Resting Heart Rate over 160
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I have been a blood drive coordinator and they took a guy whose upper BP number was 180. He thought maybe he should not take his BP meds even though the info I gave him clearly stated he should. Not sure how high it has to be to get rejected on BP. They did turn away a hyper teenage girl whose heart rate was high, but can’t remember how high.
My standing is around 60. My workout rate is 133-138. My afib runs 150-160, but I can control that now without drugs. A. I take extra precaution at avoiding dehydration, B. In worst case scenario, I just lie down, focus on breathing and it kicks back in. Been doing this now for 10 years. Just had a cardio checkup today. Jokes aside, outside of a slightly leaking valve which the doctor was not concerned about at all, he says at 62 my exercise routine is still in the top 5% for my age group. It's like Clint Eastwood says every day when he wakes up: "I'm not going to let the old guy in." I just hope I'm as strong as he is at his age.
There is a term for this because it is a real and common thing: white coat hypertension. I love it when the medical field has a little bit of a sense of humor.
Crazy.
Last time I gave, they retook mine after it was 128/80. That was the highest my BP has ever been on any test ever. They retook at the end of interview and it was 118/75 which is relatively normal if not a little high for me. I wonder if they were only concerned because it was higher than all of the previous times I have donated.
My systolic spiked up to 200 when I had a tooth extracted. And, yes, I had taken my BP meds that day. Turned out my thyroid meds were off.
Maybe. Mine is usually 104/68, but I am nervous hoping the donors all show up, so when I coordinate a drive and donate, it goes up to about 110/72. They probably think that’s my normal.
As I look at my watch, my pulse is currently at 59. When I run, I normally bump up to 155-170 depending on pace. When I bike, it's hard for me to get past 145 no matter how hard I'm going. Looks like I hoofed it pretty hard in my steel-toes at work today, got up to 115. Like others, I always measure high at the doctor. Weird stuff.
But yeah, that's most likely a blood pressure reading.
But yeah, that's most likely a blood pressure reading.
I was late to an OB appt this spring after getting locked out of my car, new OB and high stakes convo to have, my bp was like 116/64 which was highest I've ever had during pregnancy. Usually top out at 110 and usually in the 100 range.
RHR I've had opposite OP person's problem. Dropped into the 40's few weeks after baby was born and commonly in the 50's. Did ask OB if too low is a thing and said the 40's was likely body adjusting after hormone drop. Sure enough by week 7/8 it went back up to high 50's. Even during pregnancy I think the RHR topped out at about 70. Hard workout I can get it into 160's but never close just sitting. Gotta be a BP reading for OP's guy.
My wife has Afib and her heart races like that when it is out of rhythm and sometimes takes days to get back in rhythm. When she is out of rhythm it is uncomfortable and exhausting for her.
Yep white coat syndrome is a real thing. Usually people mention that they are nervous for RHR and BP. We always encourage people to try and hit a nearby pharmacy that has a BP machine to check the readings there as well without medical staff in the room. That being said WCS would never cause someone’s heart rate to be that elevated. Either they took something or have an undiagnosed heart condition and need to get to an urgent care ASAP or depending on what area you live in the ED.
Something similar happened to me on first kid. Running late, pulled over to puke in a ditch. I think it was same range as yours.
But resting heart rate almost always 58. Of course my heavy exercise, walking the dog, probably gets it up to 70 lol. And the blood pressure probably surges when he stops to eat cat or rabbit poop.
With Covid, we got stuff to take our blood pressure and heart rate at home.
That’s a very smart call. There are a lot of easy ways to do heart rates and other vitals. Heck the Apple Watch does a bunch of cool things depending on what model you have.