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A rapid Heart Beat and it's relation my thyroid
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A rapid Heart Beat and it's relation my thyroid
by Mike, Nov 25, 1999 12:00AM
Dear Doctor, I have recently had some heart problems and have visited my doctor a few times and he informed me that i have a rapid heart beat. he also mentioned that this may be due to a possibly overactive thyroid. I was just wondering if you could please relay some information on how these two topics are related. Thank You for your time and consideration.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF CARDIO MD - DLB, Nov 26, 1999 12:00AM
Overproduction of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland can cause a rapid heart rate as well as certain types of arrhythmia. The way to test for this is with a blood test that measures the level of thyroid hormone in the blood.
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You can go to this newsgroup and talk to all kinds of people with thyroid problems:
alt.support.thyroid
THANKS, LIN
In Netscape:
Go to your news browser,click on File, click on subscribe, Click on search and type in alt.support.thyroid. If you cannot find it you may need to update your newsgoup. Hope this helps.