Heart rate 46?

[phil4613]

I'm female, 51, and in average health.  My blood pressure has always been in the low-normal range.  This morning after my usual healthy breakfast I became very nauseous and light-headed.  I became clammy and faint, vomited (some but not most of my breakfast), and broke out in a profuse sweat.  My husband said my body felt cold from head to toe and my heart rate was 46.  I had no pain or heat anywhere.  After a few hours of sleep I feel fine, just a little tired.  My heart rate has been between 52 and 56 since then. What are possible causes and remedies, and what's the likelyhood this will happen again? p.s. My heart is very healthy.

[merileegal]

Like the others said, you need to go to a doctor and have your heart checked out. None of us are able to tell you what it is exactly or if it will happen again, only a doctor can try to do that after a complete examination. Google signs of a heart attack for women which is different than men.

[bbxx]

I wonder if you have heart block. Maybe its second degree, so comes and goes. (I am not super sure it can come and go, but I think it can). Your pulse may have gone too low.  I would definately get to your cardiologist.

[DeltaDawn23]

I would get the doctor to check you out.  I don't want to scare you, but many of the symptoms sound like a heart attack.  It wouldn't hurt to let the doctor know.  Better safe than sorry.