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Heart Rate
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I am male, 82, and have always been very fit and active with no serious medical problems.
My slight Hypertension is managed with Lansoprosol.
I check my blood pressure 2-3 times a week with a good monitor and my heart rate has always been between 59 -63 bpm and very strong Last week it recorded 95 bpm and in subsequent recordings never got below 82 ! Using my carotid artery the beat is fast for 4-5 beats and then pauses. What on earth could have happened ? I have a doc's appt next week.
By the way, I don't feel any different apart from very slight breathlessness.
Cheers.
D
My slight Hypertension is managed with Lansoprosol.
I check my blood pressure 2-3 times a week with a good monitor and my heart rate has always been between 59 -63 bpm and very strong Last week it recorded 95 bpm and in subsequent recordings never got below 82 ! Using my carotid artery the beat is fast for 4-5 beats and then pauses. What on earth could have happened ? I have a doc's appt next week.
By the way, I don't feel any different apart from very slight breathlessness.
Cheers.
D
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59 to 63 bpm is quite low (although not alarmingly so). Around 80 bpm is considered 'normal' (if there is such a thing), with quite a bit of variation not being unusual. (My own resting heart rate is usually in the low 80s but it's been anywhere between 77 and 97 over the past few weeks).
Fitness trainers generally regard an athlete's resting heart rate as largely irrelevant anyway, regarding the time it takes for the rate to fall back to that level after exercise as a far better indication of fitness.
So the raw figures you've been seeing don't, in themselves, seem to be a cause for concern. The arrhythmia clearly needs investigating though. While you're waiting for your GP appointment, here's some general info on the subject:
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Fitness trainers generally regard an athlete's resting heart rate as largely irrelevant anyway, regarding the time it takes for the rate to fall back to that level after exercise as a far better indication of fitness.
So the raw figures you've been seeing don't, in themselves, seem to be a cause for concern. The arrhythmia clearly needs investigating though. While you're waiting for your GP appointment, here's some general info on the subject:
https:/
well you have lasted very well Der'
( sorry using the Darzet short name)
Lansoprazole or lisinopril - doesnt much matter.
If your pulse is 60 then a beta-blocker would be involved. (my pulse is frequently around 90 and I get comments like - "time to start taking your beta blockers peter!")
if it is zooping up - and you dont say if it is irregular or not then it is likely that you are getting AF - which as the panel says is very very common at your age ( at least 30%)
which is intermittent to start with and then one day it stays and doesnt zoop back
GP will sort it out - a few of us have it as a few of us are er older than 70 - if you have had a ministroke ( I have) then he will start you on rivarozaban ( anti clog ) which I really DO advise you to take
( sorry using the Darzet short name)
Lansoprazole or lisinopril - doesnt much matter.
If your pulse is 60 then a beta-blocker would be involved. (my pulse is frequently around 90 and I get comments like - "time to start taking your beta blockers peter!")
if it is zooping up - and you dont say if it is irregular or not then it is likely that you are getting AF - which as the panel says is very very common at your age ( at least 30%)
which is intermittent to start with and then one day it stays and doesnt zoop back
GP will sort it out - a few of us have it as a few of us are er older than 70 - if you have had a ministroke ( I have) then he will start you on rivarozaban ( anti clog ) which I really DO advise you to take
Ooops! I have just noticed this in your OP.
"Using my carotid artery the beat is fast for 4-5 beats and then pauses."
This puts a different light on the situation, as if these pauses come at irregular intervals, it supports my first post that your left ventricle (heart) is beginning to show some strain due to your hypertension.
Still no big deal or anything to worry about, but an ECG (heart test) will be necessary.
"Using my carotid artery the beat is fast for 4-5 beats and then pauses."
This puts a different light on the situation, as if these pauses come at irregular intervals, it supports my first post that your left ventricle (heart) is beginning to show some strain due to your hypertension.
Still no big deal or anything to worry about, but an ECG (heart test) will be necessary.
Many thanks to you all.
Re my low heart rate. In my younger day I had a very standard of fitness and continued in sporting activities into my 70s. I was a PE teacher for 25 years and am still employed by a local education authority. My heart rate was always low ( 50bpm in my prime) so 63 doesn't surprise me.
And my mistake, I meant Losartin, not Lansoprosol. Sorry.
Thanks again.
D
Re my low heart rate. In my younger day I had a very standard of fitness and continued in sporting activities into my 70s. I was a PE teacher for 25 years and am still employed by a local education authority. My heart rate was always low ( 50bpm in my prime) so 63 doesn't surprise me.
And my mistake, I meant Losartin, not Lansoprosol. Sorry.
Thanks again.
D
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