Why does my heart beat faster and my body feel hot after waking up in the middle of the night, and what should I do?
Jun 04, 2023
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Tian Hongbo
Introduction
Waking up at night with increased heart rate and body heat may be related to emotional fluctuations, hypertension, or coronary atherosclerotic heart disease. Patients can improve symptoms through daily adjustments or oral medications. It may also be associated with conditions such as pericarditis, acute myocardial infarction, or rheumatic heart disease. If symptoms occur frequently or persist without improvement, patients should visit a hospital for evaluation and receive targeted treatment based on the underlying cause.
Waking up at night with increased heart rate and body heat may be related to emotional fluctuations, hypertension, coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, or other causes. Patients can improve these symptoms through daily adjustments, oral medications, and other methods. Specific analyses are as follows:
1. Emotional fluctuations
If patients experience excessive mental stress or abnormal emotional changes due to work or other factors in life, they may have nightmares during sleep, leading to awakening at night, rapid heartbeat, elevated body temperature, and similar symptoms. Patients can appropriately relieve psychological stress and maintain positive emotions in daily life, which helps improve sleep quality.
2. Hypertension
Hypertension is a common cardiovascular disease. If blood pressure rises to a certain level, it may cause patients to wake up at night accompanied by symptoms such as rapid heartbeat and body heat. Patients may take medications such as hydrochlorothiazide tablets or furosemide tablets under medical guidance.
3. Coronary Atherosclerotic Heart Disease
If atherosclerosis occurs in the coronary arteries, it may lead to narrowing or blockage of the vessel lumen, impairing the heart's normal pumping function and causing myocardial ischemia and hypoxia. This may result in symptoms such as sudden awakening at night, arrhythmia, sweating, and elevated body temperature. Patients may take medications like nitroglycerin tablets or isosorbide dinitrate tablets as directed by their doctors to alleviate symptoms.
Besides the above common causes, this condition may also be associated with perimenopausal syndrome, pericarditis, acute myocardial infarction, rheumatic heart disease, and other conditions. If symptoms occur frequently or persist without improvement, patients should seek hospital evaluation and receive targeted treatment accordingly.
