sinus tachie cardia?
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Sinus Tachycardia [Sinus Tach] is a fast (>100 beats per minute) version of normal sinus rhythm, the heart rhythm considered normal for most people.
Sinus Tach is the EFFECT of a CAUSE.
Something you are eating, drinking or otherwise doing is causing the rapid heart rate [HR]; it is a response not a disease.
Figuring out the cause and eliminating it will also eliminate this cardiac rhythm.
Causes include anything which has a stimulating effect on the body or that which the body is exposed to requiring a compensatory response (correction in an attempt to stabilize).
Examples include exercise (or other activity, including those which create stress or causes you to feel anxious, which places a demand on the body to furnish more oxygen to cells); caffeine (or other drug/herb/food or drink item having stimulant effects); and fever (which causes blood vessels to dilate (enlargen, therefore decreasing blood pressure [BP] which the body maintains by increasing the HR.
Think plumbing.
Blood has to get around. The heart (pump) is the primary mover but the blood vessels (pipes) must also remain a consistent size and the blood volume must be normal.
If blood volume is less (as from bleeding), the heart will pump faster and the pipes will constrict (become smaller) to get the blood around.
Likewise, if the pipes become dilated (such as by environmental heat, fever, or the adverse effects of a drug such as the nitroglycerin you take), without extra blood volume, the heart will have to beat faster to move what is available.
There is also the need for oxygen.
As the heart rate (significantly) increases, the heart has less time to fill with blood and therefore less blood to pump out. More work by the heart creates a greater DEMAND for oxygen. If the oxygen SUPPLY isn't available, the heart lets you know it's starving via some form of chest discomfort.
There are some conditions/diseases which create a fast HR, such as an overactive thyroid gland (responsible for regulating metabolism).
As you can see, there is a lot of factors which can affect the HR.
The (physicians') effort necessary to find the cause is likely dependent on the peak rate you maintain, in accordance with your history and overall physical condition (including how you present -other signs/symptoms).
Yes, there are drugs which can slow the heart rate BUT if the heart should slow on its own because you somehow stop doing what is causing it to run fast, the drugs will slow a normal heart rate, perhaps to the point of creating another problem (low BP).
Forget about applying pressure to the jugular vein; the author actually means applying pressure somewhere else, though this technique can be a quick but temporary fix but has no application for you.
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try pressure on the jugular vein
Sinus tachycardia is normal in young people. How old are you? As long as the rhythm is normal and steady, there should be no problem.
Avoid smoking, eat low fat, low cholesterol diet, exercise regulary under supervision of physician, get adequate rest, keep weight under control, practice stress reduction.
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