Disabled

[barnes12]

Are people with af classed as disabled ? Karen

[BobD Volunteer]

Tricky question as it depends on how badly it affects one. Many people in permanent AF have no symptoms so can hardly be disabled by it whilst I know that a few with paroxysmal AF can be really knocked sideways.

Bob

[barnes12]

Thanks bob

[jedimasterlincoln]

I wouls say not, however from a work point of view occupational health define it as a underlying health condition. I have paroxysmal AF and it floors me every time

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I am thinking it probably depends on how bad your symptoms are and also what you're trying to do - if you had a really heavy physical job it might count as a disability because you'd not be able to do some really strenuous things while you were in AF. And yet obviously there would be other situations where you wouldn't have a problem at all...

Lis

[excalibur]

It depends on the context I think. When I was diagnosed and initially off work for a while, my employer was required totake account of my condition and try to adapt my work so that it was compatible with the condition. If you are talking about DLA, then it would depend on an assessment of what you can and cannot do