Arrhythmia
What is Arrhythmia?
Irregular heartbeat is called 'cardiac arrhythmia'. This does not mean that your heart beats very fast or very slow. Rather, it means that the heartbeat is not running in its usual rhythm.
The most common type of cardiac arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation. arrhythmia occurs when the electrical signals that coordinate the heartbeat are not functioning properly. For example, some people experience irregular heartbeats, which may make the heart feel throbbing or flapping.
Many types of cardiac arrhythmia are harmless. However, if beating is particularly abnormal, or the result of a weak or damaged heart, then arrhythmia can cause serious and potentially fatal symptoms.
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmia is often controlled by fast, slow or irregular heartbeats. Apart from this, you can reduce the risk of arrhythmia by adopting the lifestyle that keeps the heart healthy. Because the position of cardiac arrhythmia becomes severe due to a weak or damaged heart.
Types of Arrhythmia.
1. Premature atrial contractions: These are the initial excess beats, which arise from the atria (the upper chambers of the heart). They are harmless and do not require treatment.
2. Premature ventricular contractions: These are the most common cardiac arrhythmia and are found in both those with heart diseases or those who do not have heart disease. This is a pausing heartbeat, which we all sometimes experience.
3. Atrial fibrillation: Atrial fibrillation is a very common and irregular heart arrhythmia, which contracts the upper chambers of the heart (Atria) abnormally.
4. Atrial flutter: It is a type of arrhythmia that occurs due to one or more intense circuits at the atrium. Atrial flutter is usually more organized and regular than atrial fibrillation. Thus, arithmetic is mostly in people with heart disease and in the first week after cardiac surgery. Which is often converted into atrial fibrillation.
5. Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach): It is an acute heart rhythm arising from lower heart ventricles. The rapid rate of heartbeat prevents adequate blood from collecting in the heart, so the heart is able to pump a small amount of blood into the body. This can be a serious arrhythmia, especially in people with heart disease, which have more symptoms.
6. Ventricular fibrilation: These are irregular and unplanned impulses coming from ventricles. Ventricles are vibrating and they are unable to pump the body to the blood.
7. long QT syndrome: Qt interval is the location on electrocardiogram (ECG), which shows the time to shrink the muscles of the heart and then change it in the heated ignition of the recovery or the impulse of electrical impulses, and then the time for recharging. When the QT interval is longer than normal, then it increases the risk for the torsade de pointes (the rotation of the QRS complex around the isoillectric line and gradual change in the dimension), which is a dangerous form of ventricular tachycardia.
8. Bradyarrhythmias: It is a slow rhythm of the heart, which can cause disease in the electrical conduction system of the heart.
9. Sinus node dysfunction: This is the slow pace of heart due to the unusual SA (sinus) node.
10. Heart block: Electric impulses are delayed or they become completely blocked when they go from sinus nodes to ventricles. This barrier or delay may be in the AV node or HIS-Purkinje system. In this situation the heart can be irregularly and often slow down.
11. Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT): It is an acute heart rate, which usually arises from the upper part of the ventricle with regular rhythm. The beginning and end of PSVT is sudden. It has two main types
a) Accessory pathway tachycardias: The connection between extra abnormal pathways or atria and ventricles causes intense heart rate. Impulse travels through normal routes along with additional routes. This allows impulses to travel around the heart very quickly, due to which the heart beats abnormally rapidly.
b) AV Nodal re-entrant tachycardia: It is the speed of the heart arising due to the exit of the AV node and due to multiple routes. It can be triggered by heart failure, unconsciousness or heart failure. In many cases it can be eliminated using a simple device, such as controlling breathing. Other tips related to this are used by trained medical professionals. Some medicines can also prevent the heart's acute motion.
Symptoms of Arrhythmia.
Arrhythmia may become silent and it does not produce any symptoms. During the physiological examination the physician may detect irregular heartbeat through screening your pulse or through an electrocardiogram (ECG).
Symptoms of Arrhythmia include the following: -
1. Pulsation (feeling heartbeat, walking or fluttering or feeling upstream or feeling very fast at your heart)
2. Pounding in your chest
3. Dizziness
4. Unconsciousness
5. Low breath
6. chest discomfort
7. Weakness or fatigue
Causes of Arrhythmia
1. Immediate Heart Attack
2. Heart tissue damage due to a heart attack in the past
3. Changes in the structure of your heart, such as cardiomyopathy
4. Obstruction of your heart's arteries
5. High blood pressure
6. Hyperthyroidism of the thyroid gland.
7. Hypothyroidism of thyroid gland.
8. Smoking
9. Excessive intake of alcohol or caffeine
10. Misuse of drugs
11. Stress
12. Sugar disease (Diabetes)
13. Genetics etc.
Prevention of Arrhythmia.
To protect the heart from irregular heartbeat, it is very important to adopt a healthy life style that can reduce the risk of heart disease.
1. Food that keeps the heart healthy
2. Increasing your physical activity
3. Avoid smoking.
4. Keep your weight balanced.
5. Do not consume limited amounts of caffeine and alcohol or at all.
6. Take measures to reduce stress. High stress and anger can lead to cardiac arrhythmia problems.
7. Use over-the-counter medicines with caution, because stimulants are present in some cold and cough medicines, which can speed up heartbeat.
Irregular heartbeat is called 'cardiac arrhythmia'. This does not mean that your heart beats very fast or very slow. Rather, it means that the heartbeat is not running in its usual rhythm.
The most common type of cardiac arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation. arrhythmia occurs when the electrical signals that coordinate the heartbeat are not functioning properly. For example, some people experience irregular heartbeats, which may make the heart feel throbbing or flapping.
Many types of cardiac arrhythmia are harmless. However, if beating is particularly abnormal, or the result of a weak or damaged heart, then arrhythmia can cause serious and potentially fatal symptoms.
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmia is often controlled by fast, slow or irregular heartbeats. Apart from this, you can reduce the risk of arrhythmia by adopting the lifestyle that keeps the heart healthy. Because the position of cardiac arrhythmia becomes severe due to a weak or damaged heart.
Types of Arrhythmia.
1. Premature atrial contractions: These are the initial excess beats, which arise from the atria (the upper chambers of the heart). They are harmless and do not require treatment.
2. Premature ventricular contractions: These are the most common cardiac arrhythmia and are found in both those with heart diseases or those who do not have heart disease. This is a pausing heartbeat, which we all sometimes experience.
3. Atrial fibrillation: Atrial fibrillation is a very common and irregular heart arrhythmia, which contracts the upper chambers of the heart (Atria) abnormally.
4. Atrial flutter: It is a type of arrhythmia that occurs due to one or more intense circuits at the atrium. Atrial flutter is usually more organized and regular than atrial fibrillation. Thus, arithmetic is mostly in people with heart disease and in the first week after cardiac surgery. Which is often converted into atrial fibrillation.
5. Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach): It is an acute heart rhythm arising from lower heart ventricles. The rapid rate of heartbeat prevents adequate blood from collecting in the heart, so the heart is able to pump a small amount of blood into the body. This can be a serious arrhythmia, especially in people with heart disease, which have more symptoms.
6. Ventricular fibrilation: These are irregular and unplanned impulses coming from ventricles. Ventricles are vibrating and they are unable to pump the body to the blood.
7. long QT syndrome: Qt interval is the location on electrocardiogram (ECG), which shows the time to shrink the muscles of the heart and then change it in the heated ignition of the recovery or the impulse of electrical impulses, and then the time for recharging. When the QT interval is longer than normal, then it increases the risk for the torsade de pointes (the rotation of the QRS complex around the isoillectric line and gradual change in the dimension), which is a dangerous form of ventricular tachycardia.
8. Bradyarrhythmias: It is a slow rhythm of the heart, which can cause disease in the electrical conduction system of the heart.
9. Sinus node dysfunction: This is the slow pace of heart due to the unusual SA (sinus) node.
10. Heart block: Electric impulses are delayed or they become completely blocked when they go from sinus nodes to ventricles. This barrier or delay may be in the AV node or HIS-Purkinje system. In this situation the heart can be irregularly and often slow down.
11. Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT): It is an acute heart rate, which usually arises from the upper part of the ventricle with regular rhythm. The beginning and end of PSVT is sudden. It has two main types
a) Accessory pathway tachycardias: The connection between extra abnormal pathways or atria and ventricles causes intense heart rate. Impulse travels through normal routes along with additional routes. This allows impulses to travel around the heart very quickly, due to which the heart beats abnormally rapidly.
b) AV Nodal re-entrant tachycardia: It is the speed of the heart arising due to the exit of the AV node and due to multiple routes. It can be triggered by heart failure, unconsciousness or heart failure. In many cases it can be eliminated using a simple device, such as controlling breathing. Other tips related to this are used by trained medical professionals. Some medicines can also prevent the heart's acute motion.
Symptoms of Arrhythmia.
Arrhythmia may become silent and it does not produce any symptoms. During the physiological examination the physician may detect irregular heartbeat through screening your pulse or through an electrocardiogram (ECG).
1. Pulsation (feeling heartbeat, walking or fluttering or feeling upstream or feeling very fast at your heart)
2. Pounding in your chest
3. Dizziness
4. Unconsciousness
5. Low breath
6. chest discomfort
7. Weakness or fatigue
Causes of Arrhythmia
1. Immediate Heart Attack
2. Heart tissue damage due to a heart attack in the past
3. Changes in the structure of your heart, such as cardiomyopathy
4. Obstruction of your heart's arteries
5. High blood pressure
6. Hyperthyroidism of the thyroid gland.
7. Hypothyroidism of thyroid gland.
8. Smoking
9. Excessive intake of alcohol or caffeine
10. Misuse of drugs
11. Stress
12. Sugar disease (Diabetes)
13. Genetics etc.
Prevention of Arrhythmia.
To protect the heart from irregular heartbeat, it is very important to adopt a healthy life style that can reduce the risk of heart disease.
1. Food that keeps the heart healthy
2. Increasing your physical activity
3. Avoid smoking.
4. Keep your weight balanced.
5. Do not consume limited amounts of caffeine and alcohol or at all.
6. Take measures to reduce stress. High stress and anger can lead to cardiac arrhythmia problems.
7. Use over-the-counter medicines with caution, because stimulants are present in some cold and cough medicines, which can speed up heartbeat.
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