Palpitations and Plasma Donation

Posted By Michelle on May 21, 1999 at 15:15:08
I've been donating plasma for 3 months on a regular basis(twice a week).  The past month my blood pressure has gone up and down, my pulse is consistently 100 beats (when I'm at rest), and my heart feels like it's going to beat right out of my chest.  My endurance has gone downhill--I can't even go up a flight of stairs without getting short winded and my chest feels like there's a block of concrete on it.  Otherwise I feel fine. I'm 34, I don't smoke, I'm not overweight, I exercise, and I don't take any medication (just an iron supplement).  Could the plasma donations be bringing on these symptoms?  Can it be anything serious?  I have a doctor's appt coming up for a physical but I thought I'd ask a cardiologist.










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