10 Pernicious Anemia Symptoms
9. Increased Heartrate
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.
The red blood cells are in charge of transporting oxygen to the tissues. If the red blood cell count drops, the heart will start to pump blood faster to make sure that the oxygen is delivered. This is a compensation mechanism to the anemia that patients with this condition experience, therefore, tachycardia will often appear late in the disease process.
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