The Main Types Of Tachycardia
Ladies, your heart is beating way too fast with tachycardia. In fact, its rate is over 100 beats every minute! Many factors cause this condition, like anemia, heart failure, and heart attacks. If your heart's structure isn't right, you can get this condition too! Thyroid problems also trigger it. It's also a side effect of blood pressure medications! Drinking too much caffeine and smoking increase your risk of tachycardia, ladies, so take precautions!
Anti-arrhythmic meds for tachycardia are quite common, especially anti-arrhythmic injections! Ladies, cardioversion for tachycardia is a powerful procedure. It'll fix you right up! Many ladies also choose to get a pacemaker for tachycardia. In the end, though? Tachycardia treatment varies based on the specific type!
Supraventricular Tachycardia
Ladies, supraventricular tachycardia means many things. Of course, you have an abnormally fast heartbeat. It'll be faster than 100 beats per minute. It's irregular, but it can start in both the upper (atria) and lower (ventricles) parts of your heart. Some cases even have no clear origin! Ladies, this means it's much harder to treat.
You also need to know that this is your resting heart rate. It's not elevated because of exercise! Your heart's going to feel like its fluttering or racing. Thankfully, this is going to be mild. Ladies, you'll know it's happening right away! You need treatment if it keeps happening, but not if this one's rare.
Atrial Flutter
Atrial flutter starts in the heart's upper chambers. These are the atria! Ladies, this flutter happens when your atria are beating way too fast. They're steady still, yes, but fast! It happens because there are problems with the electrical pulses in your heart, ladies. Many of you will only have a fast heartbeat. Don't forget that there can be other symptoms! There are complications too, like stroke and heart failure. Ladies, this condition is quite similar to atrial fibrillation. The difference is that this heartbeat is steady, and the other isn't!
The good news? It's not hard to treat atrial flutter. Ladies, medication for atrial flutter is common! Surgery is an option too. No matter what, though, you'll need treatment soon. Your heart isn't pumping blood right, so your body isn't getting enough oxygen! Fixing the problem means avoiding complications!
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation happens in the same place as atrial flutter. Remember, ladies, the difference is that your heart rhythm's unsteady with this one. You won't be able to predict it! Your atria aren't syncing with your ventricles. You're also going to have poor circulation with this condition, ladies. Your body's not getting enough blood with oxygen in it! That means your risks are heart failure and stroke. This condition has lots of symptoms. Watch for shortness of breath and muscle weakness. Of course, heart palpitations are a big one too!
Random episodes are possible, though so are regular ones. If your condition is regular, you need treatment right away! Atrial fibrillation means emergencies are more likely, ladies. Remember the risks we mentioned before! You'll also deal with blood clots, which are often the trigger for many complications. It's thanks to the blockages they cause in your heart!
Ventricular Tachycardia
Ventricular tachycardia, ladies, starts in your ventricles! They're the bottom parts of your heart. This condition makes your heartbeat a fast one, but also abnormal! You're going to have a heart rate of at least 100 beats per minute, with this heartbeat happening 3 or more times in a row. Ladies, you'll likely only experience this for a few seconds. It can, however, last for longer. When this happens, it's a dangerous condition!
Ladies, you have an abnormal circuit in your heart muscle. This circuit triggers ventricular tachycardia in 2 ways. The first? the circuit is activated from the outside. The second is when the circuit activates itself. Either way, ladies, your heart won't fill with blood. Your organs won't get the blood they need as well.
Ventricular Fibrillation
This one's the most dangerous! Ladies, ventricular fibrillation means electricity's making your ventricles shudder. They're not beating right! It'll stop blood circulating, triggering your collapse, often followed by a heart attack. Ladies, this one can even happen after a heart attack! Either way, you need emergency treatment.
Ladies, you'll see this condition triggered by several things. Have you had a heart attack before? You have heart muscle damage because of it, and this can trigger ventricular fibrillation! Not having enough blood flowing to the muscle also lets this condition set in. Aorta problems are a significant cause as well! Two more causes of it are drug toxicity and severe infections. Make sure to minimize your risk and get treatment, ladies!