An increased pulse is also called tachycardia. Tachycardia is not a separate disease, but a symptom of many diseases. A heart beat is considered to be more rapid than 80 beats per minute while lying down and 100 beats when standing.
Increased heart rate. Causes.
The causes of tachycardia are:
- Overweight.
- Stressful situations.
- Lowering blood pressure.
- Adrenaline rush.
- Lack of vitamins.
- Cardiovascular diseases.
- Physical activity.
- Fever.
- Endocrine Disorders
- The action of coffee, strong tea, cigarettes.
- Excitement.
Increased heart rate: dangerous symptoms.
There are cases when a visit to the doctor can no longer be postponed:
- If the rapid pulse bothers even without physical exertion.
- If the heart rate does not return to normal within five minutes from the end of the physical activity.
- If in a calm state, when there is no physical activity or emotional factors, the pulse rate is 100 beats per minute or more.
How to lower the pulse?
There are many methods to calm an increased pulse:
- If the heartbeat became more frequent during physical activity, it is enough to reduce the load or stop (the main thing is not to do it abruptly, for example, if the problem arose while jogging, you should go to a slow step and then stop) and sit down. The pulse should slow down for 5 minutes
- If tachycardia arose in the absence of any factors, it is worth sitting down, breathing deeply, drinking a glass of cool water, alternating pharynx with breaths. After the health condition improves, you should immediately consult a doctor.
- People who are aware of their malaise should immediately drink their prescribed medication, for example, valocardin, corvalol, valoserdine, motherwort tincture, and then call their doctor for advice.
- Do not forget about acupressure, which is often no less effective than drugs. It is necessary to massage the part of the neck where the pulsation of the carotid artery is visible , because an important nerve also passes in this place, which can slow the pulse at a reflex level.
- Sometimes a simple coughing and tingling of the nose helps a lot. Exposure to muscles and important points, which can stop anxiety
- You can lower your face for a few seconds in a container of cold water.
- Squatting is a good way to relax your muscles, and your abdominal muscles should be tight.
- If all of the above methods do not help, you need to urgently consult a doctor, call an ambulance and continue treatment in a hospital under the supervision of qualified specialists.
Increased heart rate : how to prevent?
- If a person is overweight, then the load on the heart is maximum, so you should free your "motor" from additional obstacles and lose unnecessary kilograms. If to do this on your own is not always possible, you should consult a doctor - an endocrinologist and a nutritionist. Doctors will determine what problems exist in your body and suggest ways to solve them.
- It is necessary to establish nutrition. If you eat healthy food, there is less risk of tachycardia. It will be useful for any person to exclude coffee, strong tea, fatty foods from their diet - they negatively affect not only the heart, but also the whole organism.
- It is not even worth talking about the dangers of smoking. Now even in packs it is written that cigarettes are the main enemies of humanity. They cause problems with the cardiovascular system, and also cause irreparable harm to the entire body.
- The ability to relax is sometimes a key point in the fight against tachycardia, and with many other dangerous diseases. You can do auto-training (i.e., self-hypnosis), this is useful for all organ systems.