10 Gallstones Symptoms
8. Increased Heartbeat
Tachycardia is the medical term that describes a rapid heartbeat. It is medically defined as a heart rate that goes above 100 beats per minute. Depending on the situation, an increased heart rate can be perfectly normal. Exercise and extremely stressful situations will cause the heart rate to increase and it is a perfectly normal response to these events. On the other hand, conditions like anxiety and cardiac arrhythmias may also cause a person to experience tachycardia.
Patients with cholelithiasis may experience tachycardia during biliary colic. As the abdominal pain increases in intensity, it may cause an increase in the normal heart rate of the patient. It usually normalizes after the pain resolves.
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