Several things can cause heart palpitations and headaches to occur together, including low blood pressure, dehydration, and diet. Some conditions may require treatment, but the symptoms can pass on their own.
Heart palpitations are heartbeats that are more noticeable. For example, they can cause a pounding or fluttering feeling.
Headaches cause pain in the head, face, or neck.
Heart palpitations and headaches can occur together. This article will discuss several possible causes of this and how to treat them.
Medications
Some medications, including vasodilators and the calcium channel blocker nifedipine, can cause both headaches and heart palpitations as side effects.
Anyone who experiences these side effects from taking medications can talk with their doctor about trying other approaches.
Dehydration
Dehydration occurs when the body does not contain enough fluids or water, which it needs to function well.
Water is essential for bodily cells to function correctly. The body loses water through breathing, sweating, and urinating. When levels drop too low, however, it causes feelings of thirst.
Dehydration can cause a person to experience both heart palpitations and headaches.
Staying dehydrated can also cause other symptoms, including:
- a decrease in the volume of urine
- dark urine
- a dry mouth
- tiredness
- dizziness
- weakness
- an increased heart rate
- dry skin
- no sweating
- fever
- loss of consciousness
Treatment
Treatment for dehydration involves replacing fluids, as well as identifying the cause of the fluid loss.
Consuming water will treat most cases of dehydration. In more serious cases, however, intravenous fluids may be necessary.