Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Ibs & heart palpatations

Hi Tamara,
I am relatively new to the board myself. Reading your symptoms, it brings to mind episodes I have had in the past which may have been IBS related but I thought were palpitations. When I used to party a bit more than I do now, I would quite often get what I thought were heart palpitations. I went several times to cardio's who did tests and then looked at me like I was wasting their time! The most recent one ended with the result that I had "a heart like an ox". Even so, I was convinced that I had a heart problem.

Since I have been diagnosed with IBS, I can't help but to think that these past episodes may have been indicative of some sort of spasm in the colon. These feelings in that region of the body still feel the same but I now believe that they were not the heart. Certainly, the fact that your symptoms occured after eating suggest that it could be the gastrocolic reflex (I hope I spelt that right) causing a spasm as your stomach sends the message to your colon to make room for the latest input to your stomach. As Shawneric has indicated, heart palpitations certainly seem to be a possible indicator of IBS, but it could be that your colon has been in spasm.

I hope that this is of help. I only know these things from reading Heather's books!

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