Around every 10 minutes my heartbeat starts getting very fast, it ll feel as if it stops for a second and beat once very hard, then it ll go back to it s normal rhythm. Also, I have asthma and whenever I take my inhaler, I ll hold it in for not even 5 seconds then my heart rate will almost triple, blackness literally starts quickly consuming my vision and I ll start to collapse unless I exhale. After I exhale, my vision returns kinda slowly, I ll have a bad headache until it returns and once those two are over my heart beat returns to normal. Do I have a heart condition? If so, is it potentially lethal?
Hi, thanks for using Chat Doctor Reliever inhalers such as Ventolin cause an increase in heart rate, it is a side effect of these types of medications. It should not go up to the extent that you start to feel faint, however. In addition, when you are at rest and not using your inhalers, there should not be changes in your heart rate every few minutes. It does not mean that there is any significant abnormality, but you should be assessed by your doctor. This means physical examination to check your heart rate and investigations such as an ECG. This looks at heart rate and rhythm. I hope this helps