Need advice about parnters heart rate

[PoppyD93x]

Hi i was just hugging my partner and his heart rate felt really fast usually his resting heart rate is like 50. Hes a fit 25 year old who use to be a footballer but not so much now. He usually has blood pressure of 110/77 but just now his heart rate was 119 and blood pressure 159/80. He says he feels absolutely fine but now a bit anxious because im panicing. Hes just eaten some spicy fajitas (if that means anything) just looking for opinion on what people would make of this.

@FrozenMargarita17 as in illeagal drugs? He used to years ago but not for a long time (that i know of)

It's just that I know that cocaine makes your heart pound like crazy, and that's how I caught an ex before.

Because you're on here obsessing and tracking and monitoring and panicking and asking what YOU should do.
You should both chill.

His heart isn't pounding like crazy though

@FrozenMargarita17 oh dont! Now im worried its that as that's what he used to take. Stopped over 2 years ago from what i know.

@Trekkingbeyond i know its not its hardly beating at all now!

I'm sure it's not, just a thought! 🤷‍♀️

Poppy sorry yes of course. Honestly if you're really worried ring 111 for some advice rather than us x

My heart rate shot up to 120, I was terrified. It turned out to be an under active thyroid. I monitored it for a few days before going to the GP

My heart races after I eat a Chinese take away....the first time a noticed it I started to panic, I got myself in a real state and ended up taking myself to A&E.

Eventually the penny dropped when I realised this happened every time after a take away. I googled it....It's a thing and even has a name 'Chinese restaurant syndrome' it's actually a reaction to MSG which is contained in lots of take aways, cook in sauces and TV dinners etc.

Everyone heart rate is different. What is a concern is a HR going to 160 to over 200 at rest, that's a trip to A&E immediately. 119 after a hot dinner, maybe some excited discussion and a girlfriend who is bringing matters that make you anxious is not medically worrying.

Fitness of the heart is how quickly it goes back to normal after exertion.

OP you sound like you are suffering from health anxieties. Don't pass these on to your partner. You don't need to take your blood pressure, if it goes low, you'll know from your symptoms and again, blood pressure itself doesn't mean anything. Some people are absolutely fine with a BP of 90/60, others would faint at that level.

Well you both have health anxiety and are triggering each other. I'd guarantee that's what's happening here.

As always get him to see his GP for a check up which should reassure both you and him. At 25 he's young to have to worry about bp and heart rate but that's what the doctors are there for. I have a lifelong issue with health anxiety and know it can even bring on physical symptoms.

Yeah i agree we are both have a bit of health anxiety but it hasnt just come from no where i had a serious brain 'accident' last year so our anxieties have come from that. Although we werent anxious when we first noticed it we we're lying on the sofa cuddling. Either way anxiety or health issue he still wants to see a gp next week just in case.
Thanks everyone.

@gamerchick to make sure my blood pressure doesnt go too low

But why? There's absolutely no need to do that. Surely it just feeds your anxieties?

Also I think his pulse was not really 38. Taking a pulse requires a certain amount of expertise to ensure you're not missing beats. I would leave that to healthcare professionals. Getting it wrong is just adding to his anxiety and no GP would thank you for it.

My heart rate is always above 100. When sitting it’s around 65 but the few minutes after I stand up it shoots up to around 120 and stays there until I sit again even if I’m not doing anything. When pregnant I consistently got sent to the mau for high heart rate every midwife appointment and nothing was ever wrong. As far as I’m aware it’s always done this. (My Fitbit tracks it)
I believe a change from normal is more concerning

I also think checking your own blood pressure every day is ill advised. Frankly the only people in the community who do that are people with health anxiety. It is highly unlikely it would go too low and if it did, you would feel physical symptoms and go to the GP anyway for a medication review.

A heart rate 119 isn't SVT and quite honestly in a fit young man I don't think it's anything to worry about.
It's unhealthy obsessing about blood pressure especially if it's low rather than high.

Pleased he's going to get checked out. It will put both your minds at rest.
I have health anxiety that focuses on my heart. I take my pulse and bp daily. I urge you not to go down this route. Once he's been checked I'd leave it there. I wish I had.
It's now turned into a compulsion and it's a horrible cycle to get 'stuck' in.

@BlueMerchant unfortunately im already in that cycle. I check my pulse atleast 10 times a day and bloof pressure twice a day usually in evening. Its an awful cycle but if you've had something bad happen to its hard not to be like that.

Certainly is difficult. I had a cardiac 'event' 3 years ago and here I am now still checking. CBT has helped but I agree it's overwhelming.
I empathise.

Hi op, did your partner get to see the GP today?

No of course he didn't.. Typical man. Hes been driving all day for work but says he will first thing tomorrow.

Normal heart rate at rest (lying down for 10 mins) is60 - 100 bpm. It's normally higher if you have a small frame. It lowers in people who run, particularly long distances.

Heart rate (HR) fluctuates depending on your body's needs, even moving from sitting to standing will put your HR up and increase your BP.

If you body needs more blood circulating your HR will go up, so if you are digesting a meal it can increase, it will also increase if you are hot so the fajitas may well be the cause.

If you are exercising your HR and BP will increase, a rule of thumb is that your HR should not go over 220 - your age so for a 25 year old that's 195.

please ignore theconstantinoplegardener he does not have SVT, the HR is no where near anyone suspecting SVT and do not give him any propranolol.

I've just seen your update for 38 - that's low but not uncommon in an athlete so if he is he very fit it may be normal for him.

I agree to see the GP, and also check you are both measuring the pulse correctly, 15 seconds and multiply by 4 is OK for a quick check but it is more accurate to measure for a full minute.

Do not go by the pulse measurement on the BP cuff.

@sashh thankyou for taking the time to write that! Why not take the pulse on the blood pressure machine?