Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months 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-up1233arrow-down14
arrow-up1229arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareStupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months 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-up2·4 months 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!