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Hot flushes and retching

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A while ago i wrote about being extremely hot and then retching and slightly vomiting at my sons wedding. Last night we went out for a family meal and the same thing happened. I went very hot (so did my young daughter in law) and had to leave the table to retch (she didn't.) After that I felt fine. Also we had an extended family lunch the other day and if I hadn't had control of the air cooling/warming I think it would have happened again.

Although I think that I am not in heart failure ,as my last ECHO a few months ago showed only slight dilation, I am wondering if it is heart related. Maybe my heart cannot cope with cooling and digesting at the same time?

Has anyone any ideas about this and no, I was not drinking excessively or at all!

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Hi barb i get the very hot bit after eating and i think it is to do with digesting and all our blood goes to the stomach as i often feel lightheaded at the same time. Its awful and often embarrassing but all part of the AF journey i guess. X

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Have you found a way around it?

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I drink very very cold water as soon as i feel it starting and get some air. Nothing other than that I'm afraid.

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Yes. That makes sense to me. I drink loads of cold water and try to get air. I wish that i knew the medical reason for this.

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jeanjeannie50

Hi Barb, I think you need to let your GP know this is happening, as I know someone who experienced similar and he ended up having a stent in his heart.

Jean

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Barb1 in reply to jeanjeannie50

Oh, not good to hear. I am having problems with after effects of a spine op at the moment and also a high irregular regular heart beat. But GP says she wants my pain sorted out first. But she doesn't know about the flushes etc.

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Buffafly

It could actually be a reaction to something in the food. But I think you should tell your GP. I get hot flushes from Diltiazem I think but not the sickness. As someone else had a reaction too I'd suspect flavour enhancers in the food. My family took me out for a meal, they had a dish with a creamy sauce and I had pizza, as soon as we got home they had violent diarrhoea but I was fine. Restuarants definitely use additives we don't 😬

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Cas33

Ai used to get the retching andthe sickness. Since my Ablation and Pacemaker it’s gone. I’m sure it is a part of A Fib / A Flutter made worse by anxiety .

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Barb1

Thank you for your comments. I dread more tests etc and OH wouldn't be happy.

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bbthor

Hi Barb I have AF plus mildly dilated heart I recently experienced the same thing was at a big family gathering enjoying a meal at a restaurant I was fine talking not drinking any alcohol not over indulging when all of a sudden i came over extremely hot and sweating kind of out of no where I drank cold water but had to go outside for a while to cool down, I too was wondering if heart related..I saw a cardiologist three weeks ago but didn't think to mention this..take care.. jon

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Barb1

Thank you Jon. It is reassuring for me to hear of others having similar experiences.

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Auriculaire

Sometimes if your blood sugar is low before eating it can drop even further before your food has had a chance to digest a little and put it up. Any alcoholic drink will make this worse as alcohol drops the sugar. This happens to me though I have nausea. I have vomited with this but it's years ago. Try eating the carbs on your plate first and if you are having a drink do not start it till at least halfway through the meal. No aperitifs!!

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Barb1

Oh dear, no cocktails!

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Flutterbird

This happens to me all the time, usually after an evening meal, but sometimes after breakfast. It usually happens when I am in AF and my bp has dropped too low and I think you are right its the digesting process puts a strain on the heart. It has only happened to me since my ablation in June last year. Annoyingly we only have a kitchen downstairs so it means I have to get upstairs somewhere soft in case I pass out. Sometimes I lose my vision completely for several minutes.

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Barb1 in reply to Flutterbird

That sounds awful for you.

I think you need to see your GP about this-it might be related to the heart or not. So far as I know it is not a common symptom related to the heart. You could try ringing the cardiac nurses at your local hospital for more information whilst you are waiting for to see a doctor; at least they could let you know whether this is something which needs urgent attention or not.

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Barb1

I have never heard of cardiac nurses

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Becksagogo

How strange. I write this from my hospital bed awaiting discharge. After eating an M&S cheese and onion slice, I woke to incredible chest pains and a clammy feeling and was sick. The pain didn't subside so I rang 111 who called an ambulance given my history of AF and valve disease.

I was sick another three times and the pain subsided after I was given an ante sickness drug.

ECG showed heart ok an x rays and echo and CT scan showed no blood clots. Could it have been chronic indigestion?

Guess I will find out one they discharge me! X

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Barb1 in reply to Becksagogo

What an awful experience. Let us know how it goes.

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Supernerogirl

I get hot flushes when I eat always expect it now ! I only wretch when in SVT at a high rate 140 plus .

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Barb1

I am just the same. Very embarrassing, at my sons wedding in hot August.

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