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Doctor accidentally fixes patient's irregular heartbeat — by sticking a finger in a very unexpected place

New York Post·Rachel Sacks·27 days ago
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That’s one way to make your heart jump — or slow it down, in one man’s case. Walking home one night, a 29-year-old man from Queens started experiencing heart palpitations at 140 beats per minute (bpm), far higher than the  average resting heart rate  of 60 to 100 bpm. But when he was admitted to the hospital, the solution came as a bit of a surprise in an area farther south of his heart. A man experiencing heart palpitations went to the hospital, and was treated with an accidental but routine method. busra – stock.adobe.com Rarely dangerous or life-threatening, heart palpitations can be brought on by several causes, like a lack of sleep, caffeine, alcohol or stress. The rapid fluttering, flip-flopping or pounding sensations in the chest often go away on their own, or could be a sign of arrhythmia , abnormal heartbeats when electrical signals that tell the organ how to beat aren’t working properly.…

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