What are the causes of premature heart beats?

Many people do not understand what premature heart beats are, let alone the causes of this disease. In fact, premature heart beats are heartbeats that occur prematurely. Most of the time, they are caused by external shock. Various organic heart diseases, drug stimulation, surgery, and related examinations can also cause premature heart beats. Patients should fully understand the symptoms and causes of premature heart beats and not seek medical treatment blindly.

1. What is premature heart beat?

We all know that the time interval between each heartbeat of a normal heart is basically equal, and the heartbeat is regular. If the heart beats suddenly prematurely due to stimulation for some reason, this phenomenon is called premature heart beats.

According to the origin of premature heart beats, we can divide them into three categories: atrial, ventricular, and nodal premature beats. Among them, ventricular premature beats have the highest incidence and are the most common. According to the causes of premature heart beats, we can divide premature beats into two categories: functional premature beats and organic premature beats. Functional premature beats are common in healthy people and are generally benign premature beats, while organic premature beats are more common in patients with heart disease.

What are the causes of premature heart beats?

1. Premature heart beats can occur in normal people, and most of them are caused by external stimuli. The main ones include mental excitement, mental tension, irritability, depression; physical overwork, indigestion; smoking, drinking, drinking strong tea or coffee, and bad living habits in life.

2. Various organic heart diseases can cause premature heart beats. For example, coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, congenital heart disease, myocarditis, mitral valve-related heart disease, hyperthyroidism heart disease, etc. Generally speaking, heart disease patients are more sensitive than normal people, so the symptoms are more obvious. If not treated in time, it can lead to heart failure. In addition, conditions such as anemia, hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, and hypertension can also induce premature heart beats.

3. Drug stimulation. Such as the toxic effects of drugs such as digitalis, quinidine, adrenaline, caffeine, procainamide, and anesthetics such as chloroform and cyclopropane.

4. Impact of surgery and related examinations. Mechanical stimulation of the heart during cardiac catheterization, heart surgery, etc. can also induce premature heart beats.

Through the introduction of the above article, we have understood what premature beats mean and what are the causes of premature beats. In daily life, if we get sick, we must go to a regular hospital for treatment and examination, and then, under the guidance of a doctor, do a good job of post-treatment maintenance and care, so that we can recover our health as soon as possible. Do not take medicine blindly.