chest.
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Heart Palpitation Symptoms: You may feel anxious, or "stressed out." You may feel your heart pounding in your chest or throat, which may cause pain or mild discomfort. You may also feel your heart "fluttering", and it may seem as if it is skipping a beat or beating irregularly.
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The more damage there is, the harder it is for your heart to pump. This leads to pain, fatigue (feeling very tired), shortness of breath and other symptoms that affect your quality of life.
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Supraventricular tachycardia, or SVT, is far different than the rhythms discussed above, which originate in the ventricles. ... Lower joules are needed to convert SVTs such as atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT), atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT), atrial fibrillation, and atrial flutter.
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Your heart may feel like it's pounding, fluttering or beating irregularly, often for just a few seconds or minutes. You may also feel these sensations in your throat or neck. Palpitations may seem alarming, but in most cases they're harmless and are not a sign of a serious problem.
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SVT is often called paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) because it begins suddenly and ends suddenly. PSVT is due to a mechanism called re-entry. A premature beat gets caught in a loop, repeating itself over and over. The impulse is caught in a circular pathway that has a slow area within it.
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How atrial fibrillation feels varies from person to person. Some patients notice palpitations and irregular heartbeats and are immediately aware when atrial fibrillation starts. Others feel chest discomfort, shortness of breath, lightheadness, dizziness or a general tiredness, without having palpitations.
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['A sudden feeling of warmth spreading through your chest, neck and face.', 'A flushed appearance with red, blotchy skin.', 'Rapid heartbeat.', 'Perspiration, mostly on your upper body.', 'A chilled feeling as the hot flash lets up.', 'Feelings of anxiety.']
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It can be triggered by seeing the needle, seeing your own blood, or just feeling anxious about the whole thing. With vasovagal reactions, some people feel nauseated. Others may feel dizzy, start sweating, look pale, or have a temporary drop in heart rate or blood pressure. Some people will even faint.
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Is Supraventricular Tachycardia Dangerous? In the vast majority of cases SVT is a benign condition. This means that it will not cause sudden death, damage the heart or cause a heart attack. It will not shorten life expectancy.
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['Abnormal heart sound (heart murmur) heard through a stethoscope.', 'Shortness of breath (dyspnea), especially when you have been very active or when you lie down.', 'Fatigue.']
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['Fluttering in your chest.', 'Racing heartbeat (tachycardia)', 'Slow heartbeat (bradycardia)', 'Chest pain or discomfort.', 'Shortness of breath.', 'Lightheadedness.', 'Dizziness.', 'Fainting (syncope) or near fainting.']
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['A flutter in your chest.', 'Fatigue after exercise.', 'Shortness of breath or chest pain.', 'Lightheadedness or dizziness.']
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['a brief, electrical shock-like feeling in the brain.', 'a short period of blacking out or losing consciousness.', 'dizziness or vertigo.', 'a zap paired with a buzzing sound.', '“hearing their eyes move”', 'feeling disoriented (a “brain blink”)']
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Implantation cramps feel similar to menstrual cramps, and they're mild in intensity. Some women perceive light pulling, tingling, or pricking sensations. Where Do You Feel Implantation Cramps? Many women detect implantation cramping in their lower abdomen and lower back.
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['Shortness of breath.', 'Fatigue.', 'Chest pain, often after exercising.', 'Sensation of rapid, fluttering or pounding heartbeats (palpitations)', 'Dizziness or fainting.']