Advertisement

 

doctorslounge.com

 
Powered by
Careerbuilder

 

                    Home  |  Forums  |  Humor  |  Advertising  |  Contact
   Ask a Doctor

   News via RSS

   Newsletter

   Cardiology

   News

   Conferences

   CME

   Forum Archives

   Diseases

   Symptoms

   Labs

   Procedures

   Drugs

   Links

advertisement.gif (61x7 -- 0 bytes)

   Specialties

   Cardiology

   Dermatology

   Endocrinology

   Fertility

   Gastroenterology

   Gynecology

   Hematology

   Infections

   Nephrology

   Neurology

   Oncology

   Orthopedics

   Pediatrics

   Pharmacy

   Primary Care

   Psychiatry

   Pulmonology

   Rheumatology

   Surgery

   Urology

   Other Sections

   Membership

   Research Tools

   Medical Tutorials

   Medical Software

     
 
 

 Headlines:

 
 
 

Doctors Lounge - Cardiology Answers

"The information provided on www.doctorslounge.com is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her physician."

Back to Cardiology Answers List

Forum Name: Cardiology Symptoms

Question: Heart palpitations during high intensity exercises


 barbeauj - Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:43 am Bookmark and Share  

I'm 43 year-old and exercise regularly. It has been 4 years that I participate to mountain bike competions (long rides of more than 100Km). In the last 4 years I experienced palpitations during training once in a while (probably once in every 6 months). However lately I had 4 episodes of palpitations during bike rides. During these episodes I feel like my heart is racing, no other symptoms. My heart monitor read 200bpm. When I stop heart beats will go around 140 and after 3-5 minutes sudenly drop to 100. These palpitations are annoying and interfere with my trainning since I now paid to much attention to them.

I have no heart disease and none in my family, my cholecterol is normal. ECG during exercise is normal and cardioechography showed everything is normal.

My resting heart rate is between 55-60. Lately (the last three months) I incresed my trainning sessions to 9-10 hours/week and train at the intensity of 145-165 bpm 25% of the time. No symptoms everything is perfect.

Can these palpitations be caused by overtraining?

I also take symbicort for animal allergy (ashma), I know it can increase heart-rate but I have not notice it at rest.

Is there anything to to prevent these palpitations and what should I do when I have them?

Thanks
 Shannon Morgan, CMA - Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:58 pm Bookmark and Share  

User avatar Did the cardiologist mention trying an event monitor? That could capture the run of tachycardia/palpitations, since it didn't happen on your stress/echo.

If you are not experiencing any increased shortness of breath or dizziness, it is probably benign.

You can possibly reduce them by eliminating caffeine and alcohol altogether if you haven't. Plenty of sleep (8-9 hours) is very important.

You may be overtraining or training with too little carbohydrate intake.

These are some possibilities I can think of.

|

Check a doctor's response to similar questions

 

advertisement.gif (61x7 -- 0 bytes)
 

Are you a Doctor, Pharmacist, PA or a Nurse?

Join the Doctors Lounge online medical community

  • Editorial activities: Publish, peer review, edit online articles.

  • Ask a Doctor Teams: Respond to patient questions and discuss challenging presentations with other members.

Doctors Lounge Membership Application

 
     

 advertisement.gif (61x7 -- 0 bytes)

 

 



We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the HON Foundation. Click to verify.
We subscribe to the HONcode principles. Verify here

Privacy Statement | Terms & Conditions | Editorial Board | About us
Copyright © 2001-2010 The Doctors Lounge. All rights reserved.