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cycloner29

cycloner29

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So I am one of those plasma donors. Well this morning I was going through the regular check things with temp, BP, heart rate, weight, etc and the guy next to me was getting his done and it was taking a lot longer than normal. They put the cuff on the other arm and did it again must have been similar as they had him go to another machine with the same results, I hear one of the techs say it was still over 160. They made him sit for 10 minutes where you can sit for 5 or 10 minutes if you have a reading out of the required range. Still after the 10 minutes he didn't pass and overheard the nurse say you better go see a doctor right away. Even whey I work out I have hard time getting a pulse that high. I can be like 100 for pulse one day and below 50 two days later. I would think if your resting heart rate was that high you BP would be fairly high also. They guy did not look like he was stressed, red faced, or anything, but dang 160 resting rate seems bad. The guy was not that big either. Anyone else have rate near that? I am normally around 70 range resting.
 
cycloner29 said:
So I am one of those plasma donors. Well this morning I was going through the regular check things with temp, BP, heart rate, weight, etc and the guy next to me was getting his done and it was taking a lot longer than normal. They put the cuff on the other arm and did it again must have been similar as they had him go to another machine with the same results, I hear one of the techs say it was still over 160. They made him sit for 10 minutes where you can sit for 5 or 10 minutes if you have a reading out of the required range. Still after the 10 minutes he didn't pass and overheard the nurse say you better go see a doctor right away. Even whey I work out I have hard time getting a pulse that high. I can be like 100 for pulse one day and below 50 two days later. I would think if your resting heart rate was that high you BP would be fairly high also. They guy did not look like he was stressed, red faced, or anything, but dang 160 resting rate seems bad. The guy was not that big either. Anyone else have rate near that? I am normally around 70 range resting.
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NOT A DOCTOR. But I know my father has Atrial Fibrillation and when his heart is arrhythmic (i.e. think of hiccups, but for your heart) his heart will race to get back 'in-rhythm', sometimes your body can clear this on it's own in a few minutes/hours, other times it cannot. My guess is this individual was experiencing a similar episode.

My resting heart rate is in the low 40's to 50's and I always get looks when someone takes my resting pulse.
 
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Definitely sounds like a blood pressure stat but my resting heart rate did go into the 120s when I had my blood clot. Normal is 70 give or take 5
 
frackincygy said:
NOT A DOCTOR. But I know my father has Atrial Fibrillation and when his heart is arrhythmic (i.e. think of hiccups, but for your heart) his heart will race to get back 'in-rhythm', sometimes your body can clear this on it's own in a few minutes/hours, other times it cannot. My guess is this individual was experiencing a similar episode.

My resting heart rate is in the low 40's to 50's and I always get looks when someone takes my resting pulse.
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I take it you are in pretty good shape!
 
frackincygy said:
NOT A DOCTOR. But I know my father has Atrial Fibrillation and when his heart is arrhythmic (i.e. think of hiccups, but for your heart) his heart will race to get back 'in-rhythm', sometimes your body can clear this on it's own in a few minutes/hours, other times it cannot. My guess is this individual was experiencing a similar episode.

My resting heart rate is in the low 40's to 50's and I always get looks when someone takes my resting pulse.
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My dad had Afib and he had times where his resting hr was over 150 for long periods of time. I run with a hr monitor and when I run its generally 150 to 170, so that's kind of crazy to have a resting hr that high.
 
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NorthCyd said:
My dad had Afib and he had times where his resting hr was over 150 for long periods of time. I run with a hr monitor and when I run its generally 150 to 170, so that's kind of crazy to have a resting hr that high.
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My brother had Afib as well. He could always tell when he was having an episode and I don't think his HR was ever sustained that high. Thank God they have solved his issue.
 
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VeloClone said:
You could feel that it was elevated, too, couldn't you? I can't imagine someone having a rHR of 160 and not be able to feel it hammering away in their chest.
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I have PVC (preventricular contractions) Dr said it’s nothing to worry about as my heart will do two quick beats and then wait a couple seconds for it before beating again. Kinda weird to feel your pulse like that.

There are times when think my heart is beating out of my chest it’s only like about 60 bpm.
 
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Normal resting rate is 60-100 bpm. Mine is usually in the 55-60 range. I’ll only hit 100+ if I’m up and moving, and 150+ when running or doing other cardio.

160 resting seems alarming.
 
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When I was in grade school and junior high I had two teachers who were husband and wife. One day the husband told us why he looked so tired that day. Apparently she had a disorder - I don't know what it was now 40 some years later - where her heart rate would spike. Usually she could bring it back down with biofeedback. But the night before it didn't work so they spent the night in the ER dealing with it. He told us that her HR was well over 200 before whatever they did to her worked and it dived to like 150 and then below 100 in a matter of a couple of seconds.
 
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My brother had Afib as well. He could always tell when he was having an episode and I don't think his HR was ever sustained that high. Thank God they have solved his issue.
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My dad could feel it too. That's what got him in to see the Dr to address it. Whatever medication they have him on has addressed it.
 
cycloner29 said:
So I am one of those plasma donors. Well this morning I was going through the regular check things with temp, BP, heart rate, weight, etc and the guy next to me was getting his done and it was taking a lot longer than normal. They put the cuff on the other arm and did it again must have been similar as they had him go to another machine with the same results, I hear one of the techs say it was still over 160. They made him sit for 10 minutes where you can sit for 5 or 10 minutes if you have a reading out of the required range. Still after the 10 minutes he didn't pass and overheard the nurse say you better go see a doctor right away. Even whey I work out I have hard time getting a pulse that high. I can be like 100 for pulse one day and below 50 two days later. I would think if your resting heart rate was that high you BP would be fairly high also. They guy did not look like he was stressed, red faced, or anything, but dang 160 resting rate seems bad. The guy was not that big either. Anyone else have rate near that? I am normally around 70 range resting.
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I'm a doctor. This is normal. Nice guy.
 
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