19/07/2026
Your heart just skipped a beat. Should you worry?
Palpitations are one of the most common — and most misunderstood — sensations. Sometimes they're your heart telling you it drank too much coffee. Sometimes they're an early warning of something serious.
Here's a quick guide to tell them apart 👇
🟢 USUALLY HARMLESS
✓ Lasts only a few seconds
✓ After coffee, stress, or exercise
✓ Occasional single skipped beat
✓ Goes away when you relax
✓ No other symptoms alongside
✓ Around your menstrual cycle (for women)
🔴 GET IT CHECKED
⚠ Lasts more than a few minutes
⚠ Comes with chest pain or pressure
⚠ Causes fainting or near-fainting
⚠ Happens with shortness of breath
⚠ Wakes you up from sleep
⚠ Family history of arrhythmia or sudden cardiac death
The hard part: palpitations come and go. Even the concerning ones may vanish before your appointment — leaving your doctor with a normal ECG and no answer.
That's exactly why long-term ambulatory ECG monitoring exists. A 3, 7, or 30-day continuous recording catches every irregularity — including the ones you don't feel.
Biocalculus is a lightweight wearable ECG patch built for this gap. Because the answer to "should I be worried?" deserves better than a shrug.
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