martinpetersen
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Hi mishi!
I'm no doctor, but have been following the discussions here for some years.
I think many people, me as well, experience that it is SO difficult to find a specific reason for the palps we get.
The vagus nerve: I see it more as the "channel" that brings an electrical impulse into the heart at some faulty moment. And I think there can be many reasons why the vagus nerve carries more wayward impulses than normal: A period of a generally raised stress level. Events in the gi-tract (over-eating, alcohol, cafeine) and why not other events in your body like periods and liver-"events". Probably medicine-intake as well. (I experienced like many others that I got a lot of palps STEPPING DOWN from a medicine (betablocker). Anyway: the vagus nerve connects quite a few of our organs: heart, lungs, neck, brain, stomach and probably more than that.
So, what I have done is to take it easy on eating and drinking, breathe deeply, both figuratively - and litterally to relieve stress. And if you tests are negative, it is quite comforting to know that annoying as the palps might be, they won't ever harm you. (While being afraid that something after all is wrong, contributes to stress and thereby more palpitations.)
Best of luck.
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