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| A normal heart rate should be between 60 and 100. What are you calling high and are there any symptoms related? Short of breath, sweaty, dizzy? If so whoever it is with the high heart rate needs to go to the Emergency department.
Susan |
| Normal varies too depending on age, if you mean an adult, or a child, infants have very fast heart rates.
Also depends on whether you mean a human or a dog? |
| At rest 60-80 BPM
Light excercise 60 - 100 BPM will go higher with a lot of exercise ie jogging. (hubby was a paramedic  ) |
| ok Human adult. I did avarage about 70 beats now its at 127 |
What you doing at the moment ? (or maybe i shouldn't ask  ) |
| not to much but it is even high in the morning |
| Hubby says it shouldn't be too high on the morning .Considering it used to average 70 and now it's 127 he says you should get it checked out just to be on the safe side. |
| heartrates vary with age and level of exercise, the ones given above are average. 100+ for extended periods of time is referred to as tachicardia, which means "frickin fast" (haha) prolonged periods of tachicardia can lead to the stretching of the left ventricle of the heart. This causes the left ventricle to beat slower than the atria, causing a 'murmur' which is often harmful. Prolonged time with a murmur creates a greater risk of a miocardial infarction, AKA heart attack.
my resting heartrate is close to 45 though, which many consider dangerously low. So, in the end, what is bad and what is liveable are totally different things. |
| Ed, are you an athlete?
Bradycardia, or slow heart rate (below 60) often occurs in well trained athletes. Didn't Lance Armstrong have a heart rate around 35-45?? I know slow heart rates can be caused by other means, my mother's is around 55. For her it is age and heart disease related. Too fast, too slow, both need to be monitored by a doctor. |
SheepieBoss wrote: Too fast, too slow, both need to be monitored by a doctor.
or i can just revel in it haha, it means i can play racquetball for freakin ever and even then my pulse is just about 100 |
Ed wrote: SheepieBoss wrote: Too fast, too slow, both need to be monitored by a doctor. or i can just revel in it haha, it means i can play racquetball for freakin ever and even then my pulse is just about 100 Maybe we could get a heart monitor. Assess the heart rate during a test, like accounting 
Bet it speeds up a little |
zahra wrote: Ed wrote: SheepieBoss wrote: Too fast, too slow, both need to be monitored by a doctor. or i can just revel in it haha, it means i can play racquetball for freakin ever and even then my pulse is just about 100 Maybe we could get a heart monitor. Assess the heart rate during a test, like accounting Bet it speeds up a little it goes faster when i see Heather's posts. 
 hahahahahahhahah
sorry couldn;t help myself |
Ed wrote: zahra wrote: Ed wrote: SheepieBoss wrote: Too fast, too slow, both need to be monitored by a doctor. or i can just revel in it haha, it means i can play racquetball for freakin ever and even then my pulse is just about 100 Maybe we could get a heart monitor. Assess the heart rate during a test, like accounting Bet it speeds up a little it goes faster when i see Heather's posts. hahahahahahhahahsorry couldn;t help myself A good sense of humor is a credit |
zahra wrote: A good sense of humor is a credit What about Ed's? |
| My resting pulse is between 54 and 80. For a few months it was in the 100 range.
Joan's rate once went to 160, it was a problem.  But she's feeling much better now.
Anxiety does all sorts of nasty things. Loss of sleep, rapid heart rate among them. Just worrying about your heart rate will increase your heart rate. Take yourself down to the clinic and get checked out, be sure to remind everyone what you insurance status is before they do a test or hook you up to a monitor, as heart monitors and such can be expensive. |
| Tachycardia can also be from dehydration, as well as all the above mentioned things. If it persists, it shoiuld be checked out. Good luck! |
| As a Cardiac Nurse I can tell you that I have seen a wide variation in "normal" pulse. Textbook Sinus Rhythm (normal) is 60-100. ANything higher is considered Tachycardia and anything lower is Bradycardia.
That being said an individuals "normal" can vary from that range. The important word here is "normal". Which means that if "normal" for you is 110 and suddenly you consistently have a heart rate of 60 you could have a problem. Conversely if you consistently have a hear rate that is 60-70 and it is suddenly CONSISTENTLY over 100 you could have a problem. Your heart rate is influenced by many things, internal and external. Stress and anxiety can raise your heart rate significantly as can caffeine. A slight fever will raise your heart rate as your body pumps blood around in an attempt to cool itself. WHich means that if it is extremely hot outside your resting heart rate may be higher than normal. Increasecheart rates can be dangerous or even lethal. Ventricular Tachycardia, a rhythm which originates in the lower chambers of the heart, is a very serious rhythm. BUT the rate for VT is generally 180-250. Supraventricular Tachycardia can also be very bothersome (but not lethal), it is a rhythm that comes from the upper chambers of the heart (the atria). An SVT is almost always at a rate over 150 and can be sustained or intermittant. Atrial Fibrillation is a disorganized rhythm of the upper chambers that can cause a high ventricular response. The top chambers of the heart are beating at a faster rate than the bottom but every beat doesn't go through. The resulting "heart rate" is usually 100-150. This rhythm is significantly serious and should be treated immediately. So a heart rate of 127 falls in that no mans land, it could mean something or it could mean nothing. If your heart rate is "normally" 60 or 70 and it is now CONSISTENLY 127 you should certainly be evaluated by a physicain. If it is/was an isolated incident there are many fairly benign causes. If you have started or stopped a medication, changed your diet, are coming down with a virus, had too much caffeine, are upset about something, ARE DEHYDRATED, are in menopause, have a thyroid problem or any of a long list of other things your heart rate can be effected. Bottem line is if you don't feel "right" or if you are light headed or dizzy, or your heart beat is irregular you should be evaluated by a medical professional. |
| Ginny, you forgot to mention the effect that oes.org members have on my heart rate |
| There's that too |
Ron wrote: Ginny, you forgot to mention the effect that oes.org members have on my heart rate
I ALREADY MADE THAT JOKE!  |
| It was funny the first AND second time!!! |
Ed wrote: I ALREADY MADE THAT JOKE! Yours was filled with longing, lust, passion, pining, thirst, urge and yearning. Mine was filled with the warmth of humanity.*
*That's my story, and I'm sticking with it. |
Ron wrote: Ed wrote: I ALREADY MADE THAT JOKE! Yours was filled with longing, lust, passion, pining, thirst, urge and yearning. Mine was filled with the warmth of humanity.**That's my story, and I'm sticking with it. you forgot 'awesomeness' which my post was also chock full of. |
| I was gonna say something simlilar to Ginny..
Simply put High, Low depends on what your usual heart rate is. If you have had 70 normally and if it's now 126.. and continues to be at that rate you should get it checked out. If not and goes back to your normal rate, it could be from various reasons, like anxiety, also... some over the counter medications can do that.... like I once took claritin for my allergies around 7pm and when I woke up in the morning I was light headed and my heart rate was really high until noon... |
| What about if your heart just "flips out" once in a while? Once in a while, it just goes bonkers fluttering around for several seconds. I notice it's usually when I'm doing something quiet like reading or watching TV. It's done this for as long as I can remember. I kinda remember hearing something about palpitations (?) once and wondering it it was that..... |
| Most likely either a run of Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVC's) or a short run of SVT. Palpitations are common in women and usually benign but should be evaluated by your physician. |
Tasker's Mom wrote: Most likely either a run of Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVC's) or a short run of SVT. Palpitations are common in women and usually benign but should be evaluated by your physician.
if they come only when reading my posts, or looking at ron's tick photo, then it's perfectly natural, we have that effect you know. |
OF COURSE ED!!! |
| It's the olive skin of mine. Drives the women crazy, can't help it... it's part of the curse --and the blessing-- of the Kavorka. |
Ed wrote: it goes faster when i see Heather's posts. hahahahahahhahahsorry couldn;t help myself haha, i dont know how i missed this before. |
Lil Walty wrote: Ed wrote: it goes faster when i see Heather's posts. hahahahahahhahahsorry couldn;t help myself haha, i dont know how i missed this before. here it goes
phew. |
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