Hi doctor,My mother had pacemaker operation six months back. From past five days, her heart rate is hitting 130 very frequently (when she is not idle) every 20 minutes or so. She is feeling a discomfort because of this. When we met the doctor with the pacemaker test, he told everything is normal. My question here is if everything is normal why heart rate is hitting 130 frequently? It is on every activity she does like walk, bath, etc. Please kindly advise me on this.
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor forum. Although it is difficult to answer without knowing the exact diagnosis, if pacemaker/ AICD is working well per interrogation, she is safe in terms of fatal arrhythmia or dangerously low heart rate, as her device will kick in if it detects any abnormalities. This arrhythmia may be sinus tachycardia or may be dehy ChatDoctor.  My advice would be to hy