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Hello, Yesterday I had an incident where after I lifted weights my heart rate would not drop. Well after ten minutes I panicked and had to go to the hospital in an ambulance where my pulse was 140/150 sustained and started to drop after about 15 minutes (25 minutes overall). BP 140/90. I had a yogurt in the morning and a banana to eat, and lately I have been noticing that I have begun getting panicky or had rapid heartbeat after lifting only. Typically it goes away but yesterday was different. My EKG was fine and my BP dropped to 131/75 within a half hour. I also have had some heart palpitations lately, and have not felt as strong at the gym. Havent really had shortness of breath or chest pains, although I think during one palpitation I had a slight pain in left chest. I am 33 years old 160 and physically active. Do you have any idea why only lifting would cause panic, and then this episode with my heart. I have an appointment Monday with a cardiologist but wanted to touch base firs
I can not tell for sure, but I may be because of doing a lot of heavy training at the gym, you need to take a rest for a week or 10 days and see if this heart beats come again.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Salah Saad Shoman, Internal Medicine Specialist
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Hello, I can not tell for sure, but I may be because of doing a lot of heavy training at the gym, you need to take a rest for a week or 10 days and see if this heart beats come again. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Salah Saad Shoman, Internal Medicine Specialist