Anyone ever experience irregular heart beats while jogging?

[jam34983]

I am a healthy 25 year old who jogs on a regular basis. Last week on the tread I notice that after my first mile my heart felt as though it was skipping a beat. It freaked me out. So of course I stopped jogging. Once I stopped jogging, my heart rate seemed to correct itself. I have been jogging for years. Has anyone else ever experience this?

[stutterheart]

Wow! Congrats on the weight loss. Impressive. From what I hear, it is not unusualy for weight losers to experience irregular heart rhytms as they adjust to their new body. It's great that the echo and holter didn't show anything. I think it would be smart to see an electrophysiologist just to be safe and have some peace of mind.

[jam34983]

It more like a pause.I don't experienced no symptoms while it going on it just freak me out. I had a normal ekg a normal echo normal holter monitor but have not  get a Stress Tests or a stress echocardiogram. So i am going to a second Doctor just to be safe If i can not jog i'll  go crazy one years ago i was 340 pounds i am now 220 6'1 i o it all to jogging.

[stutterheart]

Hi Jam,
A lot of people have these symptoms. A skipped beat can be because of a block (of the electrical system as opposed to the arteries). Most bocks are benign and occur more frequently than you would think. It could also be that you have what are called ectopic beats which are just other areas of the heart innitiating an electrical impulse other than the AV node. Again, benign. These are not skipped beats but rather, extra beats. They can sometimes feel like a skip though. Does it feel like a 'flip' in your chest or is there a pause? Can you feel your blood pressure drop on the skipped beats?
Usually, people with a scary heart prognoses like long-QT syndrom or a dangerously enlarged heart don't present symptoms until it is too late so there is no reason to think it's anythng other than plain vanilla circuitry issues. You should definitely see a doctor as soon as possible though. They can do an ECG and an stress echocardiogram and rule out a lot of the bad stuff. Again, very slim chance that you have anything serious but better safe than sorry. I was a D1 athlete and my doc said that these things are common in young athletes that train very hard. I think there is a very very slim chance that you have anything to be concerned about but perhaps it would be prudent to lay off the jogging for a week until you see the doc. Long term, when all the bad stuff is ruled out, you can return to jogging even with some palpitations present.