How do you lower a heart rate that’s too fast?

Tachycardia can be caused by physiologic, heart disease, and other conditions. Therefore, there are different ways to deal with the rapid heart rate caused by different factors. 1. Physiological reasons: After running, climbing, swimming and other sports, the heart speeds up the heart rate in order to meet the normal blood supply to the organs of the body, which is a normal physiological reaction of the human body. Some people may also experience accelerated heart rate under the influence of fatigue and emotional excitement. At this time, you only need to lie down or sit quietly to rest, can relieve the symptoms, without special treatment. 2. Heart disease: Heart failure, arrhythmia and other heart diseases can cause rapid heart rate symptoms. It can be treated with medications such as metoprolol. In addition, patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia can lower their heart rate by stimulating the vagus nerve, such as touching one side of the carotid sinus or inducing nausea. 3. Other diseases: patients with hyperthyroidism will also have a fast heart rate. At this time, the primary disease should be actively treated, after eliminating the cause, the heart rate will return to normal. Shock patients, the heart rate will be rapidly increased, this time should be timely anti-shock treatment. After excluding physiological causes of rapid heart rate, you should go to the hospital in time for systematic examination, and under the guidance of specialists, carry out standardized treatment, so as to avoid delaying the condition.