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A 30-year-old female asked:
What could cause a high resting heart rate like 100 to 110 while resting?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Erin Robertsonanswered
General Practice 21 years experience
A few possibilities: Dehydration &/or meds &/or obesity. If you haven't got one, you need a12-lead ECG to determine what is going on. There is a nerve-based pathway in the heart that looks like an upside-down tree. The pacer is the sinus node. It shoots electricity to the AV node where the left and right bundle branches originate. Then the pathways branch over & over. "Ectopic"/extra sites misbehave & cause this too.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Is a resting heart rate of 78 too high? Can that damage your heart?
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Dr. Tamanna Naharanswered
Specializes in Cardiology
Normal: Normal HR = 60-100 at rest.
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Last updated Nov 24, 2014
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