What can be the causes of a High Resting Heart Rate?

I am a 22 year old female, slightly overweight. I am not that physically active, but I do work out a few times a week. My resting heart rate sits around 130 bpm, and when I am in pain( had an ear infection) it went up to 146 bpm. The nurse at the hospital seen it and said I was 22 years old... and that I can handle it. Heart problems run in my family, and sometimes I get minor chest pains from over exsurtion when working out. I am going to the doctors again soon but was just looking for some information about this to ease my mind until I get in to see my physician.

I am not, and have not been on any medications since this has been going on, well since I knew about it.

This topic will help you out , but seeing your cardiologist/physician is mandatory:

What is a Heart Palpitation?

Heart palpitations are sensations that feel like pounding or racing. Sometimes it feels like your heart skipped or stopped beats. Palpitations can be felt in your chest, throat, or neck.

If you have heart palpitations, you should contact your doctor to make sure it is not caused by a serious condition. Your doctor will perform tests to determine the cause and whether the heart palpitations are treatable or not.

Heart palpitations are also called:

* Heartbeat sensations
* Irregular heartbeat
* Palpitations
* Rapid heart rate
* Racing heart
* Tachycardia

What Causes Heart Palpitations?

There are many causes of heart palpitations. The most common causes are:

* Exercise
* Anxiety
* Stress
* Heart Disease
* Caffeine
* Nicotine
* Cocaine
* Diet pills
* Hyperventilation
* Overactive thyroid
* Anemia
* Low levels of oxygen in your blood
* Medications
* Mitral valve prolapse

Can Heart Palpitations be Prevented?

Whether or not heart palpitations can be prevented will depend on the cause. Reducing stress and anxiety can help lessen your heart palpitations.

Emergency Symptoms

Call your doctor immediately if:

* You have fainted or someone you are with loses consciousness.
* You have shortness of breath, chest pain, unusual sweating, dizziness, or lightheadedness.
* You feel frequent extra heartbeats
* You have risk factors for heart disease like high cholesterol, diabetes, or high blood pressure.
* You have new or different heart palpitations.
* Your pulse is more than 100 beats per minute (without exercise).

Are you on any medicine? That can make it go up. You should check with your doctor. Only your doctor can advise you on that... There all some many levels that work at hospitals and not everyone is a "nurse". A couple yrs ago mine was up and I'm thin and exercise around thirty it was due to my medicine I was at the time.

The chest pains can be from anything, I wouldn't worry too much. (Out shape, Something you ate) I also use to train Pepe too. I get them sometimes too.

Just watch your BPM when your working out and let your doctor know what's going on.

my heart rate is higher than my husbands also. when i am sick or in pain it will skyrocket. i have a high family history of heart problems also. my blood pressure is on a roller coaster and changes dramatically too. i would find a dr to discuss it with and maybe run some tests to see if it is just "normal" for you. if you find out now and get a baseline it will give you something to go by. it is hard to explain to dr's and nurses that it is "normal" for you when not at your regular dr. many think i have problems because my "normal" is not normal for everyone else

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Lack of Exercise! Start taking a 20 minute walk everyday...it will be hard the first week but will get easier every day and you will feel much better in just two short weeks. Pretty soon you will be hiking on the weekends for entertainment.

You don't have to "work out"...just start walking. Try and cover as much ground in 20 minutes as you can...and go a little further each week...you can even just do laps around the block.

I did the same thing around your age...started going for a bike ride after work everyday...after about six months I was able to go on a 100 mile bike ride and my resting heart rate was 65. Your heart rate should only go above 120 WITH EXERCISE...seriously just start taking a walk...you'll feel much better in every way.

when you are sick, or when you are exerting or exercising your heart rate will rise, and yes a 22 year old heart can handle, or should be able to handle, this fast of a rate.....BUT having a resting heart rate of 130 is not normal.....I'm glad you are seeing your doctor soon, when, how soon?....check your own resting heart rate often, write it down and take to your MD.... I'd try to not exert myself until you get this checked out by your MD....

If you want to bring your heart rate down their are a few things you can do...

1. Start exercising- the heart is a muscle you must give it activity in order to supply your venous blood flow, it takes longer for blood to get to the heart if you are overweight, and has to work harder to get it to your other systems.

2. Get full body deep tissue massages, it's a undisputed fact that getting massages eleviates hypertension, and reduces choloesterol.

3. Start eating right, vegetables, fruit, low carbs, protien, organic foods, stay away from fast foods, take natural supplements to compliment your body's development, detoxify your body of bad enzyms by takeing anti-oxidants, natural pomegranite juice, natural blueberry juice, green ice tea...

These are the things you should be doing, remember you only have one body per life, treat it right...