when i breathe in it speeds up and when i exhale it slows down is this normal?
2007-02-05 13:26:02 · 4 answers · asked by nunezred 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Yes, this is normal. It is a common and widely-acknowledged physiological response for heart rate to increase during inspiration, and decrease on expiration.
2007-02-05 23:46:27 · answer #1 · answered by citizen insane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you may have is called an arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is a condition that causes your heart to beat mildly irregularly. From what you described, however, it does not sound like a problem. Although if your heart rate becomes very fast or very slow (above 100 or below 60) you may want to talk to your doctor. Your heart rate will vary on its own depending on the metabolic needs of your body. In other words, if your muscles need more oxygen or your organs need more nutrients your heart may beat a little faster. Hope this helps. Try www.webmd.com if you want to research it some more.
2007-02-05 13:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by Wynno 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have no idea about heart rate. but when you breathe in, your blood pressure will decrease as a more negative pressure is created when the thoracic cavity expands, thus retaining more blood in the thorax. the blood pressure can drop by as much as 15mmHg if i'm not wrong. this is known as pulsus paradoxus. however, i don't think the baroreceptors are affected by this decrease in blood pressure since they are around the aorta and carotid arteries. perhaps the higher volume of blood caused the heart to pump harder and faster?
2016-03-29 06:55:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, that's why they say take deep slow breaths to calm down.
2007-02-05 13:33:33 · answer #4 · answered by Butch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋