Hayfeaver

[Mollykelly123]

Can hayfeaver or pollen trigger AF

[BobD Volunteer]

Anything can trigger AF if you think it will. Never done it for me in 15 years but we are all different.

[NooNoo14]

I have recently been put back n Bisopropol which made my asthma worse but have kind of become used to it until yesterday when the weather where I am in the UK was extremely hot, close and I suspect the pollen count was through the roof. My chest got very tight and my heart rate was peaking and dropping all day. I really thought I was going into AF but didn't actually happen. Like Bob said - AF seems to have lots of irritants.

Netty

[CDreamer]

I’ve had pneumonia and hay fever so been coughing - a lot! In the first week every really bad bout triggered AF - but then any infection tends to anyway.

[Vidlufc]

Dear Molly, if it helps I discovered I was gluten intolerent and this caused a couple of bouts of af. Since eliminating gluten from my diet 7 weeks ago I have also been cured of hay fever and skin and allergy problems. So I would hazard a guess that for me af, hay fever, allergies and skin problems were all symptoms of gluten

[Mollykelly123 in reply to Vidlufc]

Thank you i check it out now

[Aprilbday]

Went to doctor on Easter Monday due to allergies. They gave me steroid to help. That caused my A-Fib. Now on blood thinners. Why!!! One episode

[Vidlufc in reply to Aprilbday]

Alas April, we are subject to standard procedures, the medical industry just treats a symptom without questioning the cause and treating that. I had af at Christmas, they could find nothing that caused it, I had blood tests urine tests a chest x ray an echo heart scan and a 24 hour ecg. Nothing. Of course through my own research I now know why, gluten intolerence, which is why of course nothing showed up. So as I also had high bp due to the gluten damage to my vagus nerve, standard procedure I was prescribed amlodipine. In 20 minutes it doubled my heart rate and bp, back to a & e. Standard procedure if intolerant to amlodipine, prescribe perindopril. Within 20 minutes it had doubled my heart rate and bp, back to a & e. Then the worst ever, bisoprolol. After 2 weeks I had to stop taking it, what a horrendous poison. 8 weeks on I am still suffering rebound as I did not taper due to only taking 14 x 1.25mg tablets. In the meantime I gave up gluten. My af has not reappeared, hay fever and allergies gone and when the rebound is not biting my diastolic reading is mid 80's as opposed to having been 110+

[Aprilbday in reply to Vidlufc]

Wow!!!!

Thank goodness you are getting back your life after that!!!

So...no af now. Will you continue to take anticoagulants? Is the blood pressure steady now?

[Vidlufc in reply to Aprilbday]

I am not on anything now, just a gluten free diet, lots of fruit veg and probiotics and I only drink water, well apart from red wine and cider lol. Lots of exercise. My doctor now wants to put me on diuretics but I ain't touching medication again. Gave smoking 5

[Vidlufc]

That should be gave up smoking 5 months ago and avoid caffeine

[Aprilbday in reply to Vidlufc]

So proud of you!!!

[Pickone]

I've had a tree pollen allergy all my life, now 70, and Afib for about 15 years now. Can't say that I noticed any connection but you made me think about it. I did however take allergy shots for about 4 years starting 20 years back, and what a difference that has made to my life. In the spring I know when it is allergy season and will sneeze occasionally but nothing like the 6 weeks of torment I used to go through. I would end up with sinus infections and be really sick in bed unable to work etc.

Now if only they had shots for Afib I'd be a happy camper.

[Vidlufc in reply to Pickone]

Well, I guess that is my reason for coming on here, to give food for thought. There must be others like me. Many don't know what caused their af, but what if like me it is a symptom? Remove the cause and you remove the symptom. Trouble is most of the time when you go to the gp the symptoms are just treated,with medication usually. I guess it's the easy and profitable way, most surgeries are sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. I tried talking to my doctor about gluten, the vagus nerve and my ideas, I got a pitying look and a prescription

[Hidden]

Hi Mollykelly,

My personal belief is that hayfever/pollen allergy is not a cause of AF. BUT certainly food/drink intolerances/allergies can very well be.

All that said, I am in Cornwall, and in recent years I have become more sensitive to hayfever/ tree and pollen allergies, certainly from Jan through to May and onto September. The later in the year the less troublesome the hayfever becomes. Right now it is terrible, tree blossom, and wildflower blosson in hedgerows and along the side of the road along boundaries of fields. For me, the most measurable thing is I develop coughing fits, blocked nose/catarrah/watery eyes, sleepiness - terrible. The coughing fits are worse as they lift my heart rate and blood pressure swiftly and easily. BUT, in my view (after 8 years plus of AF) a raised HR and BP on isolated occasions isn't likely to cause AF - consistent and prolonged and untreated raised HR and BP is more likely to.

John

[Mollykelly123 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks carneuny i am lost at the minute with this afib i stopped taking my beta blockers as they are making me very tired i still taking my rivarvoxaban blood thinners incase of stroke my restong heart beat is now 65 bpm if i see it gettimg to high i take a beta blocker i never have a fast heartbeat but my ecg are showing i am in AF anybody else got this type of af