22 beats per minute: this Brit has the lowest heart rate in the world

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Normally, people’s resting heart rate is between 60 and 80 beats per minute. But not with 24-year-old Briton Cameron Johnson. He claims to have the slowest heart rate in the world: just 22 beats per minute. So his heart beats three to four times slower than normal. Even in top athletes, the heart still beats about 30 to 40 times per minute.

Johnson noticed something was wrong when he looked at his health tracker. He tells the Daily Mail that he initially ignored all warnings because he had no complaints. Every now and then he feels dizzy – that’s all. Cameron does a lot of sports.

However, when a GP measured his pulse this year, he raised the alarm and called an ambulance. After various medical checks, it turned out that there was no acute health risk. “The doctors said it was fine. “Sometimes I find it hard to believe, but they say I’m healthy and there’s nothing to worry about,” Johnson told the newspaper.

New record broken

In September, the Brit was finally connected to an ECG for 24 hours. The result: his average resting heart rate is around 30 beats per minute, but sometimes drops to an incredible 22 beats.

That’s a new record. British retiree Daniel Green currently holds the record for the lowest heart rate ever recorded. In 2014, he recorded lows of 26 beats per minute, with an average rate of 36.

Johnson is now thinking about officially entering the Guinness Book of Records. However, to do this he would have to undergo another ECG for 24 hours under the supervision of two Guinness representatives. He should also be mentioned by name in a medical journal. Whether Johnson will actually make this effort remains unclear. (Mrs)

Source: Blick