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When To Call a Professional

Call your doctor if your pulse is below 60 beats per minute. This is especially important if you have dizziness, weakness, lack of energy or fainting spells.

Forecast

In well-trained athletes with bradycardia, slow beats are often the sign of overall good health. In people with bradycardia, the prognosis depends on the underlying problem. For example, the prognosis is usually good for people with hypothyroidism because the thyroid hormone therapy can relieve bradycardia and other symptoms related to low hormone levels. Read the rest of this entry »

Prevention

There are no guidelines for preventing all forms of bradycardia. When bradycardia occurs as a side effect of medication, the problem can be prevented by changing the medication or reducing the dose.

Treatment

In most cases, bradycardia in healthy athletes and need not be trained. In fact, in most people, bradycardia does not require treatment unless patients have symptoms that are clearly caused by a slow heartbeat. The following are conditions that produce bradycardia needing treatment:

- Cardiac arrhythmias resulting from sinus node dysfunction: in people with severe symptoms and frequent sinus node dysfunction, the main treatment is usually a permanent pacemaker, an implanted device that generates electrical impulses to regulate heartbeats. Read the rest of this entry »

Your doctor will ask about your family history of heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias and episodes of fainting Your doctor will check’s symptoms and medical history, including medications and that could cause bradycardia.

During the physical examination, the doctor will monitor your heart rate and rhythm, as well as your pulse. You may have to do squats or other exercises to the doctor to see if your heart rate usually increases when the heart demands more work. Your doctor will also look for physical signs of malfunction of the thyroid, including thyroid gratified, very dry skin and fine hair and dry. Read the rest of this entry »

Symptoms

Bradycardia can cause dizziness, weakness, lack of energy or fainting spells.

If bradycardia is caused by a disease, the more symptoms associated with this disease. For example, people with bradycardia due to severe hypothyroidism may also have constipation, muscle cramps, weight gain (often despite poor appetite), very dry, dry, fine hair, abnormal sensitivity to cold temperatures and other symptoms related to low thyroid hormone levels. Read the rest of this entry »

Bradycardia is a slow heart rate, less than 60 beats per minute. Typically 60 to 100 beats per minute.
This is what happens during a normal heartbeat: the electrical signal that starts a heartbeat comes from the heart’s sinus node, the natural pacemaker located in the upper right atrium. From the sinus node, the heartbeat signal travels to the atrioventricular or “AV node” located between the atria and through the bundle of His (pronounced “hiss”), a group of muscle fibers of the heart that lies between the ventricles , to the muscles of the ventricles. This triggers a contraction of the ventricles and produces a heartbeat.

Bradycardia, even with only 50 beats per minute may be normal in athletes and others who are physically active. In these people, regular exercise improves the heart’s ability to pump blood effectively, so that it takes fewer contractions of the heart to meet the needs of the body. Read the rest of this entry »