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Can drinking water after exercise make your heart rate increase?

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Dr. Rick Koch answered

No: No....Dehydration following exercise causes increased heart rates....Hydration should lower, not raise heart rates. However heart rate recovery ...How quickly heart rate returns to baseline is a measure of cardiovascular fitness.

Dr Maurer agreed

Answered 8/26/2012

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After drinking cold beverage such as water, my heart rate immediately slows down a few beats (3-4) and beats hard then back to normal rhythm. What could this be? Its very frightening.

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Rapid heart rate even after drinking water, no other heart symtom or gastric burning? Is this reflux?can reflux occur without burning symptom?

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I've had episodes in the past couple of yrs where my heart has started beating extremely quickly. It goes away after a few mins and after drinking water. What's going on? this is not from exercise!

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My girlfriend has been drinking more water, puking, peeing a lot, has dry skin, and has lost 13 pounds, fast heart rate, what is wrong?

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Got postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Bp 120/55-135/85. When i drink 500ml water heart rate a lot lower standing. Florinef (fludrocortisone) help or?

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