{"id":276,"date":"2024-03-14T10:43:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T02:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/?p=276"},"modified":"2024-03-14T10:43:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T02:43:43","slug":"reasons-to-monitor-your-heart-rhythm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/14\/reasons-to-monitor-your-heart-rhythm\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to Monitor Your Heart Rhythm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">There are several reasons why heart rhythm monitoring might be recommended. It\u2019s most often needed when there is a question about whether you have a heart rhythm issue that a standard ECG hasn\u2019t or most likely won\u2019t picked up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">Some common reasons are if you have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">1.Heart palpitations.&nbsp;For example, if you notice your heart is flip-flopping or beating unevenly or very quickly. Many heart palpitations aren\u2019t serious and are more of a nuisance (for example with premature ventricular contractions, or PVCs, which are \u201cextra\u201d heartbeats). Still, it\u2019s important to know what is happening with your heart, and whether you need any follow-up visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">2.Other symptoms \u2013 for example dizziness or feeling faint \u2013 that suggest you might have atrial fibrillation or another heart rhythm disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">3.Unexplained fainting spells, stroke, or mini strokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">4.A family history of or existing heart disease.&nbsp;Heart rhythm&nbsp;problems are common among people with heart disease,&nbsp;but many people may not have clear symptoms and may&nbsp;even have a normal ECG. Finding a heart rhythm problem early can&nbsp;help prevent other complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">5.Had a recent heart-related event or treatment&nbsp;to be able to monitor your heart activity for any irregular or dangerous rhythms after:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">1.Starting or stopping a heart medicine;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">2.An ablation;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">3.A heart attack;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">4.Finding out you have&nbsp;hypertrophic cardiomyopathy&nbsp;or other heart problems linked to heart rhythm disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">Plus1Health has a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/en\/product\/ecg-patch\/\">Holter&nbsp;ECG<\/a>,it is compact and exquisite, easy to carry, and can monitor for up to 24 hours in real-time, record abnormal situations, automatically generate electrocardiogram and report analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#36383b\">Here are&nbsp;two&nbsp;free heart rate&nbsp;monitor apps\u2014\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/heart-rate-monitor-plus1health\/id1535822660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heart Rate<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/afibcheck\/id1569932522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AFibCheck<\/a>\u201d,&nbsp;it is simple and convenient to operate,which can be downloaded and used after searching in the mobile app store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several reasons why heart rhythm monitoring might be recommended. It\u2019s most often needed when there is a question about whether you have a heart rhythm issue that a standard ECG hasn\u2019t or most likely won\u2019t picked up. Some common reasons are if you have: 1.Heart palpitations.&nbsp;For example, if you notice your heart is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}