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Difficulty sleeping on left side
I am a Female, Age 24, do not have any known health conditions besides having Iron deficiency but not low enough to be considered Anaemic. I have problem sleeping on my left side, I only noticed this the past few months. Every time I try to sleep on my left side, I would fall asleep and wake up not long after feeling like my heart is Beating out of my chest, it doesn’t hurt badly but it is very very uncomfortable and it takes me awhile to calm down and I would have to switch to my right to sleep
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Dr. Rajni Sharma
Cardiologist
21 yrs exp
Delhi
As you said your haemoglobin is on lower side that may lead to high output state for heart that means heart needs to pump rigeous than normal to combat low haemoglobin in blood. This may be felt as pounding heart by the pt. When she/ he lies on left side where heart comes nearer to the chest
Next Steps
Needs cardiologist consultation once and 2D Echo to be done
Health Tips
East more of fruits vegetables, dry fruits, jaggery etc. to combat your low haemoglobin along with iron tablets or syp. as supplements
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