Arrhythmias

By Download Heart, July 13, 2008

Arrhythmias are irregularity of the heart’s rhythmic beating. Many people experienced these irregular beating occasional, brief irregular heartbeats that feel like a skipped, fluttering or racing heartbeat.

An arrhythmia can also mean that your heart skips a beat or has an extra beat However, some heart arrhythmias may cause bothersome sometimes even life-threatening signs and symptoms. These irregular changes can be brought on by strong emotions or exercise.

Arrhythmias are not a cause for alarm. If this disease occur more often or cause symptoms may be more serious and need to be discussed with your doctor. This type of abnormality if remained uncured might as well lead to the death of the patient.

There are many symptoms associated with Arrhythmias but sweating and cardiac arrest are the major one. Some time it happens because of shortness of breath and sometimes even u feel pain in your chest. Some other symptoms whish results in irregularity of heart beat are Heart murmur, Fainting Skipping beats – changes in the pattern of the pulse, Paleness, Light-headedness, dizziness, Difficulty exercising,

Slow heartbeat

There are many causes of Arrhythmias. It can be caused by high blood pressure heart disease. Heart disease may the irregular beating of heart or sometimes faster the beating rate. Some other causes which results in of arrhythmias are Stress, caffeine, smoking, alcohol, pregnancy, and some medications can also cause an arrhythmia. In some patients arrhythmia may be caused by a congenital heart defect (a heart problem from birth).

Arrhythmias There are many options of the treatment of this disease. Heart beat becomes regular with an artificial pacemaker. It is an electronic device placed under the skin on the chest. Pacemaker helps the heart to maintain a regular beat, especially when the heart beats too slowly. Cardiac defibrillation is type of soft shock and can be used to stop an abnormal rhythm and restore a normal one. Surgery is another option for the treatment of arrhythmias. For example, arrhythmias caused by disease coronary artery and it may be controlled by bypass surgery. Sometimes heart can be destroyed or removed when an arrhythmia is caused by a certain area of the heart. Before starting any treatment of arrhythmias specialists first try to rule out reversible causes of ventricular arrhythmias.

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