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Is it at all normal or ok to wake up with a bpm of 68 or 70 & then minutes later raise to low80's? my rate usualy faster than 68. scared.is this ok?
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All normal: All the numbers mentioned are normal. The healthiest hearts display significant heart rate variability. It implies a healthy response to the nerves innervating the heart. If one loses the input of ones nerves, such as in diabetes, ones heart tends to have a rather fixed rate.
Answered 6/30/2020
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