A pulse is called high, which, when measured at rest, is 100 or more beats per minute. At the same time, you do not worry at the time of measurement, you do not measure the pulse immediately after physical activity, you have normal body temperature, you are not pregnant (during pregnancy, the pulse increases, but should not be more than 110 beats per minute at rest).
If there is one of the above, do not panic, do not call everyone familiar with the question: “High pulse - what to do?”, And measure the pulse after half an hour, or in case of high temperature after it drops. Moreover, you need to count the pulse first for 15 seconds, and then at least a minute in order to understand if there is an arrhythmia or not. If not, then the result obtained in 15 seconds and multiplied by 4 coincides with that which you counted in a minute.
Pathological causes of high pulse:
1) Intoxication: you have a fever and / or there are other signs of an infectious disease (cough, runny nose, shortness of breath).
2) Increased work of the thyroid gland (thyrotoxicosis), which can be with its various diseases, including cancer.
3) Loss of fluid: diarrhea, bleeding, ascites (accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity due to cirrhosis). In these cases, you don’t need to look for the answer to the question “high pulse - what to do,” but to call an ambulance (especially in case of uterine or intestinal bleeding), while at the same time recovering a small amount from the water lost by ingestion (concerns bleeding, as it can need an operation). With diarrhea, you need to drink as much as possible. In these two cases, taking drugs that lower the pulse will only hurt.
4) Heart disease.
5) Anemia. In this case, it is also impossible to reduce the pulse, since this is a reaction to the fact that there is little oxygen carrier in the blood - hemoglobin.
6) Excess blood potassium or magnesium deficiency.
You have a high pulse. What to do if you don’t know the reason, but don’t have any blood or fluid loss?
1. Call an ambulance.
2. Drink a few tablets or 30 drops of alcohol solution of valerian, you can replace motherwort, but do not take the drug "Glycid", as you may have low pressure, and it reduces it even more.
3. Put a Validol tablet under the tongue or drip a drop of Valocordin.
4. Drink a tablet of Magne B6.
If the ambulance takes a long time, or there is no way to call it, and you have a high pulse, what should you do then?
1) Sit closer to fresh air, measure blood pressure.
2) Inhale deeply and strain on exhalation.
3) If the pulse is very high (more than 180 beats per minute), you need to cough to avoid atrial fibrillation.
4) Press on the eyeballs.
5) Press firmly on the hole in the bend of the left hand where the hand goes into the forearm, and holding this place, hold for about a minute.
6) Massage the lateral surfaces of the neck (where the pulsation of the carotid arteries is felt).
7) If there is Anaprilin, take it under the tongue (so that it is 20-40 mg: it is either 2-4 tablets of 10 mg, or 0.5-1 tablets if it contains 40 mg).
If you have arrhythmia, what should I do?
If by arrhythmia you mean irregular contractions of the heart, you need to calculate it within a minute. If the frequency is high (more than 100 beats per minute), you need to call an ambulance. While she is traveling, a drunk tablet of the medicine “Cordaron” or “Anaprilin” taken under the tongue in a dosage of 20-40 mg will help. If this is not your first episode, and you have already taken something at the same time (for example, Amlodipine, Digoxin, or ATP-Long), drink
habitual drug.
What to take at high pressure?
Antihypertensive drugs should be selected by a doctor, preferably in a hospital, where a clear monitoring of your pressure is possible. But as an ambulance, if the pressure is above 160/110 mm Hg, you can use drugs such as “Kaptopress” (1 tablet under the tongue), “Enalapril” (drink 10 mg, if there is no effect in an hour - still 10 mg).
If the pulse is more than 65 beats per minute, you can take the following drugs: Anaprilin, Corvitol, and Fenigidin.