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Went to the E.R yesterday because l had a very high heart rate that wouldn’t go down it was in the high 150s it kept fluctuating l also felt short of breath was having chest cold sweat and clammy palms I’m feeling much better today glad l didn’t have to stay I’m also on a one week Holter monitor l just can’t catch a break any help would be greatly appreciated thank you

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I’m so sorry to hear this . I have had many ER visits with high heart rate in the 160’s-170’s.. so scary . I was also clammy and cold sweats , shaking a lot too . What did the Er say ???? Did they say all your tests came back normal??

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Dee1982 in reply toKateS10

So Far Everything came back normal except for my thyroid test I’m to follow up with my primary care doctor and l have to also see my cardiologist she ordered a stress test so l will see how that goes thank’s for the reply

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KateS10 in reply toDee1982

Ohhh ok so your thyroid is off then ??? That could cause some issues then with that ... yes a stress test is good to do ... I had to have two of them !! And wear a holter monitor for a month

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Dee1982 in reply toKateS10

Yeah l have to wear a Holter monitor for 1 week yeah my thyroid is is a little off it makes breathing difficult especially at night l hardly sleep

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