A doctor took my blood pressure, and my heart rate was 105. When I take my own heart rate it's usually around 60-70. Should I be concerned.
Info, Im a 20 year old male w? a 19.1 bmi. I'm running 90mpw.
thanks
A doctor took my blood pressure, and my heart rate was 105. When I take my own heart rate it's usually around 60-70. Should I be concerned.
Info, Im a 20 year old male w? a 19.1 bmi. I'm running 90mpw.
thanks
yes you should. what did the doctor say?
He said it was high, but not dangerously so.
mine is 32bpm
you were probably just nervous being at the doctor. you said it's usually 60 to 70 - are there ever any other times when it gets elevated for no reason?
no
If you're 90 mpw fit I think it shouldn't be much higher than 55 in my experience. You might be overtraining.
DSFA wrote:
A doctor took my blood pressure, and my heart rate was 105. When I take my own heart rate it's usually around 60-70. Should I be concerned.
Info, Im a 20 year old male w? a 19.1 bmi. I'm running 90mpw.
thanks
Wtf?
Take your own heart rate.
How recently before having your pulse checked did you run? And was it a long or hard exhausting run? Were you dehydrated? Did you have caffeine?
normal range is 60-100 for an adult (non-runner). With runners or cardiovascularly fit athletes, you can expect the range to extend down into the mid 40s.
Now, you say your normal is 60-70, which is very easily measured in a home setting. Wouldn't you call the 105 that your doctor measured an outlier? Nothing of concern here. I'm not sure why your doctor was concerned.
Consistently over 100 could indicate that you are potentially hypovolemic, dehydrated, or anemic
Whitecoat Syndrome often presents as whitecoat hypertension.
GOML wrote:
you were probably just nervous being at the doctor. you said it's usually 60 to 70 - are there ever any other times when it gets elevated for no reason?
That's probably right. When I take it myself it is in the 50s or even 40s but a lot of times at the doctor it's 80.
105 is very high, but unless it's normally this high, which it doesn't sound like it is, you have nothing to worry about. Just take it several more times at different times of the day and see what it is. FWIW, my RHR when I'm in good shape is usually around 50bpm.
The Doc could have measured it wrong.
I had a nurse say mine was 71 after counting for 15 seconds, which is absurd considering
1) 71 isn't divisible by 4
2) I measured it as soon as she left and got upper 40s.
Some times docs make mistakes. Though it is surprising to me that someone running 90mpw would have a RHR that high (60-70).