weird heart beat

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my wifes heart beat keeps acting strange

it speeds up slightly but the gap between the du-dum gets larger until they are almost metronomic

dum- dum- dum

which feels  like the heart is beating twice as fast

i wish i knew what the medical names for the 2 beats are

lets say first beat is du and second is dum

giving du-dum the normal pair of beats we call a pulse and are counted as one.

"du" gets slightly faster and dum seems to lag and instead of being secondary or weaker dum becomes as strong as du so its as if its just du- du - du - du with regular lets say just under half second intervals between each noise

instead of du 0.25seconds dum 0.75seconds du 0.25  dum 0.75 etc

it becomes du 0.4s dum 0.4s du

like a drummer beating out a regular rythmn

sorry for going on but i wanted to make it perfectly clear what is happening and hope someone can tell me what its called

cheers

 

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  • Posted

    Hi Alan

    Not sure from your description and Im not a medical person,

    but it sounds as though you are describing something called tachycardia.

    If this is so then apart from visiting her Gp she needs to cut out any

    stimulants like caffeine and alcohol.. Stress is another

    enemy which would cause a fast heart beat. Drinking cold water

    and cooling down seems to help to bring it back down to normal. The Gp would prescribe

    a beta blocker type medication.

  • Posted

    Could it be palpitations if do why , I think a trip to the doctors is in order
    • Posted

      shes been to the doctor, referred to specialists had tests and just had those sensors stuck to her for 24 hours last thursday

      and typical everything behaved

      shes going through the menopause and this weekend with the frequent hot sweats she is also getting these weird heartbeats where the timing of the du dums is all wrong

      shes vbeen on hrt for the last year or so and just come off it

      maybe i should simply just get another wife?

       

    • Posted

      The memopause reacts different on each woman . Keep on at the doctor to try and find an answer
    • Posted

      well if she is i bet ive been paying the premiums!!

      anyway i havent got the heart to leave her.....

       

    • Posted

      Well tomorrow she may win the lottery or get the top Premium Bond prize.

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