anemia-tachycardia

[anxious09]

hi I am 35 yrs old. This past Wednesday i had what started as a simple fibroid removal by laparoscopy that eventually ended in 6 hrs open surgery. i went with a Hematocrit of 39.8 and left after 2 days with 25.5 following blood transfusion. question is this i know i am an anxious person but since my surgery i have consistant tachycardia of about 90-108 /min and sometimes ectopic beats. i saw it go under 90 few times. Now before the surgery i exercised every day (walking ) and resting rate was good.

is the tachycardia from the anemia or should i visit a cardiologist. ?

please answer me soon as i went through hell and i am not dealing with the tachy well.

regards

[anxious09]

Hi there , thanks for your answer. yes, indeed it's slowly getting back to normal!!!. i guess it was indeed from the surgery.

tks again.

[Jerry_NJ]

I think you may want to start with your surgeon and/or primary care doctor.

The tachycardia of 90-108 isn't in my view extremely dangerous, but it should be checked soon (a few days maybe) by a doctor.  You didn't mention you past resting HR, if it was in the 60s then you have a real increase, if in the 80 range, then you may see the current HR slow when you get more settled, recovered from the unexpected complicated surgery.

I have no ideas on the relationship between anemia and tachy.. or if there is one. I also draw a "blank" on the Hematocrit so can't comment there either.

Wishing you a speedy recovery, and normal HR.