Should I be concerned about Palpitations?

Professor Peters, another problem people have sometimes is palpitations, and what should these people do? Okay, so the first thing to say is that palpitations is a much used word and generally means completely different things to different people. So the first, the important thing is to understand what is meant by palpitations. I mean, I don't know if you can feel your heart beating. Most people can't feel their heart beating, but become aware of it at times. Technically, that is palpitations, even if the awareness they have is of a normal rate and rhythm. But what most people mean when they say palpitations is they feel an irregularity or a very rapid heart beating, and that can be abnormal and generally needs investigating. It has to be said that the sorts of palpitations that are fleeting and transient with the sensation with an extra beat or two every now and again are generally nothing to worry about, but even they can require investigating further because they may denote underlying heart disease. You recommend you should get investigated if it's becoming a regular occurrence? Yes, and in particular if there is any sense that there is a rhythm disturbance that has a moment of start and a moment of stop and continues for the period between and that is a recurrent thing. Thank you.