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The Skeptics Guide #927 - Apr 15 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Importance of Monitoring Your Heart Rate

I had to get some really intense workups previously and it turns out that I have something called inappropriate sinus tachycardia. But she doesn't even like that diagnosis because apparently people who usually have that, which is basically just like a fast heart rate, have palpitations too. And so like when I was wearing a halter monitor for a whole week, you're supposed to keep a log of every time you havePalpitations and push the button. It could feel like your heart pauses or skips a beat. Or it could feel likeyour heart has an extra beat thrown in there or it beats inappropriately strong one time. Nobody knows why. The heart muscles super healthy

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