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Bradycardia how low is too low
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Mar 11 8:38am | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
I get a medical every other year for my pilots license. Every year the doctor says no and refers me to a consultant who says it's fine. My resting pulse is too low for my blood pressure monitor as it comes up with an error when it's less than 30. Sometimes it's 30. Sometimes 32. Sometimes its < 30 so shows me an error. It used to be about 36-38 when I was a young athlete. As I've got older (I still run/cycle every day) it's dropped below 30 when I'm doing nothing.
The cardiologists always say it's fine because I feel fine and I'm still a good runner/cyclist. >40? I wouldn't even worry about it. My dad's is 44bpm and he doesn't do much exercise anymore (he's in his 70s).
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@itdontgo: It’s just a matter of time (it’ called aging)before you start feeling dizzy because your heart is not pumping enough blood to your brain. Ignore that condition and your heart stops. The solution is a pacemaker. But I suspect you will learn this advice the hard way. At age 92 I’ve walked that path believing I was bullet proof.
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Last year my heart rate was always in the low 40’s to 30 range, and I was in a junctional rhythm most of the time. I was having episodes of feeling lightheaded, but was tolerating it. My cardiologist recommended that we continue to monitor the symptoms closely. He said if the symptoms got worse - which he felt they would - that I would eventually need a pacemaker. 7 months after the diagnosis I needed to get the pacemaker. My point is that if you aren’t symptomatic, you should listen to your cardiologist. If symptoms start, you should touch base with the cardiologists immediately.