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How To Treat Hyperventilation And Increased Heart Rate Caused By Mild Valve Prolapse Which Started After A Fall?
Hi my name is Eman. I am a 23 year old female I want to give you the complete story so that you can understand my problem maybe better. In 2010 or 2011 I feel on my back and I started to hyperventilate, after a couple of months I started to have chest pains, my heartbeat is really fast, I get short breaths. My doctor had me do a lot of tests and found out I have a mild valve prolapse. I went to a heart doctor and asked him some questions he told me I can live normally with that for the rest of my life. But my heart rate is always fast, resting my heartbeat rate is over 90, I am a person who does not exercise at all. I have had a couple of episodes where I start to hyperventilate, or I get chest pain with really fast heartbeats. These symptoms get really bad mostly in the winter, when I am out side and walking to class my heart starts race and I get out of breath easily. I have had many tests done and they all come out with positive results, nothing shows. But I really want to know why I get chest pain, Fast heartbeats just sitting down. My heart also beats really fast before I go to bed and when I wake up it reaches about a 100. I also want to know about any medications that help this issue. Also is it true that with age my heart muscles will get weaker because of the fast beats? My doctor told me about medication that will make my heart go at a normal rate, but said it is my choice to take it now, but if fast heart rate weakens the heart with age shouldn't he be giving me medications to prevent this from happening. What should I do please. My email is YYYY@YYYY
Mon, 16 Dec 2013
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I really appreciate your problem I carefully red your story given here, the heart rate of your does not reach up to the danger level and will not reach to that level in future too, one thing you should be aware of this that the increasing of rate in cardiac elements is a positive feedback mechanism of heart and this is necessary for the heart to perform it to compensate the problem that you have(Otherwise your clinical condition would be worsen) like in your case, prolapse is there (Of course the name of the valve does not mentioned here), if you are trying to bring down the heart rate at lower side then this may jeopardise the condition, so this heart rate is normal for you according to your clinical condition called sinus tachycardia hope this answer will clear your doubt have nice day.
Thank for asking to HCM
I really appreciate your problem I carefully red your story given here, the heart rate of your does not reach up to the danger level and will not reach to that level in future too, one thing you should be aware of this that the increasing of rate in cardiac elements is a positive feedback mechanism of heart and this is necessary for the heart to perform it to compensate the problem that you have(Otherwise your clinical condition would be worsen) like in your case, prolapse is there (Of course the name of the valve does not mentioned here), if you are trying to bring down the heart rate at lower side then this may jeopardise the condition, so this heart rate is normal for you according to your clinical condition called sinus tachycardia hope this answer will clear your doubt have nice day.
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