A fib caught on alive cor

[Goldenheart]

Hi all, im still waiting for my next cardio appt,last one was 6 mnth ago..since then,one of my recordings on alive cor has been diagnosed as a fib, and leading up to me taking the recording i certainly felt weird symptoms, near fainting,breathless,and heart racing. Has anyone here,experience of cardios acknowleging arrythmias caught on alive cor. I get many episodes in bed, at my last apot my cardio just dismissed this.

[BobD Volunteer]

Most EPs accept Kardia readings.

[Goldenheart in reply to BobD]

Thanks for your reply .

[sweetiepye]

If you had symptoms and readings you were probably in afib. Devices don't lie, but people miss read. I have found afib and SVT on my Kardia , my Doctor accepted both.

[Goldenheart in reply to sweetiepye]

Hi, i was very light headed and breathless out shopping,but oddly didnt notice any prominent heart racing,kr palpitations. But on arriving home,my heart was racing,which led me to take the reading on alive cor,and the diagnose of a fib. Ive read other people say that a fib can be hardly noticeable,so wonder if there were palpitations in the background.

[Finvola]

My GP, cardiologist and EP all accept my Kardia printouts as confirmation of arrhythmias. My cardiologist once told me shortly after I was diagnosed and told him how many episodes I was having, that he would only believe what he could see - I was a bit offended at the time but realised that he was right, so I bought my Kardia to show him. Your cardiologist may feel the same when you say you have episodes in bed - he can’t diagnose that info but a printout is a different matter.

[Clyde12]

I was diagnosed from my Kardia reading. When I had Holter (12 and 48 hr) A Fib hid away!! Cardiologist was sent AFib readings from my Kardia by my GP.

[Jalia]

I think I am correct in saying that some GPs routinely use Kardia devices in their practice.

[CDreamer in reply to Jalia]

Very much so.

[Hidden in reply to CDreamer]

Not in my neck of the woods- I only found out about them from seeing an EP I went to see privately, found through the AFA. It has changed my life as I didn't even have a smart phone until then!!! Although it is now over two years since I was diagnosed with Paroxysmal AF, I have still not seen an NHS EP and the cardiologists I have seen have been most unhelpful- shall press to see an EP at my upcoming appointment!

[Whatamug1]

My Kardia showed af, the cardiologist dismissed it as pseudo afib……..

[LaceyLady]

My cardiologist was pleased I’d got a Kardia, so I expect he’d use the readings.

[ChrisR64]

My EP used my many Kardia Afib tracings to recommend and ultimate perform my ablation. I was PAF and never felt the need to go to the ER after the first event (cardiologist agreed).

[Hidden]

Try this. Helps me.

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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

[saulger in reply to Hidden]

Thank you, Rick. I am also of the opinion that the GI systems could be responsible.

[Dee1982]

We’re in the same boat l have alive cor and it recorded 2 episodes of AFib l was shocked because l didn’t think you could get it at a young age mind you l was in my early 30s l felt all the symptoms associated with AFib feeling faint racing heart dizziness shortness of breath feeling lightheaded it all matched symptoms of AFib I just didn’t feel right l wasn’t myself the whole day I layed down feeling so bad I expected the worst l’m just so glad l found this group because l know l am not alone l get to read everyone else’s story and what they experience and the condition they have l have the support of others it makes me feel better that I’m not alone