Rapid heart rate during early and late pregnancy

If heart palpitations during pregnancy are a one-time phenomenon, it does not cause much discomfort, you should not immediately panic. If tachycardia haunts a pregnant woman in the early and late stages, accompanied by discomfort, pain in the chest, you need to contact a specialist.

This cannot be a banal overload of the body; most likely, the reason is the development or progression of more dangerous pathologies of the cardiovascular system.

Causes

The body of a pregnant woman is completely rebuilt to meet new needs. Hormonal restructuring, increased stress on the cardiovascular system in some people proceed quite easily, in others they cause complex symptoms. One of the most common problems is heart palpitations during pregnancy. This is tachycardia when the heart rate exceeds 120 beats per minute. If this condition is observed constantly or often, you should definitely seek medical help, because improper heart function can affect not only the health of a woman during pregnancy, but also the development of the fetus.

There are a lot of factors that provoke the occurrence of tachycardia in pregnant women. In each case, it is necessary to conduct a thorough examination in order to determine why the heart rate is increasing.

Here is a list of the main reasons:

• the problem of overweight in a pregnant woman, obesity;
• nervous shocks, prolonged depression, stressful conditions;
• deficiency of certain vitamins and minerals that are responsible for the normal functioning of the heart;
• anemia;
• respiratory diseases;
• arterial hypertension;
• severe form of early or late toxicosis;
• taking medications from certain pharmacokinetic groups, overdose;
• allergy;
• infectious and inflammatory processes in the body;
• dysfunction of the thyroid gland.

Tachycardia can be a concern for women who have an ectopic pregnancy. Also, heart palpitations can be caused by the use of alcoholic beverages, smoking, caffeine ingestion. It is important to remember that during pregnancy, a woman is responsible not only for herself, but also for her baby. She needs to eat well to provide the body with useful elements, often walk in the fresh air, and avoid stress.

The development of a mild form of tachycardia in late pregnancy is explained by the fact that the fetus is already quite large, it presses on the internal organs, compresses the diaphragm and lungs. As a result, the body is forced to provide itself with oxygen, which is required more and more, which is why the heart works with increased intensity.

Symptoms

It is too early to talk about tachycardia if a woman's heart rate only occasionally increases during pregnancy. If the heart rate does not exceed 120 beats per minute, then tachycardia is not diagnosed.

You can suspect tachycardia if the following symptoms join the palpitations:

• pain in the chest on the left;
• increased fatigue, severe weakness;
• often disturbing headache;
• there may be fainting;
• dizzy;
• not enough air, shortness of breath even at rest;
• noise in ears.

Most often, tachycardia develops in late pregnancy against the background of anemia, a deficiency of useful trace elements in the body. If there is a suspicion of the presence of this pathology, women should consult a cardiologist. He'll do an EKG. This is a very informative diagnostic method that is completely safe for the health of the fetus, which will allow you to get a detailed picture of the state of the heart.

In most cases, tachycardia during early or late pregnancy is a sign of a more serious disorder in the heart muscle.

Any heart disease that is accompanied by a rapid heartbeat is fraught with the development of various complications both during pregnancy and directly during childbirth. The patient's heart is depleted, wears out faster, which negatively affects her health and the condition of the fetus. But to get a more informative picture, one ECG is not enough, you also need to do a blood test for hormones, undergo an ultrasound examination of the thyroid gland and heart.

Treatment and prevention

If a woman has suspicions of tachycardia during pregnancy, she often encounters a condition where the heart literally jumps out, this is accompanied by a number of other unpleasant symptoms, it would be advisable to consult a doctor.

Only in very difficult cases, women are prescribed special drugs during pregnancy.

The most common treatment for tachycardia is as follows:

1. Lifestyle correction.
2. Proper, nutritious food.
3. Reception of vitamin and mineral complexes.
4. Avoid stress, only positive emotions.
5. Walks in the open air.
6. Yoga exercises, simple exercise for pregnant women.

A woman during pregnancy should carefully monitor her health so as not to harm herself and her baby.

Prevention of tachycardia is very simple:

1. First of all, it is necessary to completely give up smoking and drinking alcohol, you should not allow excess weight gain due to overeating, even if you really want to.
2. A balanced diet is mandatory, with food the necessary vitamins and minerals must be supplied to the body.
3. You should not just “lay down the sides” on the couch, moderate physical activity will only benefit the woman during pregnancy.
4. You can calm the nerves, relieve the symptoms of tachycardia, with the help of infusions prepared from medicinal plants. It can be chamomile, mint, lemon balm, thyme.
5. Magnesium and calcium preparations will bring benefits.
6. Positive emotions are great medicine for a pregnant woman.

If you follow these simple rules, you can simply and easily protect yourself and your child from the negative consequences of tachycardia, avoid it, endure and give birth to a healthy baby.