What is my heart rate: slow, normal, or high? Do I have a heart arrhythmia?

Author:

Bc. Lukáš Tóth

Healthcare worker

Medically reviewed:

MUDr. Zuzana Kožlejová, PhD.

Physician

Do you have a low or high heart rate? Is your heart rate ideal? For athletes, a heart rate below 60 per minute is normal and normal. Conversely, a heart rate above 100 per minute during sport or after excitement does not indicate illness. Is the rate regular or do you feel irregular heartbeats?

What is my heart rate: slow, normal, or high? Do I have a heart arrhythmia?

The pulse (heart rate) is an indication of the heart's activity. We can tell how fast our heart is working by it.

This is important for several reasons.

It is best to maintain a normal pulse. Low or high values are inappropriate.

Several factors affect heart rate, such as:

Age
gender
physical and mental stress, stress, fear or anxiety
trauma and bleeding
pain
increased body temperature
disease
medicines
stimulants, coffee, drugs, smoking

Abnormality does not necessarily mean disease. For example, athletes have a lower resting pulse. Their heart muscle is used to working and works at a lower frequency at rest.

A higher pulse occurs with physical activity, mental agitation or stress.

We don't normally feel the heart beating. The sensation of the heart beating is called palpitations. Palpitations can be related to physiological stimuli (e.g. stress, psychological) but can also be a symptom of heart rhythm disorders or other diseases.

What pulse values are low, normal and high?

Less than 60 = bradycardia, slow rate, low pulse.

Normal, euph frequency = 60 to 100 beats per minute.

High heart rate is 100 or more per minute = tachycardia, rapid activity.

Heart rate varies with age. In children it is higher even under normal physiological conditions.

When searching for information you may come across slight differences in values by publication and author.

Normal heart rate is considered to be:

newborn (up to day 28 of life): 140 to 180 beats per minute
infancy to 1 year: 110 to 160 beats per minute
a child under 10 years of age: approximately 90 to 140 beats per minute
adults: 60 to 100 beats per minute

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Bc. Lukáš Tóth

Healthcare worker

The secondary medical school in Nitra gave me the basis for my career in the field of health and diseases. Thanks to it, I worked for 2 years in the traumatology clinic and outpatient clinic at the Nitra Hospital. Since 2006 I was employed in the emergency medical service, where I stayed until 2017. I completed my bachelor's degree at the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra in the field of emergency health care. The bachelor's degree allowed me to continue my mission as a paramedic. In the meantime, I got a job at the emergency line 155. I have been working in pre-hospital health care until today. I had an interest in people, health and even diseases in my childhood, which gave me the prerequisite to pursue this topic in adulthood. Studying and acquiring new information in practice provided me with a great basis for writing professional texts, in the form of articles that can be understood by ordinary people. Thus, my interest in the Health Portal has a solid foundation in years of practice and personal interest. Similarly, I am also interested in healthy eating, nutrition and overall healthy lifestyle. I fill my free time with family and sports.

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Medically reviewed: MUDr. Zuzana Kožlejová, PhD.

Physician

I have always wanted to help people, especially the seriously ill. I graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Kosice. Already at university I was involved in oncohaematological research and helping leukaemia patients. I did my internship at the Institute of Oncology in Barcelona (Spain), where I practised in the leading clinic for oncohaematology. I learned about so-called open medicine: The patient receives a paper with a drawing of the disease drawn by a world-renowned professor drawn on paper. The patients are satisfied, understand the information and after a firm handshake with the doctor, believe that with the help of God and the doctor, they would conquer the disease. The patients smile and go home. That's when I decided to work in oncology and be there for people who especially need help. Since 2014, I have been working for several years at the Eastern Slovak Institute of Oncology at the Department of Clinical Oncology in Kosice, then at the Department of Clinical Oncology at the J. A. Reiman University Hospital in Presov, and I am currently on maternity leave. I have not given up research. After graduating from university I devoted myself to the proteomic study of patients with breast cancer. I defended my PhD in clinical biochemistry on this topic and I believe that the constant progress in research will help a lot in the future. In my work, where we see how patients are often late, or when I teach medical professionals, I am always aware of the importance of education in medicine. The medical articles I write on this platform are my desire to contribute to prevention and help people find the best way to solve health problems.

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