Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL 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.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down17
arrow-up1237arrow-down1external-linkTIL 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.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareStupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoIf that’s true, go get checked out. Tachycardia is often easily treated but can be a serious issue if you ignore it.
minus-squareFellowEnt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYeah 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!
If that’s true, go get checked out. Tachycardia is often easily treated but can be a serious issue if you ignore it.
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!