If it doesn’t seem like an emergency, start with your pediatrician or other primary care provider. Children and families are at the core of our mission.
Norton Children’s Heart Institute, affiliated with the University of Louisville, has a long legacy of leading pediatric heart care. If your child has palpitations or abnormal heartbeats and doesn’t appear well, especially if the episode is persistent, seek medical attention immediately. Sometimes a child’s heart beating fast and causing palpitations may be due to other conditions not directly related to the heart, such as anxiety, fever, too much caffeine or a stimulant medication, exercise, low blood sugar, or anemia. Little babies may be irritable for no reason, have trouble breathing, refuse to eat or vomit after eating.Ībnormal heart beats or arrhythmias can happen in children with a known history of heart disease, but also can occur in children previously thought to be healthy. Toddlers may just grab their chest, appear uncomfortable or cry without an obvious cause, or just seem pale or upset. They may say, “My heart is beating out of my chest,” or “My heart is beeping.” They may describe vague chest symptoms, a fluttering or racing heart or skipped heartbeats. A child's heart beating fast - palpitations or the sensation of an irregular heartbeat - can be caused by a number of conditions, not all of them serious.Ī child whose heart is beating fast or irregularly often won’t have the vocabulary to describe what’s happening.
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