Comments on: My heart beats faster when I breathe in, and slower when I breathe out? http://www.beatswagger.net/my-heart-beats-faster-when-i-breathe-in-and-slower-when-i-breathe-out/ Tue, 22 May 2012 14:17:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: BJC http://www.beatswagger.net/my-heart-beats-faster-when-i-breathe-in-and-slower-when-i-breathe-out/comment-page-1/#comment-9675 BJC Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:38:41 +0000 http://www.beatswagger.net/my-heart-beats-faster-when-i-breathe-in-and-slower-when-i-breathe-out/#comment-9675 This is normal. Your heartbeat will change when transitioning from inhaling to exhaling. If there is no change, or little change it may actually be a sign that the vagus nerve has been damaged (as with some diabetics) In a healthy young person, there may be as much as a 75% drop when going from inhalation to exhalation. Any chest pain, like the one you described, should always be checked out by a physician. This is normal.

Your heartbeat will change when transitioning from inhaling to exhaling. If there is no change, or little change it may actually be a sign that the vagus nerve has been damaged (as with some diabetics)

In a healthy young person, there may be as much as a 75% drop when going from inhalation to exhalation.

Any chest pain, like the one you described, should always be checked out by a physician.

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