nyrisa
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I would be more concerned about the possibility of a heart related problem, than shock. While shock is definitely a fairly common reaction, and your symptoms do sound a lot like that, the low heart rate rather than elevated is what causes red flags for me. In shock, BP drops, causing pallor, sweating, dizziness, nausea, faintness. The body compensates by constricting blood vessels to raise the BP (cold extremities, faint pulses in extremities), and also by increasing heart rate and respiration in order to push the blood faster through the veins and increase oxygenation, and bring glucose to the cells that are stressed. Your heart rate was low, despite the other compensation mechanisms your body was attempting. There is a cardiac arrythmia called "heart block" where the electrical signals from the heart's natural pacemaker do not make it to the contracting heart muscle without interference. There are degrees of heart block, from first, second, third, to complete heart block. In complete heart block the heart rate will not rise above 40, despite the needs of the body, and a pacemaker is needed. You definitely need the EKG and probably a stress test as well, before you do any further stressful play. Any weakness, cold sweats, nausea, dizziness, chest or arm discomfort, would signal need for 911, at any time, until your heart has been proven ship shape. Good luck to you in finding the answers to your heatlh questions.
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