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Suggest Treatment For Raising Of The Heart
Occasionally I awake to a racing heart. As if the racing of my heart caused me to wake up. I have awful asthma and when I wake in this manner I instinctually grab and use my rescue inhaler. I am becoming concerned. Are these episodes asthma attacks or something else?
Mon, 28 Sep 2015
Hello, The episode you describe are asthma exacerbations, now when you have such an attack because of the constriction in the lung , the heart beats go up in a compensatory manner because it has to work more and harder to supply the same amount of blood.
So one such attacks are controlled the racing of heart will subside.
Do visit your asthma doctor so he can titrate your inhaler dosage to prevent such episode, as they aren't good for health.
Regards Dr Priyank Mody
So one such attacks are controlled the racing of heart will subside.
Do visit your asthma doctor so he can titrate your inhaler dosage to prevent such episode, as they aren't good for health.
Regards Dr Priyank Mody
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