I'm 4 months post ablation, not had any A Fib episodes or ectopics from using my Kardia since 2nd May, however Wed I felt I had a higher HR and then yesterday I went back into AFib.
The only thing that has changed is I bought a new packet of hay fever tablets, and checking back they are based on Loratadine vs my previous ones which were Cetrizine.
The information leaflet says a very rare side affect is fast or irregular heartbeat.
I wonder if anyone has experienced similar?
We are all different. I've been using loratadine for years with no problems.
Putting any kind of chemicals into your body can trigger all kinds of things. You might want to try this:
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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
Yes, it kicked off an irregular heartbeat for me, but as Bob says we are all different. I just sneeze and sniffle nowadays and wait for the pollen levels to decline, and I haven't taken it since.
Having said that it affects me I have just bought a nasal spray that seems to be. Clearing my nose .
Is it possible that resting is a trigger for aFib?
AFib triggered by eating...?
A fib triggering coronary spasm
Triggers during sleep
AF Triggers
