A Warning Sign from the Heart: Why Persistent Fatigue Shouldn’t Be Ignored
Feeling fatigued easily may be an early sign of heart disease. Learn how fatigue links to heart failure, heart arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, and more.
Have you ever experienced heart palpitations, or irregular heartbeat, or felt strange when you have strong emotions like anxiety, fear, or stress?
Do not think that the symptom you have is only caused by your emotion. Heart palpitations are the sensation that makes you feel like your heart is beating too hard or too fast, skipping a beat, fluttering, or irregular heartbeat.
Heart palpitations may be caused by the following:
- Caffeinated drinks, such as coffee, tea, and energy drinks.
- Alcoholic drinks
- Medication that may affect your heart rhythm, such as diet pills, decongestants, and asthma inhalers.
- Lack of sleep
- Stress and anxiety
However, heart palpitations might be one of the signs of some diseases such as CVD (Cardiovascular Disease), Thyroid Hormone Toxicity, or Anemia.Therefore, if you have these symptoms like heart palpitations, irregular heartbeat, fatigue, chest tightness, or fainting, you should seek medical advice because it might be detrimental to your health and a life threatening disease.
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