Hello everyone,
This question has been bothering me for a while now. I don't do exercise because I don't like getting tired, I don't like sweat, it's just not my thing. Because of my not so healthy lifestyle I've become obese, plus, I drink from time to time and I smoke a lot, like, really a lot.
So some of my friends were telling me that I need to lose weight and to stop smoking because I'm going to get bradycardia this way. I don't even know what it is, but they said that it is really dangerous. Am I really at risk of getting bradycardia if I'm obese and a smoker?
Hi Alan,
Bradycardia means slower than normal heart rate. The heart usually beats between 60 and 100 times in a minute in an adult at rest, if you have this condition, your heart beats fewer than 60 times per minute.
I don't think that being obese and being a smoker can cause you to get bradycardia condition, but these can definitely contribute to it. If you have a medical history, or if someone from your family had a heart disease, you are very likely to have heart problems as well, which are usually the main cause of bradycardia, so you don't have a lot to worry about.
Hey guys,
Alan, bradycardia is caused by something that disrupts the normal electrical impulses controlling the rate of your heart's pumping action. Many things can cause or contribute to problems with your heart's electrical system, including heart tissue damage related to aging, damage to heart tissue from heart disease or heart attack, high blood pressure, heart disorder present at birth, infection of heart tissue and other conditions related to your heart tissue.
I don't really think that you are more prone to having bradycardia if you are obese and you are a smoker, I believe that they only told you this to scare you a bit.
Hey Bee and Health n Joy,
Thank you very much for your answers. It came across my mind as well that they are telling me this thing only to scare me so I would change my lifestyle, but the word bradycardia just seemed a bit scary to me and I wasn't really sure if they were serious or not.
So I don't really have anything to worry about when it comes to bradycardia? I mean, I don't have to change my lifestyle or anything? I know that it is not healthy, but if it isn't going to kill me, I'd like it to stay this way.
Hey everyone,
No, Alan, you shouldn't continue leading an unhealthy life like you did so far. It can definitely contribute to every single heart disease that exists, even to bradycardia. They didn't tell you this just in order to scare you, it's just how things are. Sooner or later you will have to face the consequences of your unhealthy lifestyle and they won't be easy to handle at all. If you start changing your life now, you will have an easier and a brighter future. And you will definitely have less or even no chances of getting any kind of a heart disease or disorder.
Good day there.
I don’t think that you have bigger chances to get bradycardia if you are obese and a smoker. I believe that this doesn’t play any role that is that important because you can get this diagnose in some other ways as well.
But if you want to ask me, I would suggest you to stop smoking and to try to take a real good care of what you are eating. That is good for your heart as well and you can avoid a lot of different diseases and diagnoses.
So if you have problem with it, it is time to solve it for your own sake.
Hi there.
Look I don’t think that this is the reason. Of course I agree that you should quit smoking or lose your weight if you already have a lot of heart issues. But I don’t think that you can get bradycardia if you are obese and a smoker.
Bradycardia is caused by something that disrupts the normal electrical impulse, controlling the rate of your heart’s pumping action. Many things can cause or even contribute to problems with your heart’s electrical system.
But trust me, quitting smoking is the best option that you can do. I was a smoker for a long time and since I left cigarettes I feel much better.
I totally agree. Those things that can cause bradycardia are: damage to heart tissues from heart disease or even the heart attack, heart disorder that you have from your birth, a very complicated heart surgery, underactive thyroid gland, the buildup of the iron in organs, meditations that usually include some medications for other heart rhythm disorders, very high blood pressure, etc.
You need to know that your heart is made up of four chambers – two lower and two upper. The rhythm of your heart is normally controlled by a natural pacemaker that is located in the right atrium.
Good luck.