A & E 😓

[Wishcld]

I was in a & e my heart was over hundred but normal rhythm I had an extra beta blocker and it went down is that AFiB as it was in normal rhythm just high?

I took an extra beta blocker and by the time i had waited an hour the ecg at hospital said NSR but the reading itself was irractic

[BobD Volunteer]

AF is an irregularly irregular heart beat. It can be fast or slow. It can really only be defined by an ECG showing no P wave. Normal Heart rate is between 60 and 100 bpm and generally AF can be much higher, typically mine was 200+ during events. Rates around 120-140 are tachycadia (fast heart ) but may not be AF.

[Wishcld in reply to BobD]

Thank you Bob. It wasnt irregular

[Jalia in reply to Wishcld]

In your post you said it was normal rhythm, just high?

[Wishcld in reply to Jalia]

I meant to say it wasn’t

[Jalia in reply to Wishcld]

That makes more sense. Hope you're OK now!

[Wishcld in reply to Jalia]

I think I am lol

[ForensicFairy]

Not all fast heart rates are AFand not all irregular rhythms are AF either.

You may have been experiencing sinus arrhythmia, which is as it states - sinus rhythm but the timing between beats is irregular.

If it was regular but fast it may have been (sinus) tachycardia - which again just means a fast normal rhythm.

It may also have been something like supraventricular tachycardia which is a fast rate with the beat coming from a different place in the atria.

None of these generally require urgent care unless you have other things going on.

[Wishcld]

Thank you.