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Should you be concerned about a high heart rate in pregnancy? Is this a cause for concern? Should a high pulse be consulted with a doctor? Does high heart rate threaten my pregnancy? The question is answered by the drug. Katarzyna Darecka.
Is high heart rate in pregnancy a cause for concern?
Good day. I am 26 years old and currently in the fourth month of pregnancy. So far, I have not had any major problems related to it, but I have noticed at home high heart rate in pregnancy and I don’t know if this is a cause for panic or something normal. I started to observe the high pulse during pregnancy some time ago, I even checked what it looks like and the measurements show that most often mine high heart rate in pregnancy it varies between 85 and 90. I have never seen anything like this before.
Plus, I started to feel weak and tired, but I put that down to the mere fact that I was pregnant. Recently, however, when I measured my heart rate it was 98 and I was a bit scared, especially since I felt extremely weak that day and at times I felt dizzy. Is a high pulse in pregnancy dangerous? Are indications of high heart rate in pregnancy, such as mine, a cause for concern and should I see a doctor with a high heart rate during pregnancy? Please give me some tips on what I should actually do with my high heart rate in pregnancy.
The doctor explains the dangers of high heart rate
During pregnancy, a woman’s body undergoes many changes, including in the cardiovascular system. The main changes are an increase in cardiac output and an increase in sodium and hence water retention. Throughout pregnancy, there is an increase in the volume of circulating blood, especially plasma, and the amount of red blood cells increases more slowly than the volume of plasma, which may result in the occurrence of physiological anemia in pregnancy. The lower presence of hemoglobin can cause shortness of breath. Hyperventilation caused by high progesterone levels also plays an important role. In turn, in the respiratory system there is an increase in ventilation and respiratory drive, the minute tidal volume increases by almost 50%. These changes may result in mild respiratory alkalosis. Nevertheless, the mechanism of dyspnea in pregnancy is not fully understood.
Cardiac output (or cardiac output), i.e. the volume of blood that the heart travels to the blood vessels within one minute, increases by 30-50% between weeks 20-32 of pregnancy, which in the third trimester is the result of an increase in heart rate . Due to the increase in cardiac output during pregnancy, other changes occur, including to accelerate the mother’s heart rate by 15-20 beats / minute. That is, higher than normal pulse in pregnancy is normal for a pregnant woman and is a result of changes in her body. However, if the arterial pressure is too high, or if some disturbing symptoms appear, e.g. palpitations, uneven beating, shortness of breath, chest pain, hemoptysis and it is accompanied by a higher pulse than at present, you should go to the Hospital Emergency Department. There will be an opportunity to perform the appropriate tests.
As for the pulse you have now – it is completely normal and even physiological in pregnancy.
– Lek. Katarzyna Darecka
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