possible braycardia

[ssmae_78]

I am a 30 yr female relatively healthy. I was a pretty intense athlete all my life and very active until about 3 yrs ago when i was diagnosed with iga neuropathy. I currenlty work in law enforment and where a duty belt that weighs aprox 30 pounds. Recently i have decided to get into shape and bought a heart rate monitor. I wanted to find out my resting heart rate before i began.  What i have discoverd is that my rhr or hr while i am inactive is sometime in the 40's to 50's which i have read is very low.  for the past two days i wore my monitor and in the morning and during the day while at work driving in the car ect my hr is between 70-105. However, i have noticed that later in the day after work my heart rate starts to drop lower than in the morning with the  same activities. ex in the moring/day while going up stairs my hr will reach 120-130 however in the evening going up stairs it will only increase between 100-110.  I have also noticed that in the evening i have less energy. I have no other symptoms except that sometimes i am tired and sometime feel a little short of breath.I have also lost about 15 pd in the last 2.5 months by changin eating habits. I am a little nervous b/c heart disease runs on my fathers side.
Due you think that i should be concerned?
Maybe my rhr is so low due to previous athletics??  or because i lug an extra 30pd around a day.  
Should i go see a cardiologist?

Thank you so much for your help

[empressofq13]

You can have shortness of breath with anxiety from all of this, but RNRita is right....get it checked out!

[RNRita]

If your heart rate is going higher during the day and you are wearing the belt, I would be willing to bet it is due to the extra 30 pounds.  It forces your heart to work harder, naturally, so it must pump faster.  When you take the load off, you take the load off of your heart as well, so it doesn't have to pump as fast for the same cardiac output.  And, yes, a fit person can have a hr in the 50s or even less when resting.  Not normal if you're not fit.  I would be a bit concerned about the SOB, though.

[empressofq13]

Hi, my husband is a very fit person and always busy doing something.  He doesn't watch tv at all!  His resting heart rate is usually around 50-60.  Our son had a reaction to a prescription drug last year and was rushed to the ER by ambulance twice with a heart rate of 39-40.  He had also passed out at work and fell to the ground and hit his head.  He is also very fit (always played soccer-body fat was 7-8 when playing full time).  The ER Dr. said a VERY VERY fit person like Lance Armstrong could be healthy and have a rhr at 40 but it is not normal to be below 60 unless you are really fit.  I wouldn't worry as much about the difference in the AM vs. PM with stairs etc. But I think you should at least go and have it checked out at least by your Primary Dr. They can pretty much tell right off if you need to see a cardiologist.  Keep us posted please!
CIndy