Hello! I have been a doctor for 21 years. My name is Georgy Olegovich Sapego. In this article, we will discuss the heartbeat that sends to the neck.
An unpleasant sensation of an unusual heartbeat is called a palpitation. At the same time, the heart beats strongly or often, or intermittently. Sometimes it seems that the heart is turning over. Some people complain that the pulse is sent to the neck.
About one in three people who complain of a heartbeat actually complain of a normal heart rate. He's just going through hard.
Anyone can go nuts, their normal heart rate will become more powerful, and you will have a noticeable heartbeat. About a third of all heartbeats are associated with tantrums and other nerves. In any case, from scratch, such a heartbeat cannot accelerate above 160 beats per minute. If higher, then it is rather some kind of arrhythmia.
Who can doubt the normal heartbeat?
For some people, palpitations may be a sign of heart problems. According to statistics, more often it will be a man who already has heart disease, or if he has not just a heartbeat, but literally interruptions in the work of the heart. This should also include cases when the heartbeat lasts longer than 5 minutes. Such a man will most likely be examined.
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An abnormal heart rhythm is not always visible on a typical short ECG. Therefore, it is considered good form when the doctor still listens to the heart with a stethoscope for several minutes and watches for arrhythmia. If you are being listened to, then you are in luck with the doctor.
Chances are, your doctor will ask you to tap your finger on the table for any heart interruptions that you noticed before.
About 10% of heartbeats are associated with the use of something like alcohol, coffee, nicotine, or any other substance.
A cardiologist will conduct a full examination.
Gives to the neck
When they ask about all the nuances of the heartbeat, they also find out the very place of the heartbeat. Because it is not always in the chest, but it is also felt in the neck.
This is because of the wrong contraction of the heart chambers. The heart has two atria and two ventricles. First, the atria fill the ventricles with blood, and then the ventricles forcefully eject a portion of the blood.
There are arrhythmias in which the atria and ventricles suddenly begin to contract simultaneously. There is a collision of blood with the valves of the heart, and a powerful sound is produced, which propagates from the heart through the veins back.
Well, that is, blood flows through the veins to the heart, and with such an arrhythmia, the blood gets a kick back from the heart. In the neck, a large jugular vein lies superficially, and such "kicks" are clearly visible on it. This can literally be seen from the outside. The neck will vibrate like a croaking frog. This is called "symptom of a frog."
This strange rhythm disturbance occurs three times more often in women.
Interestingly, this sensation of heartbeat in the neck is often referred to as "inability to catch your breath". I do not know exactly why they say so, it seems to me that they confuse the pulse in the veins with a strong pulse in the carotid arteries during exercise.
Have you had this? During exercise, the pulse can scale, and at some point there is a feeling of blows in the neck under the jaw. It is most likely the blood beating into the carotid artery. If you stop and catch your breath, then the heartbeat goes away. Many get used to it, and then, when they are attacked by that most interesting arrhythmia, they feel the pulse in the neck, and it reminds them of the heartbeat during exercise. Only I can't catch my breath ...
Do you have a pulse in your neck? If my pulse is accelerated to 140 beats per minute, it will hit my jaw. Not very nice...
