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Suggest Remedy For Palpitation After Alcohol Consumption
Question: I drank quite a bit of alcohol last night I woke up in the middle of the night with a very fast heart rate and didn't get a lot of sleep because of it then throughout the day my heart rate has stayed at about 95 beats a minute which is high for me and it's been that way all day is this due to the amount of alcohol consumption
Brief Answer:
Dehydration
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query
Excessive consumption of alcohol causes several changes in your body. The reason why you are having a rapid heart is might be because of dehydration. Alcohol acts like a diuretic and causes dehydration, dehydration is known to increase the heart rate.
The second possibility is that you are having a hangover. Hangover is known to cause rapid heart beat.
Here is what you should do
1. Drink plenty of water. I recommend you to squeeze lime in to a litre of water, add a tablespoonful of sugar and a pinch of water. Drink it sip by sip, this will rehydrate you
2. Avoid such excessive consumption of alcohol in the future
3. If your heart beat remains high then please approach your GP for blood tests. I would like you to get complete blood count, renal function test and thyroid profile done.
I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me
Regards
Dehydration
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query
Excessive consumption of alcohol causes several changes in your body. The reason why you are having a rapid heart is might be because of dehydration. Alcohol acts like a diuretic and causes dehydration, dehydration is known to increase the heart rate.
The second possibility is that you are having a hangover. Hangover is known to cause rapid heart beat.
Here is what you should do
1. Drink plenty of water. I recommend you to squeeze lime in to a litre of water, add a tablespoonful of sugar and a pinch of water. Drink it sip by sip, this will rehydrate you
2. Avoid such excessive consumption of alcohol in the future
3. If your heart beat remains high then please approach your GP for blood tests. I would like you to get complete blood count, renal function test and thyroid profile done.
I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me
Regards
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