palpitation,nausea and dizzy

[confusedlad]

my sister is 17. She complained of hearing her own heartbeat and feeling nausea during the occurrence. The problem occurred about 2-3weeks ago and has become more frequent. She thinks it's not because of anxiety. It happened during class hours, upon waking up from sleep and while just sitting around doing nothing. She had this headache too accompanying the palpitation. She's not on any meds except for symbicort turbuhaler which she uses twice daily day and night. She woke up in the middle of last night and vomitted. She felt her heart was throbbing hard. Her BP was quite low 96 54 while her pulse was 86. Her usual pulse is usually around 60. Her temperature was normal. Does anyone has the answer to this problem? even an idea of what's happening would be helpful. Thank you..

[cindy707]

Just food for thought....i pretty much live by the rule and if we vomit, sweat, etc. that our body is rebelling against us and is trying to rid our body of something that it doesn't like or is not agreeing with us and is trying to get rid of whatever it is when we put something into it that is not a match for us.  I would call the doc that gave her the meds and let them know what is happening because obviously her body is reacting in an adverse fashion.....good luck...........

[TatiSD]

Certainly the Symbicort may be affecting her. While she feels her heart, perhaps the anxiety of it gives her the feeling of nausea. This reaction can happen in a fraction of a second.   It's possible she may have a stomach virus causing the vomiting.  It's typical that your heart may beat stronger when vomiting, esp. if your blood sugar levels are down.  Does she have issues with hypoglycemia?  If the blood sugar goes down, it gives one feelings of anxiety, increased HR, arrhythmia, and feelings of nausea.  But just to be properly diagnosed, your sister should be seen by a pediatrician for  proper evaluation.