What foods calm your heartbeat? Which fruit is good for tachycardia to reduce heart rate?
Cardiologist
Higher education:
Cardiologist
Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after. HM. Berbekova, Faculty of Medicine (KBSU)
Level of education – Specialist
Additional education:
"Cardiology"
State educational institution "Institute for Advanced Medical Studies" of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Chuvashia
In case of tachycardia failures and their prevention, attention should be directed to diet. It is enriched with microelements. Potassium is especially important for normal myocardial contractions. Therefore, patients are prescribed a potassium-containing diet for tachycardia and other rhythm disturbances.
Mineralization
Potassium deficiency in the human body can provoke heart contraction failures. And even more so when a person already has heart disease.
Products containing potassium
The diet should contain fresh blackcurrants or in drinks; bananas are useful for tachycardia. In winter - dishes with dried fruits such as raisins, dried apricots and prunes. Instead of sugar you need to take honey. Sunflower seeds are rich in potassium and vitamin E. Even the usual food potatoes, cabbage of any kind, parsley, buckwheat are rich in vitamins and minerals.
Magnesium food reserves
When choosing nutrition for tachycardia, it is worth adding magnesium. Rye bran, yeast, and avocado salads are suitable for the diet. Magnesium is found in cucumbers, spinach, legumes of any kind, alfalfa shoots, and in varieties of nuts and seeds.
Calcium-containing products
For the diet, the basis for tachycardia will be calcium, i.e., the same nuts and seeds (pumpkin, sunflower), milk-containing cottage cheese, cheese dishes, seafood, the usual beets and cabbage, corn and less popular artichokes.
Reducing the load on the heart through nutrition
Raw vegetables, containing a storehouse of vitamins and fiber, are a good addition to the patient’s diet.
If a patient has tachycardia and is overweight, a low-calorie diet or periodic fasting days with apples, cottage cheese or kefir are prescribed. This helps reduce body weight and eliminate toxins.
Since tachycardia increases myocardial contraction during physical or mental stress on the heart, nutrition should play a role in reducing it. For this purpose, it is made fractional, i.e. food is taken often, regularly, at least 5 times a day, in small portions. It is important that the products are crushed.
Useful and necessary
The diet includes steamed food. A double boiler or multicooker will help with tachycardia. You can simply boil or bake in the oven. The diet should contain no more than:
- 50 g fat.
- 1 egg (soft-boiled, fried, steam omelet).
Brown seaweed helps with attacks of tachycardia. They are added to sauces, dressings, salads, planned according to the diet. Young shoots of carrot and beet tops in salad or soup are healing. Turnips, celery, eggplants, and carrots are good. Fruits and berries: cherries, apricots or peaches, figs, cranberries - something that will keep the patient’s weakened body in good shape.
Vegetable oil - 15 ml - preferably corn or flaxseed - is also necessary for tachycardia.
The diet requires drinking plenty of fluids, but only on the recommendation of specialists.
Folk recipes
For tachycardia, it is recommended to drink a drink containing water (1 tbsp.), honey (2 l.), apple vinegar (2 l.), take 3 times a day, 0.5 hours before meals, 1 tbsp. spoon.
In addition, teas, mixtures, infusions, decoctions, etc.:
- Teas from mint, hawthorn, lemon balm, valerian with motherwort.
- Leave the collection of valerian root with dried mint (2 liters in ½ thermos with boiling water) for 120 minutes, cool, place in the refrigerator, storing there for at least 30 days. If there are attacks of tachycardia, then drink 1 tbsp in sips right during their onset. infusion.
- A collection of hawthorn with horsetail (2 tbsp), poured with boiling water, leave for 3 hours in an airtight container. After it cools down, it is filtered and drunk for 21 days, 2 times a day. ½ tbsp.
- Mint with hop cones (1 tsp mixture: 1 tbsp boiling water) is infused for 600 seconds, cooled and drunk in small sips.
- Boil a decoction of crushed elderberry bark (2 tbsp: 1 l) for 600 seconds, take 100 g in the morning and evening.
- Fresh berries or honeysuckle and elderberry jam.
- Sachets in the form of pillows with valerian, etc.
What is contraindicated
Sugar, sweets, salt and those containing animal fats should be reduced or eliminated from the diet altogether. And:
1. The important thing is that you should not overeat. This will make the heart work harder, leading to an attack. Calorie calculations for a day are supposed to be done in such a way that 2.5 to 3 thousand calories are consumed. Fortified food enriched with microelements increases the body's performance and strengthens the myocardium.
Eliminate from diet
The presence of tachycardia requires complete abstinence from the following foods:
- Pickled products.
- Canned food.
- Pickles.
- Smoked.
- Fats, especially refractory ones.
- Fatty sauces, varieties of meat and fish, sour cream.
- Spices, spicy dishes.
- Fatty pastry cream desserts.
Particularly dangerous
- Food containing soda: biscuits, bread, gas water, drinks. Sodium is bad for the heart.
- Hard boiled eggs.
- Fried food.
- Alcohol-containing drinks and energy drinks.
- Drinks containing caffeine.
Exception for hypotensive patients
If tachycardia occurs against a background of low pressure, then diet restrictions are adjusted:
- You can add salt in moderation, season with cumin, basil, pepper, bay leaf.
- Baking from premium flour is allowed.
- Moderate consumption of wine (red type), cocoa, tea, even coffee is recommended.
- Butter, fatty fish, cream, cheese - would be appropriate here.
All this allows you to narrow the blood vessels, binding the liquid content, increasing the functioning of the endocrine glands. As a result, normal pressure is restored without stress on the myocardium.
Sample weekly diet menu
This weekly diet can be easily adjusted individually:
| By day of the week | For breakfast | Dinner | Dinner | Before bedtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. | Fruit porridge: cereal with milk + sesame, sunflower kernels + freshly squeezed orange juice | Rye bread + vegetable soup | Chicken meat (breast) baked in foil + rice + steamed vegetables | Rosehip (decoction) |
| Tue. | Toast covered with jam, herbal tea with a spoon of honey | Boiled chicken meat (breast) + vegetables + slice of bread (rye) + green salad | Soufflé from legumes of any kind + boiled vegetables | Curdled milk |
| Wed. | Salad “Three types of fruits” + yogurt (cup) | Warmed chicken salad with kohlrabi, corn kernels, all in a lean oil dressing | Spaghetti + tomato + sesame | Rosehip drink |
| Ch. | Fruits with rolled oats topped with yogurt | Bran sandwiches with sardines + juice | Stewed chicken + fresh vegetables, salad | Herb tea |
| Friday | Lightly salted cheese on a whole grain sandwich + dried fruits in compote | Cutlets (vegetable) + boiled potatoes + juices (vegetable to taste) | Tomato with herbs + baked salmon | Yogurt |
| Sat. | Oatmeal: porridge with milk, with added nuts and dried fruits | Salad: wheat germ + vegetables with olive oil dressing and cheese toast | Homemade noodles with sour cream and champignon sauce | Kefir |
| IN. | Buckwheat porridge + citrus juice | Vegetable salad, baked fish (mackerel, etc.) + potatoes (mashed) | Cottage cheese casserole + yogurt | Rosehip (decoction) |
A similar diet for cardiac tachycardia and arrhythmia is not a medicine intended for a complete cure for the disease. It should be perceived as a powerful support in prevention and recovery, allowing to facilitate cardiac muscle activity.
During attacks of tachycardia, it is important to follow a diet to reduce the load on the heart. This will not only avoid complications of the condition, but also minimize the manifestation of symptoms of the disease, including heart rhythm disturbances, shortness of breath, dizziness and general weakness. How to eat, read on.
The essence and rules of the diet
It is necessary to adhere to a diet on a regular basis, the essence of which is to choose foods primarily with a vitamin-mineral composition and low calorie content. So, the diet will be dairy-vegetable with a minimum content of harmful fats.
The diet requires compliance with the following rules:
- daily calorie content is 2500-3000 kcal, and you can consume 1500-2000 kcal if you have problems with excess weight, which is a burden on the heart and aggravates attacks of tachycardia;
- eat regularly - 4-5 times a day, following the rules of separate meals, so as not to overeat and not provoke a heart attack;
- arrange your last meal 2-3 hours before going to bed;
- cook food by steaming, boiling, boiling or baking in the oven, while the use of a double boiler and multicooker is only encouraged;
- do not use salt in cooking, and already cooked food can be lightly salted.
Choosing the right products and following the listed rules will strengthen the walls of the heart muscle and saturate the organ with all the components necessary for its normal functioning.
What foods can you eat if you have tachycardia?
If you have tachycardia, you should include in your diet:
- products containing magnesium, iron and calcium, which include: any cabbage, parsley, celery root; raisins, dried apricots, prunes, figs, dates; apricot, cherry; black currants, chokeberries; bananas, peaches, pineapple, grapefruit, grapes; almond.
- lean meats, including chicken, turkey, veal, beef;
- low-fat sea or river fish, which can be steamed, baked or used in the preparation of meatballs, cutlets, meatballs;
- low fat or 0% fermented milk products: kefir, cottage cheese, cheese, fermented baked milk, yogurt, whole milk, sour cream (consume in small quantities, mainly as a dressing for dishes).
- bran or rye bread, yesterday's baked goods;
- vegetables (zucchini, eggplant, beets, Jerusalem artichoke, etc.) raw, boiled or baked;
Vegetable salads are preferred because they are low in calories and supply the body with essential vitamins and microelements.
- fruits, berries and dried fruits that can be eaten fresh, and also used in the preparation of juices, compotes, smoothies, jelly, jelly;
- buckwheat, rice, oatmeal, pearl barley and other cereals for preparing porridge with water or milk;
- beans, peas, lentils and other legumes;
- vegetarian, vegetable, dairy soups, beetroot soup;
- nuts, sunflower and pumpkin seeds, but no more than a handful per day, as they are high in calories;
- honey, as it helps dilate blood vessels and improve nutrition of all cells;
- sauces based on vegetable broths, for example, milk or sour cream;
- vegetable oils, for example, corn, olive or flaxseed, but not more than 15 g per day.
What can't you eat?
In case of tachycardia, foods that cause a significant increase in heart rate and the development of arterial hypertension, and also contain large amounts of cholesterol, are prohibited. Thus, it is prohibited:
- fatty, fried and salty foods;
- canned foods;
- mushrooms, peppers and onions;
- bakery products;
- eggs (you can eat 1 piece per day in the form of a white steamed omelette or soft-boiled);
- sweets and chocolate;
- alcoholic drinks, energy drinks;
- drinks containing caffeine, that is, coffee, strongly brewed green or black tea;
- carbonated drinks.
Drinking diet
For tachycardia, it is worth drinking about 1.5 liters of fluid per day, but no more. In addition to non-carbonated purified water, decoctions that help restore heart function are recommended for use, which include:
- weakly brewed teas with lemon balm or mint, as well as infusions and decoctions with these raw materials;
- a decoction of mint and valerian, for the preparation of which 2 tbsp. l. pour a glass of boiling water over the raw material, leave for several hours in a thermos and drink a glass during attacks of tachycardia;
- infusion with horsetail, for the preparation of which 2 tbsp. l. pour boiling water over the raw materials, close the lid and cook for another 10 minutes, and then leave for 2-3 hours and drink half a glass every day, and the course of intake is no more than 3 weeks;
- decoction of elderberry bark, for the preparation of which 2 tbsp. l. pour 1 liter of boiling water over the raw materials, close the lid and boil for another 10 minutes, and then take 100 g in the morning and evening;
- infusion of hop cones and mint, for the preparation of which 1 tsp. pour a glass of boiling water over the collection, leave for 10 minutes and drink in small sips.
Sample menu for the week
When creating a menu, you need to take into account the rules of separate meals. You can take an example of a menu for 7 days as a basis.
Every day after waking up on an empty stomach, you should drink freshly squeezed grapefruit juice or a drink made by mixing equal amounts of carrot, pumpkin and apple juice.
Monday:
- Have breakfast with oatmeal, for the preparation of which 100 g pour 2 tbsp. l. boiling water and leave for 30 minutes. You can add pieces of dried apricots and raisins. Drink herbal tea with honey.
- Snack on a banana.
- For lunch, eat vegetable soup, pasta with sour cream and boiled chicken fillet, fruit jelly.
- Have a snack with cottage cheese with almonds, seasoned with kefir.
- For dinner, eat baked fish with vegetables.
Tuesday:
- Eat buckwheat porridge and drink dried fruit compote.
- Rebuy applesauce with cinnamon.
- For lunch, prepare creamy broccoli soup, fish balls and baked potatoes in their jackets. For dessert, eat nuts.
- Snack on a berry smoothie.
- Have a vegetable casserole for dinner and drink kefir.
Wednesday:
- For breakfast, eat pancakes with honey and drink rosehip infusion.
- Have a snack with a glass of natural yogurt.
- Have lunch with lean borscht, steamed cutlets and mashed potatoes cooked with milk.
- Have a snack with fruit salad seasoned with 1-2 tbsp. l. kefir
- For dinner, serve pilaf with carrots and boiled chicken.
Thursday:
- In the morning, eat pearl barley porridge and drink green tea.
- Snack on a green smoothie.
- For lunch, eat pumpkin cream soup, steamed fish and a salad of boiled grated beets and carrots, dressed with vegetable oil.
- Have a snack with a glass of fermented baked milk.
- Dine on lentil porridge with veal.
Friday:
- In the morning, eat cottage cheese with raisins and honey. Drink ginger tea.
- Snack on a banana.
- For lunch, prepare vegetable soup with zucchini, bake fish and serve with a vegetable salad of cucumber, tomato and lettuce. For dressing you can use 1 tsp. olive oil, chopped parsley, dill and garlic.
- Have a glass of kefir as a snack.
- Dine on oven-baked chicken with potatoes. Drink compote.
Saturday:
- For breakfast, eat oatmeal with berries and drink herbal tea.
- Snack on fruit jelly.
- For lunch, prepare light chicken broth, steamed pasta and fish balls.
- Have a snack with yogurt and currants.
- Dine on zucchini casserole with chicken. Drink kefir.
Sunday:
- In the morning, eat pearl barley porridge and drink tea with honey.
- Have a snack with cottage cheese and nuts.
- For lunch, serve pea soup, fish baked in foil and vegetable salad.
- Snack on a pomegranate.
- Dine on buckwheat porridge with meatballs and a cheese sandwich.
Fasting days for tachycardia
- Curd. You need to eat 500 g of low-fat cottage cheese per day, dividing it into 5 meals. In addition, you can drink 2 glasses of kefir and 3 glasses of herbal or green tea.
- Apple. During the day you need to eat 1.5 kg of apples, preferably green varieties. If desired, apples can be replaced with cucumbers.
- Milk/fermented milk. You need to drink 1.5 liters of milk per day, in 5 divided doses. Instead of milk, you can drink kefir, yogurt or natural yogurt.
- Salad. During the day you can eat salad made from fresh vegetables. The number of meals is 5, with one serving being about 300 g. You can use sour cream or vegetable oil as a dressing, but salt is prohibited.
If you suffer from attacks of tachycardia, to normalize the condition, it is important to eat properly in order to get vitamins and microelements from foods that strengthen the walls of the heart muscle. If you regularly arrange fasting days, this will only help improve your condition and performance.
Symptoms of tachycardia are not striking. And when a person encounters a patient suffering from a similar disorder in the activity of the heart muscle, when he sees manifestations of tachycardia, its symptoms, he may become confused, not knowing what to do and what not to do.
From the article you will learn what kind of pathology this is and what its symptoms are. How to help a patient if an attack of tachycardia occurs, the symptoms of which are easily determined by the pulse.
To answer the question, what is cardiac tachycardia, the symptoms of which have become a concern recently, let us turn to the ancient Greek language. Translated, this medical term means “fast heart.” Tachycardia is not an independent disease, but a symptom accompanying another disease. A condition in which the heart beats at a rate of over 90 beats per minute. The reasons for this condition may be different, but they are combined into two main categories:
- physiological disturbances in the activity of the heart;
- psychosomatic or neurogenic pathologies.
Cardiac tachycardia, the symptoms of which are almost independent of etiology, negatively affects the cardiovascular system and also negatively affects the entire body.
Symptoms and signs
During an attack, the pulse rate increases from 90 to 200-240 beats per minute. With this rhythm of work, the heart ventricles are not fully filled with blood, which causes blood pressure to drop. Insufficient blood flows to all other organs.
In some cases, with a long-term rapid rhythm, a person may experience a feeling of lack of oxygen. One of the accompanying symptoms of tachycardia is, in particular, its pathological form, in which an increase in rhythm is a compensatory measure in conditions of tissue hypoxia when the pressure decreases below adequate for a person.
Thus, the symptoms of cardiac tachycardia are expressed as follows:
- rapid heart pulsation;
- pain in the chest area;
- low blood pressure, accompanied by weakness, dizziness;
- shortness of breath that occurs when walking, doing physical labor, but also at rest.
Along with the mentioned symptoms of tachycardia, the following signs of tachycardia are sometimes observed:
- loss of consciousness,
- cough,
- blue lips
Increased stress on the heart can lead to more severe consequences and cause coronary heart disease.
Symptoms of tachycardia
Causes and features of manifestation
In cardiology, 4 types of tachycardia are conventionally distinguished:
- Physiological – the body’s normal reaction to physical activity, elevated air temperature, smoking a cigarette, or drinking a cup of coffee. Typically, a healthy heart will stabilize quickly, within 5-10 minutes after the trigger is removed.
- Pathological (extracardial), that is, arising outside the myocardium, as a consequence of other diseases. For example, hyperthyroidism, a tumor in the adrenal glands, diseases of the nervous and endocrine systems, cancer.
- Pathological (intracardial), directly related to the cardiovascular system. It occurs due to pathologies inside the heart muscle and circulatory system.
- Idiopathic or tachycardia of unknown etiology. The origin of these increased heart rates remains unclear.
The following heart diseases can provoke pathological intracardial tachycardia:
- myocarditis, pericarditis, endocarditis;
- congenital or acquired heart defects;
Whatever the cause of palpitations, you cannot get rid of it without eliminating the primary disease.
Rapid heartbeat in women usually develops during menopause, that is, after 45-50 years. Attacks occur during the day, during physical activity or stress, and at night the condition returns to normal.
The symptoms accompanying tachycardia indicate that women are prone to tachycardia, in which sinus palpitations occur more often than others. Another cause of its occurrence, which is much less common, is hyperthyroidism, a disease associated with hyperfunction of the thyroid gland.
It indicates pathological changes in the heart muscle, and is practically no different from the symptoms of cardiac tachycardia in men. Women rarely experience rapid ventricular pulsation, which is a consequence of pathologies such as:
- myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle;
- myocardial infarction.
Women also have nodal tachycardia, in which impulses arise between the atria and ventricles, and atrial tachycardia. The last type of rapid heartbeat is characterized by the occurrence of impulses in the atria.
During pregnancy, hormonal changes in the body and a woman’s worries often cause symptoms of tachycardia. A sharp increase in the frequency of SS is dangerous for the unborn baby and can provoke a miscarriage. Therefore, an expectant mother whose heart is prone to rapid heartbeats needs to keep her heart under control.
You should be more attentive to medications that can also cause an increase in heart rate. It is necessary to monitor the condition of the thyroid gland, for which pregnancy is a serious test; Malnutrition should be avoided. This leads to dehydration and anemia. It is no secret that some women, even during pregnancy, strive to follow diets that cause exhaustion of the body with all that it entails. A rapid pulse in a pregnant woman can even cause an increase in body temperature.
In men
The normal number of contractions of the heart muscle in men is 60-90 beats per minute.
Heart rate increases during physical activity, during sports, during nervous irritation, stress, that is, under the influence of the release of adrenaline into the blood.
When the heart rate increases above 90 beats per minute at rest, we can talk about tachycardia and its symptoms.
Symptoms of cardiac tachycardia in men are almost no different from women's symptoms. But men are more likely than women to experience heart palpitations for the following reasons:
- Men suffer more from stress;
- Increased physical activity typical of a male lifestyle creates risks for the cardiovascular system;
- Smoking and alcohol, which the stronger sex is more prone to, affect the heart rate. An acute hangover syndrome, accompanied by hypotension and rapid heartbeat, is usually a symptom of tachycardia in men.
- Unlike men, women before menopause are protected by lipoprotein sex hormones, which prevent development.
In men, an increase in heart rate causes a feeling of fear and panic attacks.
In children
Children normally have a faster heartbeat than adults. For example, in an infant, the heart beats at a frequency of 140-160 beats per minute, in a baby from six months to a year - 120-130, in 3-5 years - the heart rate is 100-105 beats per minute.
Pathological tachycardia in children is considered to be a condition when the heart rate exceeds the normal rate by 20-30 beats. It is accompanied by the following symptoms: dizziness, heart pain, general lethargy, pale skin, shortness of breath.
Noncardiac causes that cause symptoms of tachycardia in children include the following:
- reduced blood glucose levels, in which case the child experiences a lack of energy, becomes drowsy and lethargic;
- imbalance of electrolytes in the blood (lack of magnesium or potassium ions);
- hormonal disorders, increased production of thyroid or adrenal hormones;
- violation of acid-base balance;
- side effect from taking medications.
When the heart rate remains consistently high for a long time and the mentioned symptoms of tachycardia occur, there is every reason to contact a pediatric cardiologist.
What should you do during an attack?
Any person, feeling the approaching symptoms of tachycardia, can independently try to help himself.
- Remove or unfasten anything that interferes with free breathing - a belt on your waist, a tie.
- Wash your face with cool water. You can place a cool compress on your forehead.
- Lie on the sofa, but the pillow should not be too high.
- Hold your breath for 10 seconds, taking a calm but deep breath.
- Try to induce a gag reflex, or cough.
Drops of Valocordin, Corvalol, Motherwort or Valerian will help relieve the attack. These drugs calm the nervous system and dilate blood vessels .
Not only patients, but also every healthy person should know what tachycardia looks like, the symptoms, what to do if someone has an attack of rapid heartbeat.
What actions should not be taken?
During an attack, you should not take a hot bath or drink drinks that stimulate the nervous system.
Patients prone to tachycardia should generally avoid any actions that increase heart rate. They cannot:
- drink coffee, cocoa, eat chocolate in large quantities;
- take medications containing caffeine;
- eat spicy, salty foods;
- exercise;
- take any medications or dietary supplements without the advice of your attending physician.
Persons prone to tachycardia should also not smoke anything: no cigarettes, no cigars, much less a hookah. Not only physical, but also mental and emotional stress should be avoided. Overeating should not be allowed.
Depending on how tachycardia and its symptoms manifest itself, diagnostic measures are first prescribed, and then therapeutic methods are selected. For example, in the treatment of rapid heartbeat with VSD, and some immediate heart diseases, the following is used:
- physiotherapy,
- balneotherapy,
- psychocorrection and hypnosis.
These therapeutic methods complement drug treatment, which together gives a good result. For rapid heartbeat and increased blood pressure, the doctor may prescribe Reserpine.
For increased heart rate, Anaprilin is used, a beta-blocker that reduces sensitivity to adrenaline. At the same time, heart rate decreases and blood pressure levels out. The drug acts effectively and quickly. But in order to prevent an overdose, which can adversely affect the functioning of the heart, the dosage should be prescribed by the attending physician.
conclusions
- A pronounced symptom of tachycardia is a pathologically rapid heartbeat with a pulse above 90 beats per minute.
- Rapid heartbeat in some cases is accompanied by shortness of breath, arterial hypotension, weakness, and chest pain.
- The appearance of symptoms of tachycardia indicates a pathology, a malfunction in the body, and requires consulting a doctor. After reviewing your symptoms and prescribing a full examination, the doctor will be able to determine the true cause of the condition and prescribe adequate treatment or supportive therapy.
Use traditional methods and recipes, but also consult a cardiologist.
Let's consider what tachycardia is physiological and pathological, supraventricular and ventricular. What are the causes of tachycardia.
Tachycardia is an increase in heart rate (HR) relative to normal (normal: 60-80 beats per minute). Tachycardia can be physiological, sinus (with great physical exertion, it goes away on its own with rest) and pathological, which is divided into supraventricular and ventricular. Ventricular is the most dangerous, accompanied by circulatory failure, shock, loss of consciousness, and pulmonary edema. The cause is coronary heart disease. Supraventricular tachycardia is caused by hypertension, heart defects, thyroid disease, symptoms of supraventricular tachycardia: rapid heartbeat, chest discomfort, shortness of breath, dizziness, weakness.
An attack of tachycardia manifests itself as a strong and sudden acceleration of heart contractions, which can reach 150-200 per minute, and can last from several minutes to several hours.
One hundred attacks are accompanied by a rolling feeling of fear, stabbing pain and weakness.
Often an attack of tachycardia is provoked by stress, heavy food, bloating, allergies, hot flashes during menopause
Tachycardia has different causes; by the accompanying symptoms, you can determine the cause that causes it:
1. If, in addition to seizures, there is a slight trembling of the fingers on outstretched arms, then the cause may be a large number of medications used or their incorrect choice
2. If weight loss occurs, the reason is excessive use of hormonal drugs and appetite suppressants.
3. If the attack is accompanied by profuse sweating, then the reason is excessive caffeine consumption.
4. If, along with tachycardia, there is strong nervous excitability, then the reason may be smoking, physical inactivity, or, conversely, excessive physical exertion.
The causes of tachycardia are psychological stress, alcohol, lack of sleep, and overwork.
First aid for tachycardia.
An attack of tachycardia with a pulse rate of more than 120 beats per minute requires calling a doctor. During an attack, it is important to remain completely calm. At the first signs of an attack of tachycardia, you can try using special techniques:
1. Take a deep breath and hold your breath, as if pushing the air down, as if straining.
2.
Gently apply pressure on the eyeballs (to the point of pain) for several minutes in courses of 10 seconds with a break.
3. Fill a basin with ice water and immerse your face in it for a second or two. The pulse should drop immediately.
4. Sometimes a strong cough or artificially induced vomiting can help stop an incipient attack of tachycardia.
5. An attack can be stopped by deep breathing: take a deep breath and exhale slowly, 3 times longer. Breathe like this for 5-10 minutes
6. Take Corvalol or Valocordin
Exercises for tachycardia.
1. Massage your little fingers several times during the day: rub or bite the little fingers on both hands for two minutes. Then rub the side of your palm - from the little finger to the wrist.
2. For tachycardia, walking is very useful, but it must be uniform and not very fast. Train yourself to a specific walking pace that is comfortable for you and stick to it.
You should give up smoking, drinking alcohol, strong tea and coffee, fatty foods, sour cream and eggs, coffee, everything hot, spicy and salty. Eating should be regular, small portions, overeating can cause an attack. You cannot replace a meal with something sweet and high in calories. Additionally, the diet should include honey, dried apricots, raisins, wheat and rye bran, rosehip infusion, fresh vegetables and fruits, berries (viburnum, rowan, lingonberry). In addition, emotional overload and stress should be excluded.
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General description of the disease
Tachycardia is an acceleration of the heart rate, which appears as a reaction to an increase in body temperature, emotional and physical stress, smoking, alcohol consumption, a decrease in blood pressure (due to bleeding) and hemoglobin level (for example, with anemia), with increased function thyroid gland, malignant tumors, purulent infection, consumption of certain medications. In addition, tachycardia can be caused by pathology of the heart muscle and disturbances in the electrical conductivity of the heart.
Circumstances of development of tachycardia
- excessive consumption of caffeine-containing products;
- diseases of the cardiovascular system (heart disease, ischemia, heart attack, hypertension);
- disease of the thyroid gland and endocrine system;
- infectious diseases;
- pregnancy.
Types of tachycardia
physiological, short-term and pathological tachycardia.
Tachycardia indicators:
darkening of the eyes, pain in the chest, rapid heart rate at rest and without objective circumstances, frequent dizziness, repeated loss of consciousness.
Consequences of tachycardia
wear and tear of the heart muscle, heart failure, impaired electrical conductivity of the heart and the rhythm of its work, arrhythmic shock, acute cerebral circulatory failure, thromboembolism of cerebral vessels and pulmonary arteries, ventricular fibrillation.
Necessary products for tachycardia
The diet for tachycardia should be based on the following rules:
- 1 regular meal;
- 2 small portions;
- 3 abstaining from food at night;
- 4 limiting sweets;
- 5 spend fasting days;
- The 6th daily dose of fat should be no more than 50 g;
- 7 huge content of foods rich in magnesium and potassium;
- 8 low calorie content.
Products needed include:
- honey (increases blood supply to the heart and dilates blood vessels);
- foods with high levels of iron, magnesium and potassium (raisins, dried apricots and apricots, cherries, chokeberries, almonds, celery, grapefruits, grapes, dates, figs, prunes, parsley, cabbage, dark currants, celery root, pineapples, bananas, dogwoods and peaches);
- rye and wheat bran;
- nuts;
- rosehip decoction or herbal tea (strengthens the heart muscle);
- fresh raw vegetables, baked or chopped (for example: Jerusalem artichoke, eggplant, beets) and vegetable salads, as they contain a large amount of microelements and vitamins with a small amount of calories;
- fresh fruits, berries (for example: viburnum, rowan, lingonberry), juices, compotes, mousses, jelly, jelly from them;
- dried fruits;
- protein steam omelet, soft-boiled eggs (no more than one egg per day);
- fermented milk products (yogurt, kefir, low-fat cottage cheese), whole milk, sour cream (as a dressing for dishes);
- porridge with milk or water, cereals and puddings;
- bran bread, day-old bread;
- cold beetroot soup, vegetarian soups from vegetables and cereals, fruit and milk soups;
- lean varieties of pork, beef, turkey and chicken. veal (cooked for several minutes, in the oven or minced meat);
- low-fat varieties of boiled or baked fish, in the form of cutlets, meatballs, meatballs;
- mild sauces based on vegetable broth (for example: milk, sour cream, fruit sauces);
- sunflower, corn, flaxseed and other types of vegetable oil (up to 15 grams per day).
Folk remedies for tachycardia
- herbal teas from mint, lemon balm. hawthorn, motherwort and valerian;
- sachet pillows (for example: with valerian root);
- a soothing collection of valerian root and dry mint (place two spoons of the collection in a thermos, fill half with boiling water, leave for two hours, store in the refrigerator for no more than a month) take a glass of infusion in small sips throughout the attack;
- infusion of horsetail and hawthorn (pour two tablespoons of a mixture of herbs with boiling water in an enamel container, leave for three hours with the lid tightly closed, strain) take half a glass twice a day for 20 days);
- an infusion of hop cones and mint (apply one teaspoon of the mixture to a glass of boiling water, leave for ten minutes) drink in small sips at a time;
- elderberries and honeysuckle (raw, berry jam);
- decoction of elderberry bark (2 tablespoons of crushed bark per liter of boiling water, boil for ten minutes) take a decoction of 100 grams in the morning and evening.
Scary and harmful foods for tachycardia
Alcoholic, energy and caffeine-containing drinks, strong tea, fatty, hot, spicy and salty foods, sour cream, eggs (more than one per day, omelettes, hard-boiled eggs), smoked foods, seasonings and sauces with a high level of fat, salt and products such as contain soda (biscuits, bread, carbonated drinks) because they contain sodium, which is harmful to the cardiovascular system.
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Causes and signs of tachycardia
If the heart rate exceeds 90 beats per minute and palpitations are observed, then this condition is called tachycardia. This condition is not an independent pathology, but only a symptom.
In medical practice, tachycardia can be physiological or pathological:
- Physiological tachycardia occurs against the background of emotional stress, physical stress, excessive consumption of tonic drinks or the use of certain drugs. This condition does not pose a danger to the body.
- If tachycardia is caused by cardiovascular diseases, pathologies of the endocrine and autonomic systems, then these are the causes of pathological tachycardia.
The appearance of this symptom may occur against the background of the following diseases:
- Heart failure
- Myocarditis
- Endocarditis
- Heart defects
- Myocardial infarction
Tachycardia can occur with large blood loss, psychosis, neuroses, anemia, infectious diseases, hyperthyroidism, etc. With such diseases, tachycardia is a concomitant symptom. If the cause is eliminated in a timely manner, the symptoms of tachycardia will disappear.
Dangerous symptoms and complications
Clinical manifestations of tachycardia depend on the etiology, duration and severity of palpitations.
Main symptoms of tachycardia:
- Heaviness and pain in the heart area.
- Dizziness.
- Pulsation of blood vessels in the neck.
- Dyspnea.
- Reduced blood pressure.
Tachycardia is dangerous when these symptoms appear against the background of cardiac pathologies.
With a rapid heartbeat, the organs and tissues of the body are not sufficiently saturated with oxygen.
This occurs due to rapid contractions, so the ventricles cannot fill with blood. As a result of oxygen starvation, frequent fainting occurs, the heart muscle is quickly depleted, and irreversible changes in metabolism occur in organs and tissues.
If tachycardia manifests itself systematically, then heart failure, pulmonary edema, ventricular fibrillation, and arrhythmic shock may occur. In order to avoid the development of complications against the background of another attack of tachycardia, it is necessary to consult a doctor in a timely manner and begin treatment.
The best folk recipes
If you experience heart palpitations, you can use non-traditional herbal treatments. Plants are chosen that have sedative and antiarrhythmic effects. Such herbs are: valerian, hawthorn, lemon balm, motherwort, mint, etc.
Traditional medicine offers a wide selection of decoctions, infusions, and essential oils for the treatment of tachycardia.
Below are the best recipes:
- A decoction of valerian and calendula flowers. Take equal amounts of valerian roots and calendula flowers. Pour the mixture into a thermos and pour two cups of boiling water. Leave to infuse for 2 hours. Take 100 ml 4 times a day for 3 weeks.
- A decoction based on hawthorn. Take flowers of hawthorn, horsetail and knotweed in a ratio of 5:2:3. Pour the mixture with a glass of boiling water and leave for 20-30 minutes. Take 1/3 cup several times a day.
- Alcohol tincture. Squeeze half a glass of chokeberry juice, mix with lemon, cranberry and carrot juice (200 ml each). Then add 260 ml of vodka. Store the tincture in the refrigerator. Shake before use and consume 1 hour before meals.
- Tincture of hawthorn and propolis. Buy ready-made tinctures at the pharmacy, mix and consume 20 drops before meals.
- Honey with lemon and garlic. Take 10 lemons, wash and grind in a meat grinder. Peel and grind 10 heads of garlic. Add 1 liter of honey to the ingredients and stir well. Close the container and leave to infuse for 7 days. Use 2 tablespoons once a day.
- Honey and beet juice. Mix freshly squeezed beet juice with honey and take 2/3 cup morning and evening.
- Healing mixture for tachycardia. You will need 2 lemons, 8-10 nuts, 80 g of dried apricots. Grind all components together. Add 100 ml of honey and 7-8 drops of alcohol tincture of hawthorn and valerian to the mixture. Take twice a day on an empty stomach. Store the product in the refrigerator.
Treatment with traditional methods lasts about 2-3 months. When using one of these recipes, you should make sure that there is no allergic reaction to herbs and other components.
Breathing exercises and exercise therapy
Breathing exercises during heart palpitations will help reduce heart rate and alleviate the patient’s condition. People of different age groups and physical fitness can perform it.
Therapeutic breathing exercises train the heart muscle, enhance gas exchange, saturate the blood with oxygen and improve the filling of the heart with blood. In addition, the coronary vessels dilate and cardiac circulation improves.
There are several simple breathing exercises (the exercises should be repeated several times over 5-7 minutes):
- Deep breathing. You need to take a deep breath and exhale. In this case, the exhalation should be longer than the inhalation.
- Belly breathing. Take a deep breath and hold your breath. Next, push the air to the diaphragm, as if “inflating” the stomach. Then slowly exhale the air.
- Inhaling air through the nose. Close one nostril with your finger and inhale sharply with the other. Next, close the second nostril and exhale air, releasing the blocked nostril.
For tachycardia, physical therapy is indicated. Physical activity should be moderate. Exercise therapy is carried out in a medical institution in the presence of a specialist. The doctor shows all the exercises, and the patient repeats after him.
Therapeutic exercises can be performed at home, but consult your doctor first. The set of exercises consists of a warm-up, main and final parts. Below is a simple set of therapeutic exercises that can be performed for tachycardia:
- At the first stage, the exercises are performed in a sitting position. The arms are moved to the side, then raised up as you inhale, and lowered down as you exhale. Perform the exercise for 3-4 minutes. Remaining in the starting position, slightly raise your legs and imitate walking.
- After warming up, move on to the main part. In a standing position, grab a support with one hand. Next, raise the other arm and leg as you inhale, and slowly lower as you exhale. Repeat with the other leg and arm.
- Then stretch your arms above, inhaling air and return to the starting position, slowly exhaling air. Next exercise: swing forward and backward alternately with your right and left leg.
- At the end of the main part, slow walking around the room is recommended. In this case, it is necessary to monitor your breathing.
In addition, it is recommended to increase physical activity, move more, walk and swim. All this strengthens the heart muscle, improves hemodynamics, stimulates peripheral circulation, and as a result, the likelihood of developing tachycardia decreases.
In addition to therapeutic measures, to eliminate the symptoms of tachycardia, it is recommended to adhere to proper nutrition:
- You should eat a sufficient amount of fruits and vegetables, which contain such beneficial elements for the heart as magnesium, potassium, iron, vitamin A. These substances are present in rose hips, apricots, grapes, raisins, prunes, currants, cherries, cabbage, nuts , citrus fruits, etc.
- Coffee or tea can be replaced with vegetable juices.
- Eat meat and fish baked or boiled.
- You are allowed to eat one egg per day.
A balanced diet for diseases of the cardiovascular system should include a sufficient amount of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Starvation diets and vegetarianism are strictly not recommended.
Foods that cause bloating should be excluded from your diet. Such products are: legumes, cabbage, radishes, fried foods, spicy seasonings, etc. It is not recommended to consume alcohol.
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It is necessary to avoid foods that provoke a rapid heartbeat and contribute to an increase or decrease in blood pressure: spicy and fatty foods, fried eggs, smoked foods, canned food, fatty dairy products, salt, spices, seasonings.
To reduce the development of tachycardia, it is necessary to observe preventive measures, namely:
- To refuse from bad habits.
- Maintain a daily routine.
- Control body weight.
- Regularly measure your blood pressure and monitor your blood cholesterol levels.
- Take any medications with caution.
- Avoid stressful situations.
- Eat right and rationally.
- Limit the consumption of coffee drinks.
- Engage in moderate physical activity.
The best way to prevent tachycardia is to reduce the risk of developing heart disease. However, if they are present in the anamnesis, then it is necessary to monitor and adhere to the treatment plan. It is recommended to undergo regular examinations and tell your doctor about any worrying symptoms.
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Treatment and prevention of cardiac tachycardia
The topic of today's article will be the prevention of cardiac tachycardia, as well as its proper treatment. It is a well-known fact that the main organ of the human body is undoubtedly the heart, on the correct and effective activity of which both human health and life itself depend. Our vital activity is ensured thanks to non-stop cardiac work, carried out in the form of contractions and relaxations. Thus, the blood flow is set in motion, which saturates the organs and systems of the human body with oxygen and other nutrients.
The cardiac activity of a healthy person smoothly passes from one stage of its work to another; in another situation, there is a delay in providing the human body with all the necessary microelements, blood flow is delayed, which leads to overload of the heart muscle. The process of heart contractions, which is constant in nature, is usually called heart rhythm. If the heartbeat increases (up to 90 contractions per minute), then a phenomenon called tachycardia occurs.
Doctors very often connect these 2 concepts. Thus, it is possible to specifically identify a list of measures that need to be taken in order to prevent problems associated with the work of the heart, in other words, carry out regular prevention of cardiac tachycardia. Thus, it is necessary:
- remove bad habits from life: do not abuse alcohol, stop smoking, stop drinking drinks containing caffeine;
- pay special attention to the selection of medications that are prescribed for the course of treatment. You should not self-medicate;
- accustom your body to regular and moderate physical activity. Physical education is simply necessary for our body;
- Controlling your blood pressure should become a normal situation for you. Also monitor the level of cholesterol in the body;
- mastering breathing exercises helps to quickly and painlessly endure stressful situations;
- Do not under any circumstances allow your body to become fat. If you have been suffering from excess weight for a long time, then you need to take appropriate measures to gradually reduce it.
Proper nutrition for cardiac tachycardia
If you have this heart disease in your body, you must follow some healthy eating rules. These include:
- regularity of food intake;
- eating small portions;
- the impossibility of late dinners;
- limiting sweets and starchy foods.
An important factor is the timely detection of heart diseases that cause increased heart rate, as well as their effective treatment. Thus, proper nutrition is the best cure for heart tachycardia.
If you are suddenly overtaken by an attack of tachycardia, then you must:
- unfasten the top buttons on the collar;
- calm down as much as possible;
- take any sedative at hand;
- the best position for you will be lying down;
- drink cold mineral water;
Fetal tachycardia
Violation of the rhythm of heart contractions is associated with pathological processes in the heart muscle, as well as changes in the electrolyte composition of the blood, disruption of nervous and endocrine regulation.
With the help of proper nutrition, you can influence the metabolism in the myocardium, improve its function of formation and conduction of cardiac impulses. This is facilitated by sufficient dietary intake of microelements, vitamins, lean protein, mainly vegetable fat and complex carbohydrates.
The goal of dietary nutrition for patients with abnormal heart rhythms is to address the underlying causes of the disease.
What does a proper diet include? |
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Maintaining the balance of essential blood electrolytes |
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Slowing the progression of coronary atherosclerosis |
Exclusion of animal fats and sufficient inclusion in the diet of foods with lecithin (soybeans, peas, buckwheat), choline and methionine (cottage cheese, cod, oatmeal), dietary fiber (vegetables and fruits, bran). |
Restoring the balance between the processes of inhibition and excitation in the central nervous system |
To do this, limit hot seasonings and spices, alcohol, caffeine, as well as extractive compounds from meat, mushroom or fish broths. You need to eat food strictly according to the clock, at least 4 to 5 times a day. |
Decreased vascular wall permeability |
Patients need foods with vitamins C and P - rose hips, nuts, citrus fruits, leafy greens. |
Normalization of blood clotting |
Of course, to treat arrhythmia, proper nutrition is prescribed in combination with medications, but if it is followed, it is possible to significantly reduce their dose and speed up the recovery process.
Recommendations for atrial fibrillation, with extrasystole or tachycardia
The choice of food products for tachysystolic forms of rhythm disturbance should be based on the following principles:
- a large amount of potassium - honey, dried apricots, raisins, boiled or baked potatoes, bananas, currants, gooseberries, nuts and seeds;
- magnesium saturation – legumes, buckwheat and oat bran, spinach, watermelon, pine nuts and almonds;
- sufficient calcium content - milk, cheeses, low-fat cottage cheese, seafood, corn.
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