Understanding Arrhythmias

When you keep your hand on your chest, you can feel your heartbeat. These heartbeats are generated through electrical impulses in the heart. The electrical impulse starts in specialized cells in the SA node and travels through your heart. Further, these impulses control the timing of heartbeat and heart rhythm and keep the heart pumping blood.

When the electrical impulses are not generated properly or stop working, heart problems such as arrhythmia occurs. Arrhythmias mean irregular heartbeat, which means that the heart is out of its rhythm. It may feel like your heart has skipped a beat or fluttering or pacing. Arrhythmias can give rise to life-threatening complications. Holter at home is the best diagnostic service to diagnose arrhythmias.

The most common types of arrhythmias are tachycardia and bradycardia. Holter at home has the best Holter test in Ghaziabad and Noida.

Tachycardia

When the heart beats over 100 times per minute contradictory to 60 to 100 times per minute, a condition known as tachycardia arises. Characterized by fast heart rate, tachycardia can cause some serious complications.

If your heartbeat feels like a strong pulse in your neck or a racing heartbeat in your chest, you could be at a risk for tachycardia. Holter at home provides a test to diagnose tachycardia from your home.

Other symptoms include chest discomfort, dizziness, fainting, weakness, and shortness of breath.

Causes of tachycardia include anemia, an over-active thyroid gland, already existing cardiac problems, damage from heart failure, or heart attack. So, if you have any of the above-mentioned symptoms, you must see a doctor immediately.

Treatment of tachycardia involves taking steps to prevent the heart from beating fast, such as medications, pacemakers, cardiac defibrillators, maze procedures, and surgery.

Bradycardia

The heart rate of adults is between 60 and 100 beats per minute, if the heart rate is lower than 60 beats per minute, then this condition is known as bradycardia. Bradycardia can prove to be life-threatening if the condition is left untreated, as the heart will be unable to pump oxygen-rich blood.

The symptoms of bradycardia include chest pain, memory problems, confusion, fatigue, fainting, easy tiredness, shortness of breath. If you feel any of these symptoms, you must get tested. Holter at home provides the best heart diagnostic services in Ghaziabad.

Some common causes of bradycardia are aging, heart tissue damage, congenital heart defects, underactive thyroid, heart attack, complications after surgery. Magnesium and potassium deficiency too causes bradycardia.

The best treatment for bradycardia is a pacemaker. Where a small device is implanted to get the heart’s electrical impulses back to normal.

Arrhythmias can be treated well with early diagnosis. Holter at home provides a diagnosis of all cardiac problems from the comfort of your home.