Cardiac Arrhythmia
Many people seek our help when they suffer from an irregular heart beat, heart palpitations, or when their heart skips a beat.
Without a comprehensive consultation and examination, it is difficult to evaluate these symptoms because cardiac arrhythmias can have very different causes and effects.
Biological causes of cardiac arrhythmias include:
- coronary heart disease
- heart attack
- heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy)
- heart muscle inflammation (myocarditis)
- heart or heart valve defect
- congenital or acquired disorder of the heart's electrical conduction system (e.g. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, WPW)
- high blood pressure
- electrolyte disorder (e.g. potassium deficiency)
- over-/underactive thyroid gland (hyper-/hypothyroidism)
Other causes may include:
- nervousness, excitement, and fear
- excessive consumption of caffeine (e.g. in coffee or cola)
- excessive consumption of alcohol
- consumption of drugs and toxic substances
- negative side effects of some medications (e.g. thyroid hormones or antidepressants)
- severely bloated belly (meteorism)
- feverish infections
- dental focuses
- spinal problems
