i have an extremely high heart rate what does this mean?!


Question: I have an extremely high heart rate what does this mean?
my heart rate has been very high since 2 days ago, i woke up 2 days ago and my heart was pounding hard (300 BPM) it has been beating this hard constantly for the last 2 days, what does this mean and how can i get it to stop. i dont have enough money to get checked out at the doctor and i dont know any doctors so plz tell me what to do.

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I sincerely doubt your 300 beats per minute estimate. Tachycardia can be extremely dangerous.

Taking this at face value, it sounds like VT. Ventricular tachycardia (VT or V-tach) is a potentially life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia that originates in the ventricles. It is usually a regular, wide complex tachycardia with a rate between 120 and 250 beats per minute. Ventricular tachycardia has the potential of degrading to the more serious ventricular fibrillation. Ventricular tachycardia is a common, and often lethal, complication of a myocardial infarction (heart attack).

Whatever type of tachycardia you have, it is something that you _must_ get checked out - it is a medical emergency, go to the ER.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachycardia


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