Allergies and palpatations?

I have a weird question. has anyone noticed they have increased palpatations/heart flutters during
allergy season.
I'm a 50 year old male in good health, i ride a bicycle 9 miles a day, M-F. I have a history of occasional A-Fib (5 times in 15 years, that lasts about 8-10 hours an episode and than converts on its own).

I have noticed that during allergy season i get palpatations, usually  only when I am resting, it never happens during my intense lunch time bike rides. I refrain from taking antihistamines. My cardiologists has prescribed Allegra but I do not like to take then . My allergies are bad, very bad.

I was wondering if anyone has had any similar experience?

Thanks

Worried in Maryland

[anacyde]

I know we all have our different triggers.  The fact that the palpitations vanish with exercise is a good sign!  I would ask your doctor about it, but you've probably just got run of the mill palpitations aggravated by your body being irritated with the allrgies.  It's a rough allergy year too, from what people are saying.

[Rick3390]

I was wondering the same thing.  I can feel my allergy (I get itchy) and I have developed palps at the same time.  Is this common?

[helstrom]

i also have noticed palpatations slight burning headache. stomache ache and shortness of breath especially at night

[Ionracer24]

i too have increased palpitations during allergy season, it seems to happen once a year, from about feb-may and is scarrey for me i've had all the tests echo, stress, even catheder but no cause is found, i gues i just have to live with it but ur not alone if it helps...

[Sculpey5]

I definately notice weather pressure triggers which go along with allergies.   Whenever the temperature fluctuates a lot - the palps get bad.  If there is a low pressure system coming in, sometimes they'll get bad.   I hate them!!  Aren't we the lucky ones to feel them.!

[vickk2]

i just finished a stress test to find out my pvcs are non existent when exercising. but am suffering terribly with my allergies now, sneezing stuffiness and itchiness and my heart rate converted back as soon as it was in resting mode.
I don't know if  i should take my allergy meds any more, so i discontinued them about three weeks ao

[bodhiasa]

I have noticed the palps gets worse from both food and inhalant allergies/sensitivities.

[Gabby2119]

I have the same problem with food and palps. Do you notice any certain food that seems to make the palps worse than others? For me it is wheat, along with several other food.

[dadspeach]

I have noticed an increase in heart palpitations in the spring when my allergies are acting up.  After 3-4 years of this happening, I asked my Dr. about it and he said that it could very well be from my allergies.  Funny that I was the one who noticed the pattern and not him.  
Each year he would do an EKG and find it normal and one time, even sent me to a cardiologist. who had me wear a halter monitor.  Everything has always been fine.

Last year I had a thallium treadmill stress test and it showed nothing abnormal either.

With all of the tests I have had done, I have learned to not let the palpitations bother me as much.  Notice I said "as much" ...they still scare me ( I hate the way they feel), but nothing like they used to!

[Tessielou]

I thought I was crazy (and possibly dying) until reading these posts. I have also noticed a PVC/allergy connection.
I travel to work once a month in a hospital lab, doing long shifts(32 out of 48 hours). It's a dustier environment than I'm used to and my PVC's are always worse here. Last night while at work, my PVC's started acting up again. I had forgotten my nasal spray for a couple of days, so I took a benadryl and after it kicked in, no more PVC'S!

My PVC's are definitely worse with summertime allergies. Last June, again while at work, I ended up in the ER with a cardiac workup (thankfully all normal). In retrospect, I wonder if that episode was related to the PVC/allergy connection?

[Daizy300]

Allergies to some chemicals such as in perfumes, solvents, even shampoo can cause palpitations.  I know someone who was using a particular type of shampoo.  He didn't make the associaton, nor did his cardio, until it was pointed out to him by another.  He stopped using that brand, and no suffers from tachy!!

I also get palpitations in particular if exposed to solvents, paint fumes, etc..

[Delaine123]

I have had palpatations all my life.  They worry the life out of me.  I have had Dr's that hear them and say they aren't normal until they do a test then say "no problem" and then others just don't seem to care.  Act like I am just a worry wart. They definately get worse during allergy season.  I have a thyroid condition and have to take medication, (synthroid) for that and it aggrivates it also.  I went into a perfume store recently and thought I was gonna pass out because they were so bad.  I also recently started a new job where there is a warehouse in back and the guys are constantly painting and I think it's seeping through the walls and coming into my office because the palpatations have been non- stop lately.  I don't have a way to stop them except a little xanex.  The doctors are relunctant to give that too much as I am to take too much of that and I can't take it very much during the day.  What do you do for your palpataions?