What is the significance of having a pulse rate of 191?.. Isn't that a high number?
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191 for a pulse rate is exceptionally high. BTbarry had the correct medical term for this. Many people get up in the 120's and this is still considered ok. Did they check your blood pressure also? Did they only take your pulse once,or did they redo after it came up so high? Also,just curious as if they used a machine to take it or if they took it manually? \n\nAs for your thyroid,it is not something you need to have checked on a regular basis,but if you have had problems in the past or have never had it checked or haven't had it checked for a while,your doc is going to recommend that it be checked anyway. It is a routine test that is usually run,anytime bloodwork is done. The thyroid can cause many symptoms that mimic other more serious illnesses,so checking for an over or under active thyroid is an easy way to rule these other things out.\n\nYou should check your pulse rate at home also. Various times of the day,just takes a minute to count the beats. I would suggest taking it for the full minute,not just for 15 or 30 seconds and multiplying it. You will also be able to tell if you are experiencing any irregular beats by doing this.\n\nA high pulse rate in itself does not signify a serious condition. however it should be monitored and I'm sure that your doc has already told you that. This is why your doc will probably run more tests to rule out other causes.
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The reason they don't want you donating with a pulse rate that high is because when you lose blood volume your heart rate will increase anyway to compensate. If it's already high this accelerated rate could cause your heart to pump innefectively causing hypotension and other problems. Better safe than sorry.
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yes!\n\nhttp://www.medhelp.org/perl6/cardio/archive/14037.html\n\na number of ailments cause it. However you can get it to 50-60 or so with it being normal if you're an avid runner.
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its normal. when do you take your resting heart rate?If you take it during the day when you aren't doing anything odds are it will still be higher then usual. Take it before you go t obed and whe nyou wake up in the morning
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A lot of people think that it is the systolic that you should be worried about, but it really should be the diastolic.  Anyone with diastolic over 100 can start to have symptoms and it's the high diastolic that can indicate a potentially serious problem (for example, stroke).
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yes, males have slightly higher volumes in their hearts and a slightly lower pulse rate. Sorry no sources, ask a nurse.
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no \nyou need to get your heart rate up
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It depends on your goals.  Cardiovascular wise, your target heart rate (THR) is about 80% or more of your maximimum heart rate.  Optimal fat burning occurs at 65-75% of your maximum heart rate.  Your maximum heart rate is 220-age.  So for example 220-29=191 and 70% of this is 133.  Here's a calculator to help you assess your THR:\n\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/healthtools/articles/thr.html
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it is better for your heart to beat slower, but not too slow. A healthy person who is in shape has resting a heart rate around 60 beats per minute.
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200 minus your age, for male. And 180 minus your age for female. That should give you the max heart rate for any age.\nFor instance: you are male, 30, and your MHR should be \n200 - 30 = 170 bpm.\nIf you are a female, 30, your MHR should be\n180 - 30 = 150 bpm.\n\nSo, 9 months in a row eh...? You should have feel the benefit for now. Congrats! Go on, make it a lifetime habit.
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Hi, Claude - Hopefully I can clarify some of the misconceptions on here.  Under ordinary circumstances, when a person is at rest, there is very little variation in the time interval from one heartbeat to the next.  Sometimes, the heart rate can become somewhat irregular.  There are several reasons why this can happen including premature beats (which are almost always very benign), heart block (sometimes benign, sometimes more problematic), and atrial fibrillation (which can put patients at risk for strokes).  As you can see, it is impossible to say whether your irregular heart rate is dangerous without knowing which of these arrhythmias you may be having.  The way to make the diagnosis is to check an EKG or, if your symptoms come and go, have you wear a Holter monitor or event monitor to capture these episodes.  I recommend that you see your doctor about this so that he/she can tell you whether the irregular heart rate needs to be addressed.  Good luck!
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I would question how you are recording a pulse of 250 beats per minute...its roughly 4 beats per second.  I have seen patients with that sort of heart rate and it feels like the pulse is vibrating rather than beating.  Even with a stethoscope it was impossible to count the heart rate.  Only with the use of EKG equipment did we get an actual accounting of the heart rate.  Secondly it is very unlikely that your heart is beating like that and you are not symptomatic in any way (lightheadedness, shortness of breath, nearly passing out, chest pain).  I'm not saying it couldn't happen but it doesn't exactly add up.  \n\nADDENDUM:  You say you are getting 64 beats in 15 seconds - as I said above, I have tried to take someone's pulse whose heart was moving that fast and could not discern a pulse.  At that rate your heart does not have time to fill with blood to even produce a full pulse.\n\nThe EKG's you had were static, that is you were not moving.  You do need a work up by a cardiologist.  There is a test called a tilt table that can replicate the action of you bending over while you are hooked up to the monitoring equipment.  I would bet this is a supraventricular tachycardia.  If it is there is a procedure - ablation therapy - that can complete cure the problem for life without medication.  Until then there are medications that can control the rate.  Good luck.
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I assume you are a full-fledged adult. That pulse rate is high at rest. get to see your doctor, especially about the pain on exercise. You could be having myocardial ischemia or angina pectoris. Your doctor will have you do an EKG done to evaluate this.
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(Here is my layman's understanding, try some basic physiology articles)\n\nBMI only measures mass, whether that is fat, muscle or both, so it's not very accurate.\nThey say % body fat is a much better indicator.\n\nCardiovaccular fitness is not necessarily closely correlated with BMI, again %body fat is supposed to be closer, plot that if you can.\n\n>the active heart rate must be VERY flawed because how do you get all the people to try and run to the same level\n\nIf you got everyone to run or cycle to the same level, e.g. at n mph, then your active HR numbers mean something, otherwise they don't.\n\nA reasonably accurate measure of fitness for a fixed effort task (e.g. everyone run or cycle at n mph) is to take the proportional HR increase (active HR - resting HR)/resting HR, and scale this by (220 - age - average resting HR) (I think).\n\nI think you should see strong correlation between % BMI and proportional HR increase.\n\nLung capacity is somewhat correlated with fitness.\nThere is also O2 uptake capacity (possibly active HR * lung capacity/breath, or something like that).
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Exercise is so important to health because it keeps your heart in shape, and unless you're looking for a heart attack at 30, clogged arteries [sic] and what not. I recommend exercise :)
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You must not worry about your BP as it seems just OK.  As far as your pulse is concerned, the cause of it being 90 could be an anxiety associated while the pulse is being counted by someone or even if you are doing it yourself.  Let someone else take your pulse when you are relaxing and free from anxiety of any sort.  \n\nYour chest pain could arise for various reasons and the most common ones being costo-chondritis (inflammation of the chest cage at the points where the ribs meet with the cartilages), a chest infection like pneumonia or pleurisy), or it may be related to heart or the pericardium.   The best thing would be that you consult your own doctor for it.  However, a simple test would determine whether it is because of the heart or the chest wall/lungs or the pleural coverings.  Try coughing.  If the pain worsens, the chances are that it is not because of the heart.  Good luck.
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150 is a good round number to go with.  Anything over 120 is considered high but your never no if you are level or moving up or down.  If you recently ate a meal and took insulin give it a chance to kick in and check again in 20 mins to see where you are headed up or down.