CHAD SCORE

Hi

Is a chad score of 2 bad ?

I’m 49

Female

Relatively healthy other than a couple of other health conditions

Thanks x

[Jjda]

You get one point for just being a female (sexist?), and since you didn't get the second point for being over 65, I assume it is another condition. A score of 2 isn't "bad", but it may be enough to get you on anti-coagulants, depending on your doctor and your other condition.

[jwsonoma]

Hi,

The latest A-Fib stroke risk test is CHA₂DS₂-VASc which you can find online but if you have A-Fib and you have a score of 2 or more you are at risk of a stroke and should probably be on anticoagulants. A-Fib strokes have a much higher risk of being fatal or permanently disabling than other types of strokes.

Please see the following link for more.

health.harvard.edu/heart-he...

This is a great place for information but you should always check with your doctor or change doctors or ask to be transfered to a specialist.

Best of luck.

[john-boy-92]

One EP gave me a score of one based on age, and a second said between one and two taking into account AF. Eighteen months later I had a stroke that left me partially sighted.

[BobD Volunteer]

The way I see it not bad at all as there should be no doubt that you now need to be on anticoagulants. There is nothing worse that maybe!

[wilsond]

I would say the same as Bobd...now get on anticoagulants.I was classed as 1 by one gp,who failed to add 1 for hypertension..so was really a 2. Had a ministroke (TIA) then put on anticoagulants stright away.

With a high family of strokes and Af,I think this should also have been taken into account.

Not trying to frighten you but just advising you might be best to discuss this with yoir medics,best wishes xx

[Hidden in reply to wilsond]

Thank you xxxx

[Hidden]

Don't need it for a few minutes. If your Afib lasts a half hour or more then take one - all it does is slow your heart down a little so it won't race too fast. I don't know anything about you, but if you are under 65 you might try this before an ablation:

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After 9 years of trying different foods and logging EVERYTHING I ate, I found sugar (and to a lesser degree, salt – i.e. dehydration) was triggering my Afib. Doctors don't want to hear this - there is no money in telling patients to eat less sugar. Each person has a different sugar threshold - and it changes as you get older, so you need to count every gram of sugar you eat every day (including natural sugars in fruits, etc.). My tolerance level was 190 grams of sugar per day 8 years ago, 85 grams a year and a half ago, and 60 grams today, so AFIB episodes are more frequent and last longer. If you keep your intake of sugar below your threshold level your AFIB will not happen again (easier said than done of course). It's not the food - it's the sugar (or salt - see below) IN the food that's causing your problems. Try it and you will see - should only take you 1 or 2 months of trial-and-error to find your threshold level. And for the record - ALL sugars are treated the same (honey, refined, agave, natural sugars in fruits, etc.). I successfully triggered AFIB by eating a bunch of plums and peaches one day just to test it out. In addition, I have noticed that moderate exercise (7-mile bike ride or 5-mile hike in the park) often puts my Afib heart back in to normal rhythm a couple hours later. Don’t know why – perhaps you burn off the excess sugars in your blood/muscles or sweat out excess salt??

Also, in addition to sugar, if you are dehydrated - this will trigger AFIB as well. It seems (but I have no proof of this) that a little uptick of salt in your blood is being treated the same as an uptick of sugar - both cause AFIB episodes. (I’m not a doctor – it may be the sugar in your muscles/organs and not in your blood, don’t know). In any case you have to keep hydrated, and not eat too much salt. The root problem is that our bodies are not processing sugar/salt properly and no doctor knows why, but the AFIB seems to be a symptom of this and not the primary problem, but medicine is not advanced enough to know the core reason that causes AFIB at this time. You can have a healthy heart and still have Afib – something inside us is triggering it when we eat too much sugar or get (even a little) dehydrated. Find out the core reason for this and you will be a millionaire and make the cover of Time Magazine! Good luck! - Rick Hyer