Bradycardia is a slower than normal heart rate.
The hearts of adults at rest usually beat between 60 and 100 times a minute. If you have bradycardia, your heart beats fewer than 60 times a minute. A resting heart rate slower than 60 beats a minute is normal for some people, particularly healthy young adults and trained athletes. For them, bradycardia isn't considered a health problem.
Bradycardia can be a serious problem if the heart doesn't pump enough oxygen-rich blood to the body.
For some people, however, bradycardia doesn't cause symptoms or complications.
An implanted pacemaker can correct bradycardia and help your heart maintain an appropriate rate.
Symptoms
The following symptoms are often seen during bradycardia:
- Dizziness or lightheadedness
- Fatigue
- Near-fainting or fainting
- Chest pains
- Confusion or memory problems
- Easily tiring during physical activity
- Shortness of breath
Seek emergency care for anyone with these symptoms.
Bradycardia can be caused by age-related damage to heart tissue or damage to the heart tissue or other heart disease, congenital heart disease, high blood pressure, myocarditis, complicated heart surgery, hypothyroidism, imbalance of chemicals in the blood, frequent sleep apnea, some medications and more.
According to doctors, one of the main risk factors is age; As you know, heart problems associated with bradycardia are common in older patients.
Source:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bradycardia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355474
