Originally posted at: https://anaayafoods.com/how-to-tell-if-the-palpitations-you-are-getting-are-serious-or-not/ Palpitations are a really common symptom that I see in my clinic and the majority of palpitations are not serious, the big worry, when people experienced palpitation, is whether they may have a heart rhythm disturbance even if they have a heart rhythm disturbance most heart rhythm disturbances are not serious. So that’s a little bit of reassurance the first thing I’d like to talk about is what is a palpitation I suppose the palpitation is an awareness of one’s heartbeat to the extent that it feels abnormal. So the heart could be beating normally but is sensed abnormally now there are many normal causes of palpitations so for example if you were walking down a dark alley in someone jumps out that would cause palpitation that would cause the heart to beat very fast and that would be spelt as a palpitation the bet doesn’t signify a problem with the heart itself. T...