engraved2008 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I do not smoke cigarettes often ,like 3 or 4 a day ,but when i do it in the morning with a cup of coffee,i noticed i have a high pulse.i do not do any drugs and do not smoke anything else.I checked my blood presurre and was fine.I ll go see a doctor.Anyone experiencing heart beating fast after smoking cigarettes ? Also sometimes i find myself reading something sad or news at tv and feell my heart beating fast. Link to comment
broken angel 2 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 i think you should go and see a doctor as the doctor will know why it is doing this. Link to comment
banal Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Nicotine increases heart rate. As does caffeine. Quit smoking. Link to comment
DN Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Both nicotine and caffeine are stimulants. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Both nicotine and caffeine are stimulants. Yup and combined if you are not used to it you will notice your heart race. Link to comment
DrKitten Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Yeah, this happened to me when I smoked, especially when I took big drags. Nicotine increases your blood pressure by constricting your blood vessels. Link to comment
MakeItCount Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 One morning when I woke up after about 2 days of not sleeping (exams), I had a coffee and a smoke and my heart rate was 100bpm. Not good. For reference, resting should be around 50-60 Link to comment
Seraphim Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 ^^^ Resting heart rate is also different for women than it is for men and it also makes a difference depending on what shape you are in.Resting heart rate of 50 to 60 is more like a professional athlete for MEN.My husband has a resting rate of 62 but he is in tip top shape. Average resting heart rate for women is between 70-78. That is if you are healthy.Going over 100 won't hurt you at all considering you are supposed to be over that when exercising. Exercising mine easily goes over 150, it is not dangerous till you get over 180. Target heart rate is by your age and weight and your general physical shape.However if it is from cigs it is better to not smoke. Link to comment
MakeItCount Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 ^^^ Resting heart rate is also different for women than it is for men and it also makes a difference depending on what shape you are in.Resting heart rate of 50 to 60 is more like a professional athlete for MEN.My husband has a resting rate of 62 but he is in tip top shape. Average resting heart rate for women is between 70-78. That is if you are healthy.Going over 100 won't hurt you at all considering you are supposed to be over that when exercising. Exercising mine easily goes over 150, it is not dangerous till you get over 180. Target heart rate is by your age and weight and your general physical shape.However if it is from cigs it is better to not smoke. I'm actually in pretty damn good shape considering I smoke. My fitness tests rated much better than the average population, including lung capacity, leg power, etc. You're right, 50 is basically female near elite distance runners. Going over 100 will hurt you, if it's from the wrong reasons as you said. When your heart is struggling, during exercise it will reach peak much faster and you're at a much higher risk of an infarction if you push yourself too much. Heart failure is no fun. Edit: Just checked, 68 resting. After a cpl smokes and coffee. I'm amazing! haha, jokes. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 ^^ It also changes with age. My husband has a really good rate of 62 and he is 42 years old which is rated at excellent. On his last medical they said he had the stats of a 20 year old, but he is a professional soldier. Not everyone is athletic though. I also have a genetic tachycardia so mine is abnormally fast even resting, plus my lungs only work at about 80% capacity. So that all reflects in my resting and exercising rate. but overall for a normally healthy woman it is about 73 to 78 or 80 resting rate. Link to comment
Nightingale93 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 This sounds like my friend who has heart palpitations. He can't smoke cigarettes, weed, or drink alcohol anymore due to it making his heart beat very rapidly and has even put him in the hospital before. He says stress triggers it also. I don't know a lot about it besides what I've heard from him but this sounds similar. I may be wrong, but if it gets more serious I would see a doctor Link to comment
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