Talk:Palpitation
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Can palpitations be caused by exposure to extremely loud (>100dBA) bass frequencies?--Light current 13:26, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
No, but high DB and low freq sounds can make one feels as though they are experiencing palpitations. -Prisonnet 04:54, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Awareness?
A palpitation is the irregular heartbeat itself, not the "awareness" of the heartbeat. Definitions from other sources:
- Irregular, rapid beating or pulsation of the heart.
- A sensation in which a person is aware of an irregular, hard, or rapid heartbeat.
- abnormal heartbeat that is often associated with a sensation of fluttering or thumping.
- Perceptible forcible pulsation of the heart, usually with an increase in frequency or force, with or without irregularity in rhythm.
- a rapid and irregular heart beat
We should change the wording a little. — Omegatron 13:23, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
