I can see my heart beat on my stomach...?

[MadCat]

Hi, in the last 4 months I have noticed something weird going on. Most of the day I don't wear a shirt on my body because it's too hot.

Anyway what my problems is I can see my heart beat on my stomach. My stomach moves to the beats of my heart. What I mean is it moves in and out and just my looking at it I can see when my heart beats, and when it stops. I just have to place my hand on my stomach and I can heart my heart perfectly. Is this normal? Do I have some kind of illness that I don't know about? I haven't seeked any medical help because I am worried of getting laughed at if it's indeed common.

[MadCat]

Thanx all. I'm happy now and think it's normal :)

I'm a small person and thin.

5'3", 135lb male. It just freaked me out when I saw it and felt it I thought I was gonna explode or something. Never used to get that before :)

[TSC]

I believe this is very common.  I too can see my stomach moving up and down with my heartbeat.  Are you a very thin person?  If you have a thin frame, then you would be more likely to see your stomoach moving up and down.  I would say this is nothing for your to worry about.

[broggie]

Er...I think this is pretty normal, there's a nice big fat artery heading down in that direction I believe, mine does it too

Raymond