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Heart Palpitations

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barbarad Newbie
barbarad
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I am in the process of being diagnosed with Celiac. (positive blood work, waiting to schedule biopsy). I stumbled on the diagnosis by accident. I've been slowly losing weight over the past 1-2 years. I am also a Type 1 diabetic, so my doctors thought the weight loss was related to that. A couple of months ago, my heart started racing and I was admitted to the hospital for observation. EKG, stress test, echocardiogram came out normal, but I found out I was anemic. I did some research on the web and asked my dr to test me for celiac (my aunt had it too) and sure enough the blood tests were positive.

On one of the websites, I read that celiac disease can cause an electrolyte imbalance, and I was wondering if that can cause heart palpitations? I know it can cause anemia and that in turn can cause rapid heart beat, but I'm not sure about the palpitations. Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm cutting down on caffeine, and that seems to help, but not completely.

Sorry for the long post, but I'm worried....

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Carriefaith Enthusiast
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I get heart palpitations and I once went to the emergeny room with them because they were so bad. I did some research on them and I have found that calcium, magnesium, and potassium help prevent the palpitations. I started taking a Calcium Magnesium supplement and eating lots of bananas (potassium) and found that the palpitations stopped. However, I haven't taken the supplements in a while and they have started to come back. So I think they work, at least for me anyway ;)

KaitiUSA Enthusiast
KaitiUSA
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A number of things can cause a rapid heartbeat.

-dehydration-not enough water can make your heart beat fast

-also have you had your thyroid checked? That was one of my symptoms with graves disease

Carriefaith Enthusiast
Carriefaith
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-also have you had your thyroid checked? That was one of my symptoms with graves disease
That is interesting... are heart palpitations a common symptom in graves disease? I have had my thyroid checked but it was over a year ago now.
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KaitiUSA
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Yep, rapid heartbeat is very common in Graves Disease.

skbird Contributor
skbird
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Also, heart palpitations can occur with hypoglycemia. If you are type 1, you use insulin, right? Have you noticed if the palpitations occur near low blood sugar or a fast drop in blood sugar? I get these, I'm not diabetic nor do I use insulin, my body does more than enough to make sure my blood sugar is low on its own!!! :o

Stephanie

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Merika
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Heart palpitations were one of my first obvious celiac sypmtoms, along with electrolyte imbalance. Eventually, with the help of chinese medicine, it stopped.

No one found a cause for mine. i was diagnosed with celiac 12 years later, but I met a woman last year at a celiac event, who had the EXACT same onset symptoms, including these.

Hth

Merika

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barbarad Newbie
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Thank you for all your responses. I had my thyroid checked and it was normal. Also, my blood sugars are usually fine when I get the palpitations. I've been taking magnesium and potassium supplements and it does seem to help. Also, I've been told they're a symptom of menopause...

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Actually, I just realized that I got heart palpitations during my recent gluten reaction, so maybe it is celiac disease related? I also wasn't faithful in taking my supplements so that may have been part of the problem.

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