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Blood pressure Monitor
Instruction manual
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Arrhythmias are abnormal rhythms of the heart. They cause the heart to pump blood less effecti-
vely. Most cardiac arrhythmias are temporary and benign. Most temporary and benign arrhythmi-
as are those where your heart skips a beat or has an extra beat. These occasional changes can be
brought on by strong emotions or exercise. Nonetheless, some arrhythmias may be life-threa-
tening and require treatment.
Symptoms?
Symptoms of Arrhythmia overall: Palpitations or rapid thumping in your chest, feeling tired or
light-headed, loosing consciousness, shortness of breath and chest pain.
Symptoms of bradycardia: feeling tired, short of breath, dizzy, or faint.
Symptoms of tachycardia: heartbeat might feel like a strong pulse in your neck, or a fluttering, ra-
cing beat in your chest, feelings of discomfort, weak, shortness breath, faint, sweaty, and dizzy.
Can arrhythmia be treated?
Treatment of arrhythmia depend on the type of arrhythmia, the patients age, physical condition and
age. Methods are available for prevention of arrhythmia. These methods include relaxation techni-
ques to reduce stress, limit intake of caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and stimulant drugs. Many arrhyth-
mias require no treatment, they are naturally controlled by the body‘s immune system. However
if it is necessary that arrhythmias must be controlled, they can be controlled by drugs, cardio-
version, automatic implantable defibrillators or an artificial pacemaker. Arrhythmias are very
serious. They cause nearly 250,000 deaths in the United States each year. Arrhythmias that start
in the lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles) are more serious than those that start in the
upper chambers (the atria).