heart palpitations with the urge to cough

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I suffer from the same symptoms. I used to suffer from ectopic beats 2 years ago. Then they stopped. Its started again in January. I feel that msg in chinese food triggered mine. Also drank some oat milk that contained rapeseed oil. Rapseed oil triggers mine. Also found out the the oil is in Canola oil too. To help l now avoid caffeine and certain dairy products. I now need another ecg as l am worried and do not like how l feel when l experience these palpitations. Sitting up with my back straight helps too. Please let me know what else one can do without invasive treatment. I am thinking of having an allergy test. Please share some good advice. Lane

I experience the same thing but it does not seem as intense as yours. I do experience heart palpitations where it " catches my breath" and then I cough momentarily. It can happen when I am lying down or getting on with my day. I have had chest pains, heart palpitations and these episodes for years. I've been in the emergency room twice with chest pains and have explained my symptoms to my doctor on numerous occasions. The latest? if the heart palpitations or pains persist, go back to the ER. I have had ECGs and stress tests completed. Nothing has ever been found. I am a 45 year old professional woman, in good shape, not overweight, don't smoke and drink occasionally. At times, I feel I am being dismissed because I don't fit the typical risk factor group! One of my brothers had a heart attack at 41 and another brother has had heart issues since his 40s. Think that's the only reason I got an ECG at my last ER visit over 2 years ago. Just had an episode yesterday which prompted me to get back online to do more research. May be time for another visit to my physician.

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I believe I've been having the same thing for a few months now. I feel this sudden drop in the back of my throat with the immediate urge to cough. I'm an EMT so I grabbed my stethascope and took a listen. Sure thing , it sounded like my heart was skipping a beat. I would hear "thump thump, thump thump, thump______, thump thump. I went to the ER and of course my heart stopped doing  it. EKG was normal, doc said no murmur, and chest X-ray was good. Next week I'm going to wear a monitor for 24 hours. Some of the staff said caffeine and alcohol could increase this some times. Also some narcotic pain killers. I did have all three the day before. I'm going to stop taking oxycodone, preworkout drink, and glass of wine before bed. I hope these actions help. This is a scary thing. I'll keep you guys posted. 

I have read all of the posts on arterial fibrillation. I have it, and have had for years on and off, now it came back strong within the last few months. Can't get a good night sleep. I am a very light sleeper, wondering if this is common in light sleepers. Seems like my body would calm and relax my heart rate if I could ge into a deep sleep. Also wnt thru a diet change, for the better, then back again to dairy.and wheat. Was trying to see if cutting those things out of my diet for awhile would have positive or negative affect on me??? Maybe some shift in vitamins/ minerals ?? did something??? or stopped it, and then it started back again stronger??? I don't know, stumped, but still searching!

Thanks, glad to know an EMT could offer a more educated idea/ guess. I will be interested to see what you find. I have had this for the past few months really bad, and have been trying to find out what I can do to stop it. It is scary.

For now my symptoms have stopped. Im pretty sure it was the narcotic oxycodone that was giving me my symptoms. My doctor said he thinks they were PVC's (premature ventricular contractions). Its actually an extra beat, and then your heart pauses to reset. This is what you feel. From what I heard with my stethascope I am fairly confident that he is right. I have since stopped and have had not the feeling in my chest for some time now. I am relieved. Maybe its a medication causing yours? I hope you figure it out. I hate the feeling.

Me Too! It seemed to start when I got this nice promotion at work. But I don't feel stressed about too much, though it's already challenging. I plan on seeing a doctor about it , just as soon as I can get thru this Obama care mess Im caught up in! My palpitations get pretty strong sometimes and always seem to come in sets of 3 or 4. It goes 2 beats, then what feels like a failed attempt at a beat, then a couple THUDS as it seems to try to catch up. And always is worse when I lay down, or sit down for that matter.

I have always had this, and they never found anything wrong, Today i have been having this for 15 mins plus.. Did they ever find a diagnosis for your sister?

Anyone taking Co Q10 daily, at different times of day, so you don't associate the palpatations with the taking of the suppliment but with something else you recently ate or drank..I'm sure that was the cause for an increase of apc's with me..I had been slowly dehydrating myself by not drinking enough water with fiber supplimentation for many months I was in a vulnerable state increasing the potentcy of the Co Q10.  I am so thankful I figured this out. Best of luck to all with your personal quests for health.

Hi All

Nice to see i'm not alone, the comon theme here seems to be lethargic doctors and the irregular palps starting in many people in there 20's.

So here i am my name is Lee i'm 45 and live in somerset in the UK.

I started getting irregular heartbeat in my early 20's but it was so rare maybe 4 -5 times a year that it was well and truly out of sight, out of mind so i never did anything about it.

Since i hit my 40's it really has made it's presence felt and the last year it's been happening every few days and sometimes 2-3 times a day as well.

I have the same symptoms as many of you here a change of pressure in the throat and chest which causes an involuntary cough then completely irregular heartbeat which can last anywhere from 5-10 secs to in my worst cases around the minute mark, very scary.

It happens at work, walking to the shops, relaxing in front of the tv, late at night in bed basically at random whenever it feel like kicking off.

I had a 3 day eletronic tape one year ago but surprise surprise it didn't happen during those 3 days, it's now 1 year later and i'm waiting for an appointment to see a heart doctor to get another 3 day tape booked up.

My Doctor seems pretty unenthusiastic but did at least reffer me to the heart doctor for the second time, though it seems to be a long fight for all of us to be heard and taken seriously with this.

If i do get the second 3 day tape done over the next few weeks i will report back with a basic update on how it went.

 

Hi  i am a 35 year old female and have had the same issues since i was 26 years old do not ignore these palpations as they could be warning signs i was a healthy 26 year old female with 2 children when i felt everthing you are feeling i did get tested they told me nothing was wrong untill just this past fall of 2013 i bacame so badly ill that i couldnt walk 5 steps to my front door and was at the point of passing out over a 9 year period my heart had enlarged and the heart muscle was so swollen and stretched that i was in CHF i was holding 22 pounds of flui and was hospitalized  for 3 weeks in pretty bad shape after several days of testing i was diagnosed with DIALATED CARDIOMYAPATHY  which is usually a silent killer to young physically fit healthy people young high school football players colapse on the field due to this condition you do not have to have high blood pressure , or heart palapations or any other health condition as a trigger for this and people need to take this serious every health fair that you are notified about with 25 dollar heart scans GO!!! it could save your life after an abnormal heart scan the sent me for a routine heart catherization almost 4 months ago before taking me back my blood pressure dropped to 51 over 46 and i was asypmtomatic to it (no symptons) while during that procedure they dicovered that my AC artery was 100% blocked and my Left Ventricular Artery was 90% blocked and my cirrcumfrence artery was 30% blocked like i said im 35 years old and i dont drink caffine  im diabetic and eat really low carbs and im 169 pounds and otherwise healthy so you have to question how it got to this point ???? and i did  it can be due to hereditary  which mine is PLEASE DONT IGNORE THE SIGNS !   i was on one diabetic drug when this started i now have a daily medication dose of 15 pills and have currentlyhave had 4 stents in my heart and been diagnosed with CORANARY ARTERY DISEASE and on a transplant list

Hi Dawn thanks for taking the time to respond. So sorry to hear what you are going through right now. I have an appointment with a cardiologist this Friday so i will see how it goes. I have had no symptoms for almost 3 weeks now, but i know it will be back it always returns with a vengeance
Feel free to drop me an reply if you want some one to talk too if not that's cool to no big deal. Will be thinking of you in the future, take care.......Lee

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Hi, I have the same problem. I also have hoshimotos. Get your thyroid checked. Haveing a thyroid problem make your heart do the same thing.