Heart myths

While human affairs, food is made daily activities and sleep, his heart constantly and seamlessly works. It beats with a frequency of 100,000 beats per day, 37 million per year and around 3 billion impact in the life. His work is not always steady. It is likely that sometimes the pulse to be amplified for no apparent reason. You might occasionally feel palpitations or how your heart jumps. When this happens, ask yourself: Is it Normal? At first glance this question seems elementary, but actually is not so, especially if you are not aware of at least the most important facts about heart rate and rhythm. Below are five common and widespread misconceptions and the truth about them.
Myth № 1: irregularly heartbeat means that going through a heart attack
It almost never is. Even if sometimes it is quite normal to feel how your heart skips beats or irregular. If the heart rhythm track of every person long enough you will notice that his heart sometimes skips or reduced further. In the absence of accompanying symptoms (of pain behind the sternum or shortness of breath), these phenomena do not mean anything, much less attack. If the feeling of palpitations or jumping is new to you or is often lately, this may indicate the presence of irregularly heartbeat (arrhythmia). Most of arrhythmia are relatively harmless. This does not mean, however, that should be ignored completely. Some types of irregularly heartbeat can put you at increased risk of heart attack, cardiac arrest and sudden death. It is important to tell your family doctor about your heart irregularly, especially if it is new or frequent relapses. Irregular heartbeat atrial of the heart are more common and fortunately with a better prognosis, while the cameras are more dangerous. The most common arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation are at increased likelihood that the occurrence of further heart attack. Atrial fibrillation to be able to prove the conduct of electrocardiogram (ECG).
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