Tachycardia refers to the heart rate >100 beats/min, usually considered to be related to physiological or pathological factors, physiological does not require special treatment, can be relieved by itself; tachyarrhythmia need to specify the type of choice of metoprolol, verapamil and other anti-arrhythmic drugs; hyperthyroidism needs to be treated with methimazole and other medications; fever needs to be relieved to relieve the fever and analgesia.
1. Physiological: Tachycardia occurs when the sympathetic nerves are excited after exercise, emotional anxiety, drinking strong tea or coffee, etc. Generally, tachycardia can be relieved on its own after removing the above triggers, and no special treatment is needed.
2. Pathologic:
(1) Tachyarrhythmia: such as supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial tachycardia and other tachyarrhythmias, the patient’s heart rate can be >100 beats/minute, accompanied by obvious panic, sweating and other discomforts, generally need to be combined with the electrocardiogram and other clear types of arrhythmia, targeted selection of metoprolol, verapamil, mexiletine, amiodarone and other anti-arrhythmic drug treatment.
(2) hyperthyroidism: due to the increased synthesis of thyroid hormone excitation of the heart muscle will lead to tachycardia, the patient may be accompanied by panic, irritability, sweaty feeling, generally through the methimazole, propylthiouracil and other antithyroid drugs treatment.
(3) Systemic factors: such as fever caused by the body compensatory heart rate, generally can take acetaminophen, ibuprofen and other antipyretic and analgesic; anemia can also cause rapid heart rate, oral multivitamin iron oral solution, polysaccharide iron complex iron can be relieved, and in serious cases, need blood transfusion.
It is recommended that patients with tachycardia go to the hospital in time to identify the cause of the disease and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.