Elevated heart rate with possible Covid dangerous?
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I'm currently waiting on my second PCR test results which I should get later today, first one was a week ago and negative. I have experienced lots of symptoms, from fever, to headache, to sore throat and most recently cough. But late last night I became aware of a new symptom that worried me a big deal. I was feeling a bit of nasal congestion, so I decided to take a hot shower thinking that would help. Once I was in I started to feel uneasy, I suddenly realized my heart was beating faster than usual, I could both see and feel the beats as it went on, so the relaxing hot shower I had in mind had to be cut anxiously fast. Once I was out I checked my bpm rate and it had gone up to 130 beats per minute, it actually reached up 132 only to then come back to the 120 range. My usual rate was about 70 bpm, but since I've developed symptoms it began to stay in the 90 range, high but apparently still "normal". So what I did was to lie down and try to "relax", I closed my eyes and started listening to music but the heart beat wouldn't move below 115 bpm. As I said I'm currently waiting on my test results but is this something that has happened to you? I'm worried it might be dangerous.
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jan34534 mr52396
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whenever the body is fighting off an infection, the heart rate may go up. also a hot shower can also do the same because the warm water lowers the blood pressure which in turn increases the heart rate so that the heart can pump blood to all the organs in the body. it’s a natural process. just lay down and do some long slow deep breathing. it happens to a lot of people. That can happen to me when I’m going upstairs. hang in there and hope everything’s OK with your test.