Don_Dickle to Today I [email protected]English • 1 month agoTIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down16
arrow-up1238arrow-down1external-linkTIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle to Today I [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoI should probably carry this, my heart likes to randomly decide 220bpm is a good idea every now and then.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoIf that’s true, go get checked out. Tachycardia is often easily treated but can be a serious issue if you ignore it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoYeah I’m lucky I guess that my particular condition is deemed not serious enough to warrant carrying medication. Just gotta live with it, thoroughly unpleasant when it happens though!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month ago220bpm? That’s a solid blast beat tempo. When I run my heart caps out at around 186. I can’t even imagine what 220 feels like.
I should probably carry this, my heart likes to randomly decide 220bpm is a good idea every now and then.
If that’s true, go get checked out. Tachycardia is often easily treated but can be a serious issue if you ignore it.
Yeah I’m lucky I guess that my particular condition is deemed not serious enough to warrant carrying medication. Just gotta live with it, thoroughly unpleasant when it happens though!
220bpm? That’s a solid blast beat tempo.
When I run my heart caps out at around 186. I can’t even imagine what 220 feels like.