heart rhythm

YES I WAS IN MY MOTHER HOUSE AND SHE HAD A BLLOD PRESURE MACHINE SOW I WENT AND USE IT TO CHECK MY BLOOD PRESURE IT WAS ALRIGHT BUT THE MACHINE INDICATE ME I HAD A IRREGULAR BEET,SOW I CHEK IT AGAIN AND THE SAME.SOW I WAIT AND DID IT AGAIN AND DID NOT SHOW ME THE IRREGULAR BEET NO MORE .DO I SHOULD WORRY NEVER HAPPEND TO ME.IAM FEELING A LITTLE ANSCIOUS ,A LITTLE BIT LIKE TIRED,BUT MAY BE ITS BECAUSE IS HOT I DONT KNOW.I WLK UP THE STAIR LIKE RUNNING MY HEART BEET FAST BUT ITS NORMAL I THINK .THEN GOES BACK TO NORMAL.DOCTOR WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME

[Red931]

Welcome Alvin,

  There is no doctor on this forum. There is a seperate forum where you can ask a doctor a question (Ask an Expert) but it will take some time for a doctor to respond.

There are a few things that will make those machines register an irregular heart rate. The main reasons are moving or talking while a measurment is being taken. Were you moving or talking when you were checking your BP? You may have also had the cuff too loose or too tight on your arm. You should be able to slip two fingers between the cuff and your arm on both the top and the bottom of the cuff to get an accurate reading.

The other is that your heart may have skipped a beat. This is common. You may be having some anxiety over what you read on the machine. Were you okay before you took the reading? If so, you should be fine.

Good luck to you.