Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Symptoms

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5. Heart Rate Increases

The rate that our heart beats will depend upon quite a few things. For example, moving around, emotions, diet, etc. will all change how fast the heart beats. It is normal and healthy for the body to be able to tell the heart to change how much it is beating in order to meet the demands of the moment. Heart rate can also tell us a lot about what may be an underlying condition within the body.

As mentioned earlier, the part of the nervous system that helps to control the heart rate is affected by NMS. In a normal, healthy person, the body will have checks and balances to keep the heart beating at a certain rate. But somebody who has something wrong with these checks and balances will experience an array of symptoms. Through a chain of reactions, NMS will cause the heart rate to increase often above 100 beats per minute at rest.1Berman, Brian D. “Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: a review for neurohospitalists.” The Neurohospitalist vol. 1,1 (2011): 41-7. doi:10.1177/1941875210386491

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

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