A common form of arrhythmia, especially among women aged 40 years, is tachycardia, which is characterized by increased heart rate. In this case, the rhythm itself often remains correct, but accelerates more than 100 beats per minute. Usually, the pathology proceeds with seizures, so you need to know what to do when the tachycardia begins - treatment at home helps to avoid negative consequences and complications.
What to do if you have acute tachycardia at home?
When the heart rate has exceeded 120 beats per minute, you need to give yourself first aid:
- Open the windows to let fresh cool air come in.
- Remove or unfasten tight clothes, collar, strap.
- Deeply inhale, hold your breath, while straining the muscles of the peritoneal space, and then slowly and gradually exhale.
- Press on the eyeballs so that there are slight painful sensations.
- Put a cold or ice compress on the forehead and neck area.
- Try not to panic, keep calm and breathe normally, without convulsive breaths.
- Lie down on a horizontal surface, placing several pillows under your head (half-sitting).
- To cause an artificial attack of coughing or vomiting.
If the listed activities did not help, it is better to contact specialists by calling the emergency department.
Urgent treatment of tachycardia with tablets at home
To remove an attack of the considered pathology it is possible with the help of medicines. Reduce the heart rate and normalize the heart rate allows plant sedatives, for example:
- extract of valerian ;
- Valocordin;
- Novo-Passit;
- extract of motherwort;
- Persen;
- Corvalol.
There are also synthetic sedatives:
- Diazepam;
- Relanium;
- Phenobarbital;
- Relium.
Anti-arrhythmic medicines are used as a special treatment for tachycardia:
- Anaprilin ;
- Rhythmen;
- Adenosine;
- Verapamine;
- Propranolol;
- Flecainide;
- Etatsizin;
- Cordanum;
- Rhythm monm;
- Concor;
- Egilok;
- Allapinin;
- Rhythmodan;
- Isoptin and others.
These tablets can not be prescribed independently, they all have different ways of affecting the vascular system and the heart muscle. Correctly to select an antiarrhythmic drug can only the cardiologist on the basis of results of inspection.
Than to treat a tachycardia in house conditions - natural agents
In addition to plant sedative medications, in folk medicine, there are several recipes that help restore the heart rate. But such drugs are allowed to be used solely for the purpose of prevention, they do not take attacks.
Treatment of sinus and other forms of tachycardia with folk remedies at home requires regular consumption of tea with hawthorn. This product well strengthens the heart muscle, normalizes the condition of blood vessels.
The recipe for tea
Ingredients:
- berries of dog rose - 10 g;
- fruits (crushed) hawthorn - 10 g;
- grass motherwort - 5 g;
- green large leaf tea without flavoring - 5 g;
- water - 0.5 liters.
Preparation and use
Vegetable components rinse and place in a thermos, pour boiling water. Insist for 30 minutes. To drink the received tea for 2 times. Treatment should be done for 20 days, repeating the course every 10 days of the break.
The recipe for the collection
Ingredients:
- mint leaves - 20 g;
- berries of hawthorn - 20 g;
- motherwort - 20 g;
- the root of valerian is 20 g;
- oregano - 20 g;
- berries of dog rose - 20 g;
- fruits of chokeberry chokeberry - 20 g;
- Peony grass - 20 g;
- boiling water - 200 ml.
Preparation and use
Dry and shredded components are well mixed. In boiling water, brew 1 tsp spoon, insist 30 minutes, drain.
The received means it is necessary to drink for 1 time. Infusion is taken thrice every day in a dosage of 200 ml. After every 20 days of treatment, pion and valerian should be excluded from the mixture, continuing to brew the collection with the remaining ingredients for 12 days. Then the course is repeated.