10 Heart Palpitations Symptoms
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6. Fainting
Heart palpitations may cause you to faint or pass out. This type of temporary loss of consciousness occurs when blood pressure is too low to pump enough blood to the brain. Fainting due to heart palpitations is also known as cardiac syncope. Arrhythmias including bradycardia and palpitations increase the risk of fainting.3Editorial Staff, American Heart Association. ‘Syncope (Fainting).’ Www.heart.org, www.heart.org/en/health-topics/arrhythmia/symptoms-diagnosis–monitoring-of-arrhythmia/syncope-fainting.
The underlying reasons for palpitation-induced fainting may be explainable and benign, such as dehydration or an existing arrhythmia. It may also indicate underlying cardiac disease and requires a doctor’s diagnosis.
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