Question:
is rapid heartbeat bad?
anonymous
55 years ago
is rapid heartbeat bad?
Twelve answers:
holler
8 years ago
I Have A Fast Heartbeat
anonymous
9 years ago
People can only speculate. There is no way to know for sure until a specialist examines you. If your symptoms worsen, go to the Emergency Room. They will give you an EKG, blood tests and possibly an echo cardiogram to find out what the issue is. The reasons are countless.
anonymous
9 years ago
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gangadharan nair
16 years ago
Consult a cardiologist, if your pulse rate exceeds 100 beats per minute.

Sometimes you have to undergo Holter monitor test.

In medicine, a Holter monitor (also called an ambulatory electrocardiography device), named after its inventor, Dr. Norman J. Holter, is a portable device for continuously monitoring the electrical activity of the heart for 24 hours or more. Its extended recording period is sometimes useful for observing occasional cardiac arrhythmias that would be difficult to identify in a shorter period of time. For patients having more transient symptoms, a cardiac event monitor which can be worn for a month or more can be used.
marko
16 years ago
Your Dr. has medicine for your problem. Get a checkup.
Spencer
16 years ago
If there is something wrong with you, it is probably easily treatable. Go to a doctor and tell him your symptoms, ask if there are any medications available to treat them. It sounds like you may have tachycardia, and the doctor may prescribe you a beta blocker/calcium channel blocker and probably an anticoagulant. There is a chance that the electrical signal in your heart is taking a path other than the one it was intended to take (rather than the SA node running it, it may be stuck in a different rhythm controlled by the AV node or an alternate electrical loop). If this is the case, the doctor may prescribe a good potassium channel blocker to put it back into rhythm (and alleviate symptoms so you can exercise) or perform a precedure that "shocks" it back into the right loop (sounds worse than it is). If putting it back into the right rhythm is too much for you he may just stick to slowing down the rate of the beat with medication. Or I could be totally wrong and you may just need anxiety medication. Anyway, treating this all starts with talking to a doctor.
Stace
16 years ago
You seem to be stressed and get stressed easily. Try to relax -- all the worrying can cause a faster heartbeat.



Does your heart beat fast even when you're at rest? Do you have any pain associated with the fast heart beat? If so, you should probably see your doctor - and when you see him or her, try to relax. Don't be afraid of them, they are trying to help you. Relax so they can see your heart under normal conditions.
♥Isabelle Lightwood♥
16 years ago
I think that you aren't relaxing as much as a normal (sorry) person would. Just relax, but don't get too lazy. >.> I'm not sure if it's bad. Sorry. :(
?
16 years ago
Oh wow baby you need some professional advice!

Good luck with that!
orion
16 years ago
first of all, i don't think you have any heart problem. the signs of heart problem are rarely faster heart beat!! I am a medical student and had anxiety myself, now am older and healthy. I laugh when i remeber that. I felt exactly are feeling....i would dial the 911 thinking i was going to have a heart attack, or brain cancer,, generally i felt something was wrong...i was scared of doctors, reading about the heart problems, ....so many things!I even lost track of reality..felt confused, etc



eventually, i realized two years had passed and i wasn't dead yet, and I did not have any heart attack, so I saw a doctor!after an ECG, EEG. he told me i had anxiety! After couselling and some drugs it was completely gone.



anxiety is a common problem, your heart paces when you get scared or anxious. this an adrenaline rush, usually, this is not bad but it can make you really uncomfortable....and affect how you eat, your social life, which sucks! but dont worry about it much, it's not dangerous, unless you have high blood pressure or other complications already.



by the way, most people with anxiety tend to feel as if they are having heart attacks, lack of breath, feel pain in the chest and ribs, faint, heart pacing, or sometimes they listen to the heart and think its gonna stop....this is just adrenaline effect.

sometimes people with aniety feel as though the heart has really stopped beating and they slowly dying, mixed with the faint feeling.....this can scare the hell out you!



the truth is there absolutely nothing wrong with the heart, infact the heart is doing it's job when it goes faster during the anxiety....meaning it's healthy- eventually it goes back to normal when you relax!!



anxiety is caused by chemical imbalace in your body, which is easily treated.



please see a doctor soon, don't be scared at all.....I assume you are young!!! most young people DO NOT have heart problems....if you had a heart problem, trust me....everyone would know. this is because heart problems have severe symptoms!!



exercising also makes your heart pace faster, which is normal, now when you have the anxiety....you feel as if the heart is running out of the chest. do not get scared, your body is made such that it will counteract this. Just have a sit and relax for a while until you feel better.



caffeine stimulates your body, makes you alert. it is thus not good to take caffeine, because you can't really relax.



one more thing, adrenaline is more during the times , approxiamtely 10pm at night to 10am in the morning(when you are about to sleep and after you wake up) this is normal.therefore people often feel anxious in the evening or in the morning.



stress can also increase anxiety. stress can be managed by drugs, but you very young. When you get older stress goes away....in most cases.



That's it, so see a doctor and get to your fitness soon, I HOPE THAT I DIDN'T SCARE YOU. take care buddy!
Bubba M
16 years ago
Staring in 1st grade i had a rapid heart beat...to fast....it took me 2 years to finally catch it and record it...so in 3rd grade i had a surgery and they sent tubes up my thighs and shocked my heart to slow it down...so now i'm fine....running is healthy...keep running...and if it goes to fast go the the doctor or fire station and record it...give it to the doctor...hopefully they will recommend something...hopefully...
?
16 years ago
idk sorry


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