TIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

TIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.

FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

I should probably carry this, my heart likes to randomly decide 220bpm is a good idea every now and then.

StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

If that’s true, go get checked out. Tachycardia is often easily treated but can be a serious issue if you ignore it.

FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

Yeah I’m lucky I guess that my particular condition is deemed not serious enough to warrant carrying medication. Just gotta live with it, thoroughly unpleasant when it happens though!

AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 2 months ago

220bpm? That’s a solid blast beat tempo.

When I run my heart caps out at around 186. I can’t even imagine what 220 feels like.

TIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.

TIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.

Adenosine - Wikipedia