What range of heart rate is considered normal?

Now many people check in in the circle of friends, and some sports experts have bought devices such as bracelets to measure their heart rate. But do you really know your heart rate?

Since the heart rate of athletes is slower than that of ordinary people, rumors have begun to spread that the slower the heart rate, the healthier and longer it is. Is this rumor true? What range of heart rate is considered normal?

These factors determine the speed of the heartbeat

In medicine, the number of times the heart beats per minute is called the heart rate, which refers to the resting heart rate in a resting state.

The heart rate of normal adults in a resting state is 60 to 100 beats per minute, which is affected by various factors such as age, gender, body shape, and physiological state.

Generally, the heart rate of young people is faster than that of old people, women are slightly faster than men, and those who are short and tall are slightly faster than those who are tall and thin.

Even for the same person, the heart rate will vary greatly at different times and in different states. When you are quiet or sleeping, your heart rate is slower; when you are emotional, nervous, or exercising, your heart rate will increase; when your body temperature rises, your heart rate will also increase.

The slower the heartbeat, the better?

This is not necessarily true. The heartbeat of some special groups will be slower. For example, the heartbeat of pilots and athletes can be as low as 45 beats per minute when they are quiet. We call it the athlete's heartbeat.

Athletes have slow heartbeats because their heart muscle has been exercised very strongly over many years of training and can be stretched longer, so that the heart can store more blood before each pump.

The average heartbeat is fifty. Many times, it is almost equal to the blood pumped by the heartbeat of a person who does not exercise often 70 to 80 times, which is enough to meet the normal physiological needs of athletes.

However, adults who do not exercise a lot every day can only achieve this slow heartbeat during sleep (a decrease in heartbeat during sleep is a normal physiological manifestation of the human body).

If the heartbeat is so slow at rest, it is an abnormal state, which is likely to be caused by diseases or side effects of taking drugs, such as myocarditis, coronary heart disease, brain tumors, taking beta-blockers, antiarrhythmic drugs, etc. Causes the heart to slow down.

Therefore, if you find that your heartbeat is slowing down, don't be too happy, thinking that you have a body as strong as an athlete, but first check whether your slow heartbeat is pathological.

A slow heart rate may be due to illness or medication

Excessive heart rate also has health risks, your heartbeat will "speak".

Arrhythmia is a common disease in the cardiovascular system. Generally speaking, there is no need to worry about some fluctuations in the heartbeat during daily activities, but if you have the following conditions, you should be vigilant.

Stroke

Under normal circumstances, the systole and diastole of the heart are coordinated, but when atrial fibrillation occurs, the systolic function of the atrium is greatly reduced, and the blood in the atrium is prone to thrombus formation. Once the thrombus breaks off, it can become blocked in the narrowed blood vessel and cause a stroke.

Suggestion: Patients with atrial fibrillation should not be too full, not overworked, and not overjoyed. Stroke patients should be checked for atrial fibrillation to prevent recurrence of stroke in time.

High pressure

Under normal circumstances, the resting heart rate of a person is 70~80 beats/min, but when the stress is high, the sympathetic nerve of the person will be abnormally excited, which will cause the heart rate to increase to more than 100 times per minute, resulting in tachycardia.

Suggestion: People who are under high pressure for a long time are detrimental to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health. Therefore, it is necessary to control emotions when encountering an accident, pay attention to reducing work pressure and mental burden, especially those with hypertension.

Heart failure

Rapid heartbeat, arrhythmia, palpitations, etc. are common symptoms of heart failure, which are quite dangerous if not treated in time. Clinical studies have found that an increase in heart rate of 5 beats per minute can increase cardiovascular mortality and readmission rates by 15%.

Recommendation: Heart failure patients should regularly monitor their heart rate at home. Under normal circumstances, if the resting heart rate is higher than 70 beats per minute, it must be adjusted under the guidance of a doctor.

Five tricks to make your heart beat obediently

1. Regular exercise

A variety of aerobic exercise can be performed, including playing ball, swimming, brisk walking, jogging, increasing the cardiac output and strengthening the heart muscle, but do not exceed the limit of your ability.

2. Maintain an appropriate weight

Obese people usually have a large circulatory resistance, which will increase the burden on the heart. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain a body through diet and exercise. A good body can also help improve self-confidence and maintain a happy mood.

3. Quit smoking and drinking

The harm of tobacco and alcohol is not only aimed at the lungs and liver. Most of the chronic heart diseases are related to tobacco and alcohol. Both smoking and drinking can make the heart beat faster at rest and increase the burden on the heart. Therefore, in order to have a healthy heart, it is necessary to quit smoking and drinking.

4. Avoid getting angry

In life, you should have a peaceful mind. Don't be anxious and angry all the time. You can gradually restore calmness by listening to music, meditating, etc.

5. Reasonable diet

Reducing salt and limiting salt, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol, ordering less takeout, eating less fried food, and eating more fruits and vegetables are all beneficial to cardiovascular health.