Am I okay to keep going?!
Question: Am I okay to keep going!?
I was at the gym this morning running on the treadmill when about 6 minutes in I begin to feel a horrible pain in my chest!. Once I stop running, I feel like I can't breathe and am going to pass out!. Prior to this, the machine rated my heart rate as 177 BPM!. After a while sitting down it went away, but I found myself extremely fatigued!. Prior to this happening I had just done my weight lifting circuit and some other CV activities on a cross trainer!. Did I just over work myself, or should I see a doctor about it!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Your heart rate is between 60 - 80 beats at rest (this can vary with age and general health state)!. Naturally your heart rate increases with exertion and exercise, because your muscles are working harder therefore require more oxygen flow to keep them going!. In order for this to happen your heart has to work much harder!.
However, if your heart is working too fast there will not be enough time during each heartbeat for the heart chambers to fill with blood before the next heartbeat takes place!. In essence your heart will be pumping extremely fast but not pushing an adequate supply of blood around your body!. This sounds roughly what you experienced, as a sign of acute lack of oxygen is extreme tiredness (which is what most people feel prior to a fainting episode, which is, after all, caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain)!.
An extremely high heart rate can cause ventricular tachycardia (where the lower chambers of the heart pump in an uncoordinated way and quiver like a jelly rather than a rythmic fashion)!. This is a potentially lethal consequence as there is a risk of cardiac arrest!. HOWEVER, this is the most extreme form of consequence from an exceptionally fast heart rate!.
I personally would avoid the gym and visit your doctor so you can have an ECG (electrocardiogram) - essentially a tracing of the electrical activity of your heart!. A simple painless procedure that involves placing electrodes on your chest and obtaining a graph print of the heart's activity!. This will help show if there has been any damage by this exertion!.
On a final note, while the electronic machines that register heart rate (and in some cases blood pressure) are good - they are not always very accurate - so I wouldn't be surprised to learn that your heart rate was actually lower than what the machine said it was!.
Jason, RNWww@Answer-Health@Com
However, if your heart is working too fast there will not be enough time during each heartbeat for the heart chambers to fill with blood before the next heartbeat takes place!. In essence your heart will be pumping extremely fast but not pushing an adequate supply of blood around your body!. This sounds roughly what you experienced, as a sign of acute lack of oxygen is extreme tiredness (which is what most people feel prior to a fainting episode, which is, after all, caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain)!.
An extremely high heart rate can cause ventricular tachycardia (where the lower chambers of the heart pump in an uncoordinated way and quiver like a jelly rather than a rythmic fashion)!. This is a potentially lethal consequence as there is a risk of cardiac arrest!. HOWEVER, this is the most extreme form of consequence from an exceptionally fast heart rate!.
I personally would avoid the gym and visit your doctor so you can have an ECG (electrocardiogram) - essentially a tracing of the electrical activity of your heart!. A simple painless procedure that involves placing electrodes on your chest and obtaining a graph print of the heart's activity!. This will help show if there has been any damage by this exertion!.
On a final note, while the electronic machines that register heart rate (and in some cases blood pressure) are good - they are not always very accurate - so I wouldn't be surprised to learn that your heart rate was actually lower than what the machine said it was!.
Jason, RNWww@Answer-Health@Com
Jake,
See a doctor immediately!. That sounds like a minor cardiac incident to me!.
HermesWww@Answer-Health@Com
See a doctor immediately!. That sounds like a minor cardiac incident to me!.
HermesWww@Answer-Health@Com
dude, dat sounds serious, id say go see a doctor!.!. to my understanding 177bpm is WAY too high
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