Heart palpitations is that uncomfortable sensation of noticing your own heartbeat. It’s an unpleasant feeling that the heart is either pounding, racing or beating in an odd way either with extra beats or skipped beats. Most people have these palpitations from time to time during their lifetime. Most of the time they are not serious, but a benign arrhythmia of the heart. They can be something serious when someone has them on a regular basis.If the palpitations occur more frequently than normal, your doctor should be told. He may order some tests including wearing a heart monitor for 24 hours. This way the doctor can study the monitor and will know what you were doing when the palpitations occurred.No matter how unusual or uncomfortable heart palpitations may be, they are very common symptom