The 7^th to the 13^th June is Arrhythmia Awareness Week. This week aims to raise awareness and promote better understanding of arrhythmic conditions.

The theme for 2010 is ‘Know Your Pulse’ 2010. Now part of this campaign is about ensuring routine procedural pulse checks in GP surgeries as a means of identifying potential cardiac arrhythmias, and A-A is working to ensure that pulse checks become a routine procedure when someone visits their GP surgery.

However, a large part of the campaign is about your own personal health information, and tailoring health information to you, which is something I think is very important. It is all about checking your own pulse, using the Pulse Check Card. This card includes guidance on what the pulse is, what it means, when people should take their pulse and a table where you can record the results over a seven day period and seek further advice from  your GP, if required.

The card is very useful as a way to check your own personal health. The Arrhythmia Alliance want to make it clear that checking your pulse is as important as seeing how much you weigh or checking your blood pressure. The Pulse Check Card can be downloaded here www.knowyourpulse.org.

So I would say this campaign is a really good way to take control of your own health.

If you have been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat, it may at first be something of a shock. However, you should still be able to live your life as fully as possible. So you might find out tips on travelling with an irregular heartbeat useful. If you choose your destination and plan your itinerary with care you should help to minimize any potential risks. It includes useful information on travelling with medication too.

If you do travel with an irregular heartbeat, please share your experiences below and any useful tips for other Globebloggers readers.

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