What Is Rapid Heartbeat?A rapid or fast heartbeat is when your heart is beating faster than normal. A normalheart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute. Tachycardia is considered a heart rateof greater than 100 beats per minute.If you are exercising, or performing any kind of activity, your heart will normallybeat faster.
This allows your heart to pump blood throughout your body, to provideoxygen to the tissues.If you are experiencing fear, anxiety or stress, your heart rate will increase.People who can feel their heartbeat, or flutter, may be experiencing palpitations.This may be due to stress, anxiety, medications, or it may be a sign of a seriousheart condition.
The heart rate can be fast for reasons inside the heart or reasons outside the heart. The electrical system of the heart itself can cause a fast heart rate if there are ‘short circuits’ that occur within it. These are known as tachyarrhythmias. These can occur from the top chamber or the bottom chamber of the heart. Instant speeding up and slowing down of heart rate. Like in my chest where it felt like my heart tried to pump but locked up then beat slowly again for two beats and then fast for 3 or 4 beats then slow again. This is the third day in a row this has happended. As I stated earlier, my heart is sensetive to my ashtma inhalers and I had been.