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bradycardia -- what's a too-low heart rate?
I wear a Fitbit Charge HR, which has a heart monitor that is pretty accurate (within a beat or two of what hospital instruments say) except for sudden spikes up or down. My heart rate is now in the high 40s at rest, has been as low as 38 while asleep, is usually in the 50s during the daytime but can get into normal range if I'm active. I can't get anyone at my primary care or cardiologist's office to give me an idea of what's so long that I should call them! I'm betting that below 40 is a concern, but all they've said is that heart rates lower when we're asleep. Duh! I know that. What I want to know is at what point should I seek their help if that happens.
Does anybody know?
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If you faint, as I did walking, you get hurt. Bradycardia is a heart condition. I get the wozzie, dizzy and nausea every day for no reason, with my feet up watching golf, making dinner, laying down to rest or nap or for the night, doing light gardening in the yard. My low EF, PVCs and heart rate don't concern my cardiologist either. The EP ruled out ablation as I have too many spots firing in my heart with late or early beats. Each spot gets fried to stop the extra beats. I have so many firing spots that they can't be fried. So I take Enalapril ( Linsapril was developed from Enalpril) and move slowly, walk with poles or cane to catch myself and remain hopeful.
dizzypizzy, First, l wish you well and l hope you're condition improves. Can l ask you a question l have an ascending aorta at 4.3 cm. But my main issue right now is my heart rate is staying in the 50's. At night or when l'm laying down it goes lower. I wore a 48 hour holter monitor, which completed last weekend. I was told everything thing looked okay. But when l asked why my heart rate was so low they really didn't have an answer and didn't recommend any further heart test. I was basically told that if it drops under 40 to go to the hospital. I wouldn't be that concerned about my heart rate except l'm so fatigue and lightheaded l can't really do much. Don't know what to do. Anyway opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I have bradycardia as well. I have a pacemaker and it's been wonderful. Has a pacemaker been suggested or do the"too many spots firing" in your heart prevent that option?
Was a pacemaker suggested or does the "too many spots firing" in your heart make it not an option?
This issue with my heart rate may have been this way for sometime but l never had any symptoms like lightheadedness or fatigue. I really only started having the symptoms around February 2025. I had COVID in January 2025. I have never felt the same since having the virus. I'm certainly not a expert on this subject but l have read some interesting articles about what COVID can do to the heart, written by a doctor in England by the name of Tim Robinson who was a GP for over 30 years. He now works with people who've had COVID and are still having numerous symptoms months later. I was told that even though my heart rate was low that if it the rate increased with activity then it's was still functioning properly. Maybe l need a second opinion.
Thanks for responding.
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