What is the feeling of heart palpitations? Is it related to heart disease? Teach you how to self-test

 Do you know the feeling of heart palpitations? The heartbeat seems to miss a beat, there is a feeling of being empty, or suddenly the heartbeat becomes very fast, and the beating is not regular, I don’t know what will happen in the next second, I feel helpless, and People may even have chest pain.

Some people feel that it is only a moment, and it will be better after that, but some people will feel uncomfortable for a while, and it may even lead to some more serious consequences. Heart palpitations must be disturbing. Many people worry that they have a heart attack, so they go to the hospital for an examination, but nothing is found.

Is heart palpitations related to heart disease?

To answer this question, we must first understand what causes palpitations.

1. Strenuous exercise

If a person who does not usually exercise very much suddenly goes out and runs fast, his heart will be under very heavy pressure in a short tim

e in order to supply blood to the whole body. If he can't adapt, his heart rhythm is easily abnormal, and we will feel palpitations. . When this kind of feeling occurs, the most important thing is to stop, give the heart a recovery period, wait until the heartbeat is stable, and then slowly enter the state of exercise.

2. High tension

If we are about to face an important interview or meeting, our heartbeat will accelerate before the start. Because at this time our sympathetic nerve excitability is strengthened, at this time our body will be regulated by neurohumoral, the heart will be affected by the regulation, the contractility will increase, and the heart rate will become faster.

3. Heart disease

Palpitation may be related to heart disease, but the type of heart disease is different, and the response to palpitations may also be different. The more common ones include arrhythmia, including tachycardia, arrhythmia, premature beats and so on. If the palpitations are caused by heart disease, you must always beware, because palpitations may be a precursor to a heart attack.

4. Other diseases

Palpitations are not necessarily caused by heart disease. If there are problems with other organs, it may also cause abnormal heartbeats and palpitations. For example, common fever, ischemic anemia, thyroid disease, and some cerebrovascular diseases can also cause palpitations. After all, the interconnection of the heart and brain blood vessels affects each other.

So, heart palpitations may be related to heart disease, but it may also be caused by strenuous exercise, high tension, and some other diseases. It is worth noting that although people with palpitations are more likely to be heart patients, people with myocarditis, pericarditis, arrhythmia and hypertension are more likely to have heart palpitations than normal people, so you need to be more careful.

"Self-test pulse method" to help you judge your condition

According to statistics, there are about 20 million people suffering from arrhythmia in China, and the number of people who die suddenly due to cardiac causes is as high as 540,000 every year. The problem of heart palpitations is already serious. If we do have heart palpitations, we must pay attention to it, try the self-test pulse method, and make a preliminary judgment on our own heart health, which can also help prevent the disease from getting worse.

Method: First of all, we must maintain a natural physical state and stable emotions. Then put our arms on the table and press the index and middle fingers of the other hand on the radial artery. Don't use too much force. Just wait until the pulse is pulsating. Then we calmed down, recorded the number of beats in 30 seconds, and then doubled, that is our one-minute pulse.

Under normal circumstances, our normal person’s pulse should be 60 to 100 beats per minute. If it is not in this range, we may face a slow heart rate or a fast heart rate. These people have a higher chance of having heart palpitations. Need attention.