Heart Palpitations
The subjective, often alarming awareness of one's own heartbeat — felt as pounding, racing, skipping, or fluttering — which may be benign or indicate a cardiac arrhythmia.
Quick answer
Heart palpitations describe the subjective awareness of one's own heartbeat — perceived as pounding, racing, fluttering, or skipping. ICD-10: R00.2; ICD-11: MD81. A symptom entry closely overlapping with 'palpitations' — requiring ECG and clinical assessment to distinguish benign from arrhythmic causes.
Recognition
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People describe an abrupt awareness of their heart beating faster, harder, or irregularly — sometimes with a brief 'missed beat' or flutter sensation. Many report palpitations occurring at rest, particularly when lying down at night. Anxiety-related palpitations often create a secondary fear of cardiac disease, which itself intensifies the experience. Most episodes last seconds to minutes.
What is Heart Palpitations?
The subjective, often alarming awareness of one's own heartbeat — felt as pounding, racing, skipping, or fluttering — which may be benign or indicate a cardiac arrhythmia.
Approaches Commonly Explored
Commonly explored for conditions related to Heart Palpitations, grouped by mechanism — select your subtype above to highlight the most relevant path.
How to use these approaches
Most people begin with Stabilise approaches, then progress toward Resolve and Sustain.
Autonomic nervous system — sympathetic / parasympathetic balance.
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