Dangers of Arrhythmia

 The degree of severity depends on what type of Cardiac dysrhythmia (arrhythmia) patient has. Thus sinus arrhythmia more frequently occurs in young people.

It is not so virulent as other types of  arrhythmia, however, sometimes it may be a sign of more serious diseases such as circulatory failure, brain tumor, anemia and various infections.

Severe attack of heart block may cause brain ischemia. If the attack lasts more than five minutes it may lead to patient's death.

Continuous arrhythmia is most common type of arrhythmia. It leads to development of ishemic stroke. As a rule, patients complain on palpitation, discomfort in heart area, feelings of fear and anxiety, nausea and vomiting.

Ectopic paroxysmal tachycardia occurs suddenly and is characterized with attacks of heartbeat with frequency of more than 200 beats per minute. Patient experiences such symptoms as darkening in the eyes, dramatic blood pressure drop, unpleasant sensations in heart area, his face becomes pale.

Types of Cardiac Dysrhythmia (Arrhythmia)

Healthy heart has a regular sinus rhythm with normal frequency.

However, medical advicers often notice not only changes in heartbeating rhythm but also failure in this beats. Such rhythms failures are called Cardiac dysrhythmia or arrhythmia and presents risk for life.

Cardiac dysrhythmia is caused by changes in major heart functions such as heart excitability, automatism and capacity.

There are several types of Cardiac dysrhythmia:

• heart block is a failure of heart work connected with slowing or breakdown in carrying impulses via cardiac conduction system;
• continuous arrhythmia shows with irregular heart work and its chaotic beats;
• sinus arrhythmia shows with acceleration of heartbeats when breathing in and their slowing when breathing out;
• ectopic heartbeat shows with immature heartbeating.