Allergies and Heart Palpitations

[cmd182405]

Does anyone know if allergies can cause an irregular heart beat?  I have been having an irregular heart beat for several months.  It usually happens in the evening after dinner.  Many nights I go to bed with a heart beat that keeps me awake.  When I wake up it has stopped and I feel fine.  I have been to the doctor and had an ekg and an electrocardiogram and everything looks normal.  I have noticed in the past if I am exposed to a strong perfume or strong candle my heart will pound.

[Jolf]

I started to have irregular heartbeats 6 months ago.  The only major change in my life at the time was that my son homed another 3 cats (now we have 5 who live outside for the most part).  I think that was probably what kicked the palps off, especially reading what you have all written here.  I have always had a mild cat allergy, but have managed it easily by avoiding direct contact. I suspected this triggered (somehow??) the weak strong heartbeats but the doctor completely disagreed and sent me for all the usual heart exams.  Everything came back okay (thankfully) although I did discover I was born with a prolapsed valve in my heart (MVP) which is fairly common and inconsequential (some people go through their whole lives without discovering they even have this).  I wonder, after reading all of the posts here, if it's not the allergy per se, but a combination of the heart 'structure' and the allergy lowering my blood pressure.  I am a relaxed person generally, and my blood pressure has always been on the low side anyway.  Also changes in hormone levels may play at part (I am now 47).  Today, I just came back from my final consult with the doctor who confirmed he doesn't know what causes the palpitations and offered me beta blockers (which I won't take) and he also refused to refer me to an allergist when I shared my ideas with him.  I am now planning to find a good kinesiologist who might be able to help with the allergy (I have had good results in the past with one - miraculous even).  Thanks, everyone, for sharing your situations, it has really helped me. Oh, I should also mention, sometimes (but not always) if I take a Piriton (mild allergy medicine) the palps stop for a while, but I don't like taking them often, so don't know if they would work long term.  I am now going to start paying attention to how different foods affects them too.

[heartlady761]

I have been on this exact road with you. I had a really bad one a few nights ago. I was surprised to survive the night. It isn't related to panic as most of the time that's not relevant. I've done the recording device and it has caught minor irregularities. I know it isn't reflux because I feel it in my neck and head. Benedryl and aspirin help. Chocolate seems to set it off. I also am sick of doctors. It is associated with low blood pressure. Hormones may influence, and RA attacks may also be connected. All the best to both of us and anyone else out there barely making it through the night.

[Megthing]

Yep. Same thing for me. Chocolate and caffeine bring it on. Low blood pressure readings too.

[Megthing]

Yep. Same thing for me. Chocolate and caffeine bring it on. Low blood pressure readings too.

[JFelix]

I appreciate everyone’s input on this. It gives me great comfort knowing that other people are experiencing the same symptoms. I have suffered with seasonal allergies for all my life. In the last 5 years I have started to experience heart palpitations in the spring. This year instead of heart palpitations I have experienced dizziness nausea and muscle aches. It is now August and the heart palpitations along with dizziness have come back with seasonal allergy symptoms. I am going to start taking an all natural allergy medicine to see if that will help.

[Tayalynn77]

One of the things noone is talking about in this forum is wireless signals.  My palpitations are much worse in heavily populated areas where there are a lot of cell phone towers.  There is actually a community in West Virginia that people who get sick from cell signals are moving to because there's a huge telescope there and no cell signals can be near it so they are banned.  If you want to see if cell or wireless signals are causing your palpitations, unplug your wireless routers and turn off your cell phones for a day.  See if it helps.  The medical community is not yet or is just starting to recognize that this is a problem.  I suspect that when 5G comes out on our phones this problem will be much worse and it will require many more mini towers on populated streets throughout populated areas. Our hearts electrical impulses can be interrupted by the wireless signals in the air.  Let me know if anyone tries this and if unplugging helps you.

[Dio4530]

This just recently started happening. Like most of you the doctor also told me i was fine. They told me it was anxiety and im not anxious nor am I stressed. I have to pay more attention to when im getting these palpitations but if often happens when im standing up... but something else must be triggering it. This started happening beginning of  May and has been getting worse. The last couple of days have been a night mare. I even started convincing myself it was anxiety when i know very well it is not. This gives me hope! just took some dramamine from one of the posts that i read and i do feel a bit better.

[lusha23]

Hi, It seems to me I am not alone, which is a comfort.
I've been having my issues with rapid heartbeat and palpitations since I was 38 and now I am 63. I tried to figure out the cause of them and came to the conclusion that they are triggered by different food , such as coffee, once after having 3 cups I had a mess with my heart rhythm and have stopped drinking it completely, also chocolate, etc. What helped me a lot was and is activated coal, it cleans your body of all harmful substances which we consume and it is absolutely harmless, plus I take valerian root before I go to sleep, which calms you down and is harmful, too.
I also react on smells a lot, such as tart, chlorine, perfumes, etc.  I just try to avoid contacts with them.