Re: Heart Rate Panic
Hi Bellabum
I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling a little out of sorts at the moment. Bradycardia can be very alarming, especially to an anxious person, but I can assure you that many very healthy people have a heart rate under 60. In fact, most endurance athletes have a low heart rate, some as low as 30.
I obviously don't know your medical history, weight, fitness level, diet etc., but if you are not experiencing any other symptoms like dizzyness, breathlessness and chest pain, especially having been tested in the past, I would imagine that your heart is in good shape, and you don't have anything to worry about.
Low potassium levels in the body can also cause bradycardia, as can certain thyroid conditions, which can also cause exhaustion.
Your mothers internal pacemaker obviously wasn't working properly, hence the need for a pacemaker, but your physician would have been aware of this when doing the tests on your heart, and any faults with the wiring would have shown up straight away, so please don't worry about that.
Another thing, these home blood pressure kits can be very unreliable. If you take a reading 3 times in a row, I can almost guarantee you 3 completely different readings.
Hope this helps a bit.
House.
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