Very cold during AF attacks

[Elaine1951]

Anyone else get this going on ?

[NooNoo14]

Hi Elaine

I definitely do not suffer from being cold during AF events. Quite the opposite, my temperature seems to spike and if I am standing, I feel like I am going to pass out.

NooNoo

[Elaine1951 in reply to NooNoo14]

Thank you. Goodness we do suffer a bit with AF don't we. Good wishes

[Hidden]

Yes, Elaine I very frequently find myself very cold during a bout of fast AF. I don't know why this should be but it doesn't always happen ....probably the faster the rate and maybe the fear factor comes into it as this as more prevalent in the earlier days . My history goes back 23 years with 15 DC cardioversions and 3 ablations along the way .

Sandra

[Elaine1951 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for the reply. The v cold feeling is grim. Feels like circulation has gone !

[Hidden in reply to Elaine1951]

It's not very pleasant ....makes the episodes feel far worse .

[Elaine1951 in reply to Hidden]

Good to know I'm not alone. May I ask what you feel triggers your episodes. I'm 65 and slim with recent AF ionset

[meadfoot]

Yes I get so cold the hospital wrap me in a huggy bear which is like bubble wrap into which they blow very warm air. i shiver and shake so much and the feeling comes from my very core not like the cold when you go out in the snow it's entirely different.

Af affects us in so many different ways but cold is always my experience.

[Elaine1951 in reply to meadfoot]

Good to know I'm not alone. May I ask what you feel triggers your episodes. I'm 65 and slim with recent AF ionset

[meadfoot in reply to Elaine1951]

Hi Elaine, I too am slim and in my 60s. Without doubt stress is my main trigger. Also I try to keep off some foods as I have a hiatus hernia and can have vagal stimulated af. I keep away from pork, Chinese food and tea and coffee to try to mitigate against onset but if we have a predisposition to af these things are triggers not causes.

I maintain that a lifetime of stress and anxiety has been the main protagonist but my dad and cousin had late onset af so there is a familial element for me too. I have svt and aflutter too. Hey ho.

Be well.

[Elaine1951 in reply to meadfoot]

Many thanks. I wonder if the cold thing affects mists women. E

[Elaine1951 in reply to meadfoot]

Intriguing isn't it. I wonder if only a female manifestation ?

[Fenderman]

Hi elaine

Im the opposite i can tell imgoing into af as myface getsvery warm and thenthe weird feeling from my lungs as i breathe. When ive told hospital docs about these symptoms they just dismiss it and tell me the pain will go away.which itdoes as my heart rate returns to normal. My sessions dont last long at all so i guess im lucky in that respect

Good luck in coping with this body malfunction.

[Marion62 in reply to Fenderman]

Hi Fenderman,

Just wondered what weird feelings you get from your lungs when you breath. ?

When I breathe out after walking up a slight hill I get pains across my back.

Cardio says nothing to do with AF and dismissed it. It then just goes away.

[Mike11]

Are you sure you don't have Raynaud's disease as well as AF ?

[Elaine1951 in reply to Mike11]

good question

[brunlea]

Hi , I have A F and pulmonary Fibrosis , so never sure which is the problem ,

In the past I have had problems with getting very cold and violently shaking,

covered myself in everything warm i could find - hot drinks etc . before long i was throwing them off as i had gone to the other extreme.lasted for about 30 min.

went to hospital one time [999 ] ,sending me home ok when i started again ,

trainee doctor came to see me , gave me paracetamol - works every time for me

[Elaine1951]

Thank you for the what an ordeal. Paracetamol. Interesting.