My heart randomly starts beating faster (feels like it is going to come out of my chest) after a few seconds it goes away. Has happened about three times in the past couple of months. After the most recent one I heard some ringing in my ears. Whats going on?
Hello and thank you for using Chat Doctor. I carefully read your question and I understand your concern. I will try to explain you something and give you my opinion. You should know that this racing heart has to do with a rhythm issue. There are some electrical impulses that generates in parts of the heart different from normal sinus rhythm. They cause premature heart contraction or chaotic rhythm that's not a normal one. It might be what we call extra beats or arrhythmia like supra ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation etc. The causes of this rhythm issues might be different like simple emotional stress, coffee or alcohol consumption or pathologies like anemia, hyperthyroidism, electrolyte imbalances or cardiac pathologies. In this situation you might experience palpitation, strong beating, heart racing, dizziness, difficulties in breathing deeply. So, if I was your treating doctor I will recommend some examination like an electrocardiogram, a cardiac echo, a full blood analyze to exclude anemia, hyperthyroidism, a holder rhythm monitoring to evaluate your rhythm tendency. Only after this we can better understand what we are dealing with and if it is necessary to treat it. Hope I was helpful. Wish you good health. Best regards, Chat Doctor.