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What Causes Elevated Heart Rate After Sitting For A Prolonged Period?

Why does my heart rate speed up after sitting on the couch for 1 hour or so. Sometimes when I rise In the morning but good when I went to sleep, many times I just start working around the house 1/2 hr, it will return to normal for me. I occasionaly have a fib (on meds for this) , most times when pulse goes up, it is not irregular.
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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A fast heart rate, just in the morning is an unusual complaint. Most people don't take their pulse unless they feel abnormal, so it may be more common than we know. A heart rate of 110 to 120 is fast. I can think of a couple possibilities. If you are a little dehydrated some mornings, and take your pulse just after you stand up, then you may be a little "orthostatic." What this means is that when you stand up, some of your blood falls down to your legs by gravity. Most of the time, your arteries squeeze down on the blood to maintain blood pressure
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What Causes Elevated Heart Rate After Sitting For A Prolonged Period?

A fast heart rate, just in the morning is an unusual complaint. Most people don t take their pulse unless they feel abnormal, so it may be more common than we know. A heart rate of 110 to 120 is fast. I can think of a couple possibilities. If you are a little dehydrated some mornings, and take your pulse just after you stand up, then you may be a little orthostatic. What this means is that when you stand up, some of your blood falls down to your legs by gravity. Most of the time, your arteries squeeze down on the blood to maintain blood pressure