SOS

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
I’ve been awaken this morning at 7 a.m. because of my heart. It’s racing to death; it beats 89/second with altering in the character and strength of the beat. I could notice at least 2 missing beats in every minute. It has the pattern of irregular, irregular beat. Besides that, I notice lightheaded, shortness of breath. Now, it’s 12:30 p.m. and still my condition is not improving.


I had the first episode in 2008. Since then, it has been on and off, just for brief time, like few minutes. It could be due to anemia, over sympathetic discharge, or sleep disturbance.

Doctors, please your DDx.


Yeah, something else about my personal data: I'm male, 23 yrs old, medical student, single and I live in Riyadh.

2 comments:

  1. Shadow said...:

    Check your thyroid/mitral valve*la sama7 allah y3ni :\*though i guess it is more of anemia.

  1. Ahmed said...:

    Hello dr. shadow,
    I'm very thankful for your visit.
    I agree with you regarding anemia. I didn't think of thyroid, though it could be very reasonable. Next Saturday, I'll preform CBC, and thyroid function.
    However, I think mostly it's benign condition, as my heart is too young (in age) to have organic defect.

    Best regards.

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