Can you asess your own heart beat?? if so what am i listening for??!
Question: Can you asess your own heart beat!?!? if so what am i listening for!?!?
i have small concerns about my heart beat because i get these tachycardic episodes!.!.!.!.!.had an EKG done and that came out normal but they said that if i wasnt having an episode while they were testing then they had no way of knowing whether i had some sort of arrhythmia!. So what do i listen for during these attacks!?!? Maybe then id have a little more information for the doctor!?!?!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Get a heart rate!. Count beats for 15 seconds and multiply by four!. Also, get a blood pressure if possible!. Plus, try to determine if the tachycardia begins and ends abruptly, or if the heart gradually speeds up then down!.
There is a way to evaluate this!. It's with a 24 hour cardiac recording device caled a Holter monitor http://www!.heartsite!.com/html/holter!.htm!.!.!. that you wear for a day as it records all of your cardiac activity for the day!. This is then analyzed first by computer and then by your doctor!. There is also a thirty day version of this http://www!.wellmark!.com/e_business/provi!.!.!. !.Www@Answer-Health@Com
There is a way to evaluate this!. It's with a 24 hour cardiac recording device caled a Holter monitor http://www!.heartsite!.com/html/holter!.htm!.!.!. that you wear for a day as it records all of your cardiac activity for the day!. This is then analyzed first by computer and then by your doctor!. There is also a thirty day version of this http://www!.wellmark!.com/e_business/provi!.!.!. !.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Tachycardia is a rapid heart beat that occurs without stimili (ie working out, running etc) so you dont want to listen to your heart in less you have a stethiscope thats a pain in the *** feel the pulse on your wristWww@Answer-Health@Com