increased heart rate

I have had my St.Jude pacemaker six days. It was set with a resting heart rate of 55 with a range up 130. I worked fine keeping me at a steady 55 until last night when i jumped at resting to 80bpm. The pulse ay 80 is regular and strong but we did the pacemaker elevate my heart rate 25 beats? Any thoughts. I will get in today or tomorrow to see my doctor and the pacemaker technician. Thank you....DRS

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It can be all sorts of stuff

by Theknotguy - 2015-09-22 01:09:09

Was having instances of fast heartbeats between 4-5AM. Talked to EP about it. He said they could be initiated by dreaming. Just a natural cycle of the body throughout the night.

Faster heartbeats can be initiated anytime. You can be reading a book, watching TV, listening to music, and your body elevates your heart rate. Could be in response to something you thought, saw, or read, it just depends. We start talking about doctor visits and my wife's heart rate goes up. Depending upon the discussion she can have a quick spike, then have it drop. The only reason for the heartbeat spikes is her "white coat syndrome" - i.e. doesn't like doctor visits.

Pre-PM you probably didn't notice when you had heartbeat spikes. Post-PM we are more sensitive and take notice.

Oh, and it probably wasn't the PM that initiated the sequence, it was your heart responding to something generated by your body.

In the US you can go to a local drug store and purchase an inexpensive pulse/ox unit. You slip it over your finger and it shows your heart rate as well as percentage of oxygen utilized. Not that accurate but it's good for checking. Used mine when they wanted me to check my blood pressure and I needed an accurate pulse rate.

Anyway, was using one when I heard a pop from one of the appliances in the kitchen. Pulse/ox showed an immediate spike in my heart rate in reaction to an unexpected noise. If I hadn't been wearing a pulse/ox I wouldn't have even noticed it.

Like TraceyE said, if it's happening all the time for no reason, then you want it checked out.

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by Tracey_E - 2015-09-22 12:09:10

It's set to a minimum of 55. Your heart can go as high as it wants on its own. Were you active when it went up? If you were just sitting, then I would call the dr and investigate. If you were doing something to make it go up, that's perfectly normal.

You know you're wired when...

Your pacemaker receives radio frequencies.

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