Symptoms: Nausea
The nausea is often a side effect of a benign passagere tachycardia, which is not dangerous. Nausea is also often associated with tachycardia as a result of panic attacks. Unfortunately, nausea and tachycardia can also occur as untypical symptoms of a heart attack.
Especially a heart attack in women often does not occur with the typical symptoms of a heart attack. With the benign forms of tachycardia, which are associated with nausea, it can often be helpful to sit down and take a break. Breathing calmly and drinking cold water can stop the palpitations, whereupon the nausea also disappears.
Tachycardia, which causes insufficient pumping function of the heart, can also cause a feeling of nausea, possibly accompanied by dizziness and tremors. This is an expression of reduced blood flow to the brain. It is important to sit or lie down so that the heart can supply the brain more easily.
The symptoms should then improve. Frequent heart palpitations can often cause fatigue and a drop in performance. This is due to the fact that the heart does not work efficiently if the rate is too fast.
As a result, the blood supply is reduced and the body is no longer as efficient, the patient becomes tired and feels a drop in performance. Tiredness is a symptom that is perceived as very disturbing. Those affected can no longer cope with their everyday life as usual and there is often a lack of motivation for leisure activities, which is why prolonged fatigue can severely restrict the quality of life.
The tachycardia does not necessarily cause the fatigue, it is also possible that these two complaints are the symptoms of another disease. A common condition that can be associated with these symptoms is, for example, hyperthyroidism. Constant fatigue should not be simply tolerated.A visit to the doctor can provide information about their reasons and remedies, which is associated with an increase in quality of life.
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