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I was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation 10 months ago. Does anyone else have pains in their shoulder blades ?

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I've only tended to have pain in that area after Cardioversion or Ablation :(

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Pain between the shoulders can be oesphageal inflammation which can be allied to AF via the vagus nerve.

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bmand

Yes, actually for me when I have pain in the upper back that my signal I am in Afib

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Peddling

Yes, I get that two. Mentioned it to my cardiologist, who seemed surprised.

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Crochetalong

Thank you all for your replies, good to know that I am not the only one.

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irene75359

My first episode (which was one of the worst I have had) I wasn't sure if I had slept really awkwardly as I had pain in my chest and in my upper back. It wasn't severe enough for me to think I was having a heart attack but it certainly wasn't comfortable. I was diagnosed that day by my GP.

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Nugger

Yep,had it really bad one day & more of a nagging ache that won't go away,I walked about 3 miles & had to keep stopping & twisting my body to ease the pain,finally gone away now I'm on amioderone before my cardioversion

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nymima01

Yes! My mother has afib and often complains about back pain during and after an episode. She mentioned this to her doctors, but they didn’t have a clue and offered no suggestions. She has to lay down afterwards because the pain bothers her so much.

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KMRobbo

I had pain between the shoulder blades on many occasions. But even when not on afib ( I had PAF), however I did not have it until I was diagnosed AF so I always thought it was connected. However my EP disagreed and said it was skeletal muscular probably. Mine was not oesophagal because at its worst I had to lie down to relieve the pain and it readuced much in severity

Funny thing is since a week or two After I had my ablation I have not had the pain ...........

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