the effect of altering the electrolyte concentration of the interstitial fluid on heart rate/pulse?
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http://www.mcponline.org/cgi/content/abstract/3/4/327
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I have seen this make a person's heart rate drop close to a fatal ending at where I work.. Please stop taking it and tell your doctor and demand something else in its place..
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yes it can...the heart is basically a sodium/potassium pump....too much or too little of these  and other chemicals can cause a series of different types of arrhythmia's...
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yes, if for no other reason than your heart rate can be elevated, that can cause more blood thru the kidneys, and that would cause more filtration... so to recap high heart rate + more filtration= more pee...
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What you are describing are known as "orthostatic changes."  We use orthostatic blood pressures and pulse rates in the evaluation of dehydration and moderate blood loss.\n\nAloha
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In diastolic dysfunction (impaired relaxation) it slows the heart rate, increasing filling time ultimately resulting in increased cardiac output.\n\nIn systolic dysfunction (impaired contraction) it is thought to work on decreasing the sustained sympathetic stimulation seen with left ventricular dysfunction which can cause the b receptors to down regulate.  It also decreases the risk of fatal arrythmia associated with sympathetic surges.  It decreases myocardial oxygen demand.  There is some decrease in contractility initially, however doses are usually titrated gradually and tolerated.  After months of treatment contractility can actually improve due to the reasons described above.\n\nAdditionally, people are usually not started when in florid heart failure.
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Balance Your Body Chemistry.\n\nIf you've ever taken chemistry in high school you're familiar with this simple experiment to test the conductivity of salt. Two ends of an electrical wire are attached to a light bulb. The other ends are submerged in a glass of water. Because water alone is not conductive, the bulb does not light up. But when we add a little salt to the water the bulb starts to glow.\n\nIt's the same with our body. When we lack the natural elements in salt we suffer from a chronic energy deficit, or deficit of information. Salt is a core essential nutrient with exceptional abilities and qualities fundamental for keeping us alive.\n\nScience and medicine have tried to define the precise roles of salt in the healthy and diseased human organism. Blood, sweat, and tears all contain salt, and both the skin and the eyes are protected from infectious germs by the anti-bacterial effect of salt. When salt is added to a liquid, particles with opposite charges are formed: a positively charged sodium ion and a negatively charged chloride ion. This is the basis of osmosis which regulates fluid pressure within living cells and protects the body against excessive water loss (as in diarrhoea or on heavy sweating).  Sodium and chloride ions, as well as potassium ions, create a measurable difference in potential across cell membranes. This ensures that the fluid inside living cells remains separate from that outside. Thus, although the human body consists mainly of water, our "inner ocean" does not flow away or evaporate. Sodium ions create a high pressure of liquid in the kidneys and thus regulate their metabolic function. Water is extracted through the renal drainage system. The body thus loses a minimal amount of essential water. Out of 1500 litres of blood which pass daily through the kidneys, only about 1.5 litres of liquid leave the body as urine. \n\nSalt is "fuel" for nerves. Streams of positively and negatively charged ions send impulses to nerve fibres. A muscle cell will only contract if an impulse reaches it. Nerve impulses are partly propelled by co-ordinated changes in charged particles.
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The basic heartbeat is controlled by cells in the heart which have leaky membranes-Ions leak in, and depolarize the cell, which then causes a rapid spreading contraction.  Thus, the brain does not control basal heartrate.  The brain, through mediation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system can, however, modulate the rate of the heartbeat.  There are some specific loci which are associated with these systems, but the most potent is the emotive centers of the brain, which in turn are regulated by the cerebral cortex (the "thinking" part of your brain), which is why, when you are told you just flunked a test, your heartbeat rises, while when you listen to relaxing music, your heartbeat slows.  The conscious part of your mind sends signals to the emotive centers, which then regulate the symapthetic and parasympathetic system.  But, cutting off your head will not stop your heart from beating...at least not until the heart itself runs out of oxygen because of the lack of breathing.
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Yes too much caffeine and sugar, increased heart rate and this spells problems. Avoid!\n\nCraig - Naturopath.
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no, this is too low of a stimulus or intake if it was to be a cause, you could talk to the doctor for possible causes of the exact heart beat problem, good luck
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My best knowledge would be excitment, which gives a boost of adrenaline, causing the heart to have to pump harder due to the adrenaline rush, causing it to sometimes skip a beat.
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Yes.\n\nManual CPR does not change.\n\nUsing an AED only changes insofar as you place the paddle BESIDE the pacemaker, not on it.\n\n(American Red Cross CPR Instructor)
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hmmm..\nyou can see how albuterol sulfate (asthma medicine) changes someone's breathing or heart rate lol
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Hyperbaric oxygen treatment decreases heart rate, decreases cardiac output (the amount of blood it pumps), and can possibly increase blood pressure.\n\nIt is said that hyperbaric oxygen treatments should not be used in people with congestive heart failure, because it worsens it.  Please look at the links under "Sources" for more info.
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if you were told by the cardio to limit fluids then i would go with that.  he might know if there is a bit of heart failure that would need the fluid limitations.
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interstitial space or 3rd spacing.  Fluid shifts out of vascular space to outside the vessels.  This causes edema, ascites and I think rales.\n\nIt can be seen in fire victims, heart conditions, those who have low albumin.
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It affects the rate at which your body burns calories.