I’m just wondering if anyone has experience of low heart rate, I recorded this after doing some exercise this morning and am a bit worried. I don’t think I’ve seen my heart beat rate fall as low as this before. Can’t get in to see my doctor so I’m considering going private. Any suggestions would be welcome…
Oh dear Foxy that is very low. I would ring 111. Do you feel dizzy or anything?
Hi Bob 
how do you feel, are you dizzy or feeling faint?
A low heart rate is not unusual for those who are fit and excercise regularly also the battery in your device looks low?
If in doubt ring 111 as LQ suggests.
I have a low heart rate 35-45 caused by my medication but it doesn’t produce symptoms .
Yep, that’s low alright get medical advice.
Drink a glass of water Rab and test again :hug:
Foxy I seem to recall that you had a heart problem once, so I assume they have prescribed some medication. I know that beta blockers can seriously lower your heart beat, but if you don’t have medication phone 111 . They can arrange for a doctor to speak to you and tell you whether you need to go to A&E.
It may be nothing serious but it is better to find out now rather than worrying about it!
Wise words from May, apparently dehydration may lower your heartbeat!
I know it isn’t very hot, but you are bound to sweat when running, so make sure you have water to drink when you go for a run.
Years ago I was to have an operation for a detatched retina and during prep they suddenly started doing ECG and getting people checking my heart. It only stopped when the nurse asked me if I was particularly fit and I told them I didn’t know but that I cycled 28kms to and from work each day.
All the tests were abandoned and I was wheeled in for the op but I was told later by the nurse it was because my resting heart rate was very low which meant I was either on my last legs or very fit.
So OGF just hope it is the latter
Blimey Bob & I thought I was bradychardic with a pulse that rarely goes above 50, but 35 after exercise doesn’t seem right.
As said, check again to see if it remains low and if it is & your GP won’t see you then it’s time to phone 111.
Even if your heart rate is back to your normal again I would be keeping an eye on it regularly over the next few days.
Hello
Double check with another tester.( might be faulty,try new batteries as well ).
I use my blood pressure meter to crosscheck my bpm with my o2 meter.They’re usually one or two beats out.
cheers.
Just what I was going to suggest too, Roj.
Foxy, may be time to get a new monitor?
Let us know how you are, and if you rang 111, won’t you. :hug:
No word from the Man Himself yet…getting a wee bit concerned now.
Yes, that is low, OGF.
I thought that 50 was low for me, and that’s after relaxing.
Yes, please call 111.
yes Foxy, get new batteries for your metre
Thanks everyone, it’s good to hear your advice…
I was talking to an ex marathon runner and it appears to be something called Atrial Fibrillation and it is often seen in runners. A slow heartbeat is a sign of fitness in a young runner, but is not so good in an older one…
It is not life threatening on it’s own, but it can cause blood clots and strokes, or heart attacks. I do have other symptoms, I sometimes go dizzy especially if I bend down. I am also tired most of the time, and to be honest I’ve been struggling to keep running for more than ten minutes just lately. I sort of knew a while back that something wasn’t quite right.
I’m sorry I’ve not posted earlier but I was visiting my daughter to mend her toilet and then she took Mrs Fox and me out for some dinner…
The batteries on my Pulse Oxymeter are in good shape, but it takes a while for it to find my pulse, I only know I’m still alive because I can feel a weak pulse in my neck. I have a BPM meter on the exercise bike, which seems to bear out the readings, and the same with a blood pressure monitor that always reveals low blood pressure and an irregular heartbeat. I have ordered a more accurate tester that uses a chest strap, apparently they are more accurate.
I’ve also tracked down a good private cardiologist that I intend to telephone tomorrow.
I was prescribed Beta Blockers after my first heart attack and I didn’t know where I was most of the time, not good when as a courier I spent most of my life driving.
I was taken off them three days later. Beta Blockers slow down your heart and lower your blood pressure and quite the opposite to the medication I needed.
So until I can get checked out it’s walking and some steady static bike riding to keep fit, I’ll post any results, so thanks for all of your replies…
Please take care, Foxy.
Dont take any silly risks, will you. :hug: x
Sorry to hear that Bob, time to ease down on your body I think.
Mr Mags has had Atrial Fibrillation for almost 8 years now, he controls his with 3 meds a day plus a statin at night.
As Mups has said above, don’t take any silly risks. :hug:
Glad to hear you’re still in the land of the living, OGF.
Some of us were becoming a little worried.
That’s really very, very, very low sly old grey fox. Best you visit the doc :hug:
I have to say, I did suspect you may have A Fib ad your reading was so low. I have afib. Do you get palpitations foxy? My heart feels like its doing somersaults and its quite alarming I stopped exercising as hard when I was diagnosed but I still power walk on the treadmill and on foot.
Be careful foxy and get a correct diagnosis.
Xxx
