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Your blood pressure is normal but as pointed out by you your pulse rate is not normal. It certainly is reassuring that you feel well. Nevertheless, I recommend you see a physician so that a determination can be made if the heart rate is regular (which it normally should be) or irregular. Once that determination has been made several medical conditions need to be excluded. I have listed some of these below:
1. Hyperthyroidism - overactive thyroid - this is a fairly common condition and its presence can be detected by examination and blood tests.
2. Anxiety - this is self explanatory
3. Pheochromocytoma - this gives rise to episodic rapid heart beat and is a tumour of the adrenal gland - rare
4. Anaemia - if your haemoglobin is low.
5. Atrial fibrillation - is irregular heart rate because the atrial chambers of the heart are not beating regularly.
6. Exposure to stimulants (nicotine, caffeine) or illicit drugs.
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