The increase in the number of heartbeats occurring in the sinus node is called sinus tachycardia. This phenomenon does not always indicate the presence of heart problems. Often, the disease occurs in healthy people, and it is due to the activation of the nervous system in response to external stimuli. Sinus tachycardia whose treatment is considered further subside with the disappearance of the acting factors.
Is sinus tachycardia dangerous?
This phenomenon is characterized by the fact that in a calm state the pulse rate per minute is equal to 90 beats. If it occurs after exercise, then such a heartbeat is not pathological. It speaks of a malfunction in the cardiovascular system when it appears at rest. The causes of the disease can be thyroid disease, bad habits and the abuse of caffeine.
Sinus tachycardia - consequences
The physiological character of the disease, which manifests itself in absolutely healthy individuals, has no consequences and is not dangerous. In patients with cardiac disease, tachycardia can worsen the course of chronic diseases.
How to treat sinus tachycardia?
The main task of fighting tachycardia is to eliminate provoking factors:
- refusal to smoke and taking alcohol;
- caffeine and spicy food.
Moderate sinus tachycardia does not require treatment with medications. If it was caused by stress or physical stress, then after stopping the stimulus, the heartbeat stabilizes itself.
If a patient has been diagnosed with a serious illness, then the treatment of tachycardia will consist in combating pathology, taking medications that slow heartbeat. The appointment of drugs can be done only by a doctor after a thorough examination of the patient.
Sinus tachycardia - treatment with folk remedies
Good remedies to help restore heartbeat are natural medicines.
You can use a decoction of turnips:
- Roasted root vegetables (2 tablespoons) are poured with boiled water (a glass).
- Put the mixture on fire and remove after fifteen minutes.
- Accept, filtered, half a cup four times a day.
Instead of tea for tea throughout the year, it is advised to drink mint tea , making a spoonful of dried plant in a glass of boiling water.
Against heart attacks advise to take a bath with valerian. A prepared decoction from the roots of the plant is poured into the bath. The duration of the procedure is twenty minutes.