To ask if only certain types of tachycardia are dangerous

[Awaywiththewildones78]

I’m suffering from sinus tachycardia

There are three types, two of which reduce blood flow; yours produces a fast heart rate but the chambers fill as normal, so blood flow is normal. Symptoms of all three range from very mild to severe, so it's not possible to say that one type is dangerous, or not. Your cardiologist will be able to give you advice specific to your circumstances.

Do you see a doctor about it? What sort of heart rate are we talking about? What is the BP like? It is about a bigger picture of your health that extents past just a heart rate. Persistent or symptomatic tachycardia needs checking to establish a cause, the cause will determine if there is ultimately a medical emergency or potential damage being done to the heart, in line with any existing conditions or risk factors.

I have a condition called POTS which causes me to be often tachycardic, when standing or walking my HR will often be 130-150 BPM, at rest 100 or so. I'm often very symptomatic and it is disabling but ultimately isn't an immediate danger in the medical sense and supposedly isn't damaging the heart, it is the autonomic nervous system that is not working in my instance, not the heart as an organ.

A healthy person can certainly have a level of tachycardia and this be due to exercise or stress and be a normal phenomenon. Really OP it depends on what else is going on, whether the device used to measure is accurate. 111 can advise if you're concerned, or your GP.

are you self diagnosed? what is your heart rate?

@TheFoldOx

There are three types, two of which reduce blood flow; yours produces a fast heart rate but the chambers fill as normal, so blood flow is normal. Symptoms of all three range from very mild to severe, so it's not possible to say that one type is dangerous, or not. Your cardiologist will be able to give you advice specific to your circumstances.

This. Please speak to your cardiologist.

@dontgobaconmyheart hi! Are u medicated? My dr thinks i have pots since covid or pregnancy.
ive been suffering for nearly 3 years, finally something is being done. X