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Stubborn cough following RF Ablation

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I had my second ablation nearly 6 weeks ago and have had a dry irritating cough ever since. I spoke to the arrhythmia nurse again today as it is bothering me now as no better and I have a feeling of tightening and pain sometimes. My consultant says it can happen but is rare. It is the inflammation in the pulmonary veins causing the cough and it should go. I didn't have anything down my throat during the procedure so it isn't that. Has anyone else had this? On the positive side, no AF, just some ectopic s which are getting less :)

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Yes I was warned about stenosis of the pulmonary veins when I had my ablations. It can mimic pneumonia apparently. I did have rather a wheezy chest but it didn't start until nearly a month after the procedure and lasted about six weeks.

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Kiwi2 in reply toBobD

Thank you Bob,I am hoping it will stop soon as so tiring and not very restful for my poor heart :) if still there at my follow up they will send me for an MRI.

Have a good day.

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could be caused by a blood pressure drug if you're taking one check with your doctor

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Kiwi2 in reply tofairgo45

Thank you :)

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Lisinopril is noted for causing a cough. So common it's sometimes referred to as a lisinopril cough. I had this as a side effect of lisinopril 4-5 years ago. So annoying I now lisr lisinopril as an allergy.

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fra48

Hi. I had the same. A cough which lasted for almost 4 months associated with an annoying dry tongue. It seemed to do not stop but then all if a sudden it started to slow down and finally disappeared.

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Kiwi2 in reply tofra48

Was that after an ablation?

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No. Mine was just a regular prescription for High Blood Pressure. Nothing to do with my a-fib.

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Yes. Cryoablation. So i related it to the cold (cryo) but I visited pneumologist and throat/nose specialist but neither of them could help and they were not able to detect anything. It has been terrible and was almost hindering me to talk. As i said it just slowly slowly wrnt away but first improvements started 2.5 months after ablation. U can find my cough post on this forum of few months ago.

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Jhcoop55

Also had bad cough right after my first RF ablation for over two months. Nothing really helped other than the passage of time when it eventually went away.

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Kiwi2

Thank you. It seems worse when speaking and stops at night :)

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C66t

Just a thought, do you have reflux?it can cause a cough.

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Kiwi2

No, I don't. Thanks for replying :)

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