What are the causes of tachycardia? Go to treatment early
Four seas network: the normal adult's heart rate is 60-100 times per minute. If it exceeds 100 times, the heart rate is too fast, which is called tachycardia in medicine. However, the causes of tachycardia vary widely. The main causes are classified as follows.
(1) physiology: physiological sinus tachycardia is very common, many factors affect heart rate, such as body position change, physical activity, food digestion, emotional anxiety, pregnancy, excitement, fear, excitement, drinking, smoking, drinking tea, etc., can make heart rate increase. In addition, age is also a factor, and children's heart rate is often faster.
(2) drug nature: for example, sympathetic drugs such as ephedrine and adrenaline. Parasympathetic blockers such as atropine, caffeine, thyroxine and amphetamine can cause tachycardia.
(3) pathology: such as systemic diseases: high fever, anemia, anoxia, infection, hyperthyroidism, pain, acute rheumatic fever, beriberiberi and neurosis can cause tachycardia.
(4) cardiovascular diseases: acute blood loss, hypotension and shock, arteriovenous fistula, heart failure, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, pericarditis, acute myocardial infarction and various organic heart diseases can cause sinus tachycardia.
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