Weather

[Vonnieruth]

Can this weather effect your AF and in what way does it Today here it's raining dark and feels thundery

[Hidden]

I find very cold icy winds affect me and try not to go out if I can avoid ....makes me breathless and then palpitations

[Edm174]

Hi vonnie I think you have sent it my way !!! Hope you are well x

[Vonnieruth in reply to Edm174]

Im good How's you today X

[Edm174 in reply to Vonnieruth]

I’m not too bad ! My hubby goes into hospital 4th Dec but his consultant said we could go to Australia in November so that makes me feel better !!!

[Vonnieruth in reply to Vonnieruth]

Just found this ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/1...

[TamlaMotown]

I see a big increase in palpitations when I am cold so I hate the winter. Does anyone else notice this?

[BobD Volunteer]

There was a member a while back who claimed thundery conditions set off their AF and thought high static electricity the cause. Not sure about that being an engineer.

[Vonnieruth in reply to BobD]

I know before my PAF I always had a heavy head when it was going to thunder and felt much better once it passed or the weather changed

[Gladaven in reply to BobD]

Dear Bob I was told that I had AF after routine ECG in the surgery and put on Warfarin. Could you please tell me how many types of AF there are and what are the different symptoms and treatment of each type. Are some types more serious than others? My blood testing nurse always too busy to explain, my number, is a staple 2.5/2.6. I take 2mgof Warfarin Mon-Fri and 1mg of Warfarin Sat and Sun. I can always feel when thunder is due with pressure on the top of my head, My mother was terrified of thunder, she covered all the mirrors up and sat in the coalhole under the stairs, Bless her, thankfully I did not inherit her fear but do have great anxiety since I discovered this heart condition. Kind Regards Gladys.

[BobD Volunteer in reply to Gladaven]

AF is AF is AF in general. What may trigger it is all that changes. For example if your vagus nerve is upset then you usually get AF when resting or after a large meal (vagal AF) but another "victim" may react during exercise or say if they drink too much alcohol (Any at all for most AFers) .There is no cure for AF, only treatment and all and any treatment is only ever about improving quality of life by reducing symptoms.It is not normally fatal (hardly ever) unless people ignoer their bodies and do,silly things. Many athletes get AF due tio over working theri hearts and this can drastically reduce their performance. If they ignore this and try to push through it they may risk more serious consequences. Provided rate is controlled and one is anaaticoagulated to reduce stroke risk most of us live fairly normal lives. Why not go to AF Association main website and read all the fact sheet there as knowledge is power to banish fear.

(My Grandmother (born 1886) always told me that if you looked in a mirror during a thunderstorm you would see the devil standing behind you.)

[Hindmarsh]

U live in a very "bracing" part of the UK and the wind definitely triggers my AF.

[Vonnieruth in reply to Hindmarsh]

I live in a village called Rainhill It held the steam train trial Stevenson's Rocket

[Izzle]

I vaguely remember reading somewhere of a study done in an Eastern Block country where they looked at AF related hospital admissions versus the weather. I think they found that when a severe low pressure area was present, admissions went up by a quarter.

How air pressure connects to AF I don't know.

[hock217 in reply to Izzle]

Low pressure? Same as high humidity?

[hock217]

I feel out of sorts when humidity is high. Temperature irrelevant if it's dry. Drained of energy and affects my heart in indefinable way....like I can't walk straight, weak.