Weird "Slow" Heart Rhythm- Why?!
Question: Weird "Slow" Heart Rhythm- Why!?
OK, well here's what happened!.
I'm 15 years old, 110 pounds and 5'7" (just background)!. I am in decent shape and run miles pretty well (average is about 6:08)!. Last year I was having some odd heart palpitations after running sprints in track, in which my heart would seem to skip, and I'd feel very weak for a while sometimes!. Cardiologist checked it out and said everything was just fine, so I assumed I was just not in shape enough to do them without stuff like that!.!.!.
Well today in P!.E!. our coach had us run a very short distance (perhaps 100m)!. I took off fast, but noticed something felt weird in my "heart" area!. It was as if nothing was there at all!. When I stopped and put my finger where my heart was it was beating very slowly, probably 2/3 of my resting heart rate (which I believe is around 68BPM)!. I was getting afraid because obviously if I sprinted my heart rate should go up, not down!.!.!. I started to get slightly dizzy (it's hard to remember too much because I started to panic) and after about 45 seconds of this slow heart beat I started to tell my coach!. A few seconds later my heart rate instantly jumped back up to the much much quicker rate I'd expect afterwards!. After class when my coach told me to go to the nurse, she said my blood pressure was perfect and my pulse something like 75BPM which was fine!.
So!.!.!. um!.!.!. anyone know what to make of this!? Was it some freak heart rhythm I shouldn't worry about!? I mean it did last quite a bit!. My heart seems to have been beating more or less normally (I did note that it was beating "different" when I had my hand on it though I don't know what that was)!.
Thanks for your help!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
I'm 15 years old, 110 pounds and 5'7" (just background)!. I am in decent shape and run miles pretty well (average is about 6:08)!. Last year I was having some odd heart palpitations after running sprints in track, in which my heart would seem to skip, and I'd feel very weak for a while sometimes!. Cardiologist checked it out and said everything was just fine, so I assumed I was just not in shape enough to do them without stuff like that!.!.!.
Well today in P!.E!. our coach had us run a very short distance (perhaps 100m)!. I took off fast, but noticed something felt weird in my "heart" area!. It was as if nothing was there at all!. When I stopped and put my finger where my heart was it was beating very slowly, probably 2/3 of my resting heart rate (which I believe is around 68BPM)!. I was getting afraid because obviously if I sprinted my heart rate should go up, not down!.!.!. I started to get slightly dizzy (it's hard to remember too much because I started to panic) and after about 45 seconds of this slow heart beat I started to tell my coach!. A few seconds later my heart rate instantly jumped back up to the much much quicker rate I'd expect afterwards!. After class when my coach told me to go to the nurse, she said my blood pressure was perfect and my pulse something like 75BPM which was fine!.
So!.!.!. um!.!.!. anyone know what to make of this!? Was it some freak heart rhythm I shouldn't worry about!? I mean it did last quite a bit!. My heart seems to have been beating more or less normally (I did note that it was beating "different" when I had my hand on it though I don't know what that was)!.
Thanks for your help!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
You need to have a stress test where you are hooked up to ecg leads and on a treadmill!.!. A heart rate of 68 is not slow, but it should be higher if you are running!. What did your heart increase to you don't state!. Your Dr!.should order a holter monitor for you regardless so there is documentation of your heart rhythm!. I don't think you should be running until your Dr!. gets to the bottom of this, take care, Donna I just went back and read your previous questions, what does your Dr!.say about your short PR interval, and no it's not always normal as the responder to your question has written, you need those tests done and if anything is discovered you should be referred to a cardiac electrophysiologist for his interpretation of things, and I don't think you should be running until you get the all clear from a cardiologist, take care DonnaWww@Answer-Health@Com
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