Confused

[Quilter43]

Had one near faint incident 3 hours after booster.Got up fast. Otherwise never had near faint...maybe once dizziness after getting up.Is that reason enough for pacemaker..fast heart rate at times.couple very high..reading how beta blockers cause low rated.how can I know this.so confused...

[Hidden]

Hello Quilter43,

Sometimes standing up too fast can cause a 'head rush' and feelings of dizziness or faintness. It can be a sign of orthostatic intolerance (symptoms that are triggered by an increase in heart rate when moving from lying or sitting to standing upright).

Please feel free to contact our Patients Services Team [e-mail] if you would like to discuss this with someone.

[Quilter43 in reply to Hidden]

Could this cause a pause ?

[Hidden in reply to Quilter43]

Could you explain your symptoms and experiences, are you experiencing skipped beats?

[Quilter43]

I don't know..just know above..been told not only time..don't understand how sipped beats show on linq.

[CDreamer]

If you have been told that your heart is pausing - that is good enough reason to recommend a pacemaker - so that you can then take rate control when your heart goes too fast when in AF. The Linq heart monitor will capture everything your heart does.

A LINQ™ device is a self-contained cardiac device that's around the same size as a USB stick. It's a great way of assessing intermittent symptoms and is implanted under the skin for long-term heart rhythm monitoring. You may need the device implanted if you commonly experience fainting or sporadic palpitation symptoms.

I am assuming that is what you are talking about?

[Quilter43 in reply to CDreamer]

Yes.had incident .near faint after booster3 hours later.

Dr.says pauses other times

Do not know duration..

[secondtry]

Presume you refer to the Covid vaccine 'Booster'. Do not exert yourself and any complications seek medical advice as there are well known issues with these boosters.

[Quilter43 in reply to secondtry]

In the past now..didn't seek advice that time.no incident since then..

[secondtry in reply to Quilter43]

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[Sandyc2705]

I fainted within 24 hours of my Covid booster for the first time in my life and then had an episode of AF

The good news is that I have not had an episode since and that was 16 months ago

[Quilter43 in reply to Sandyc2705]

I had a 6 minute pause..almost fainted 3 hours later..I think vaccine in some way caused it.drs want me to get pacemaker..not sure if other pauses and duration.ambivalent..is this unreasonable.about 16 months for me too.

[CDreamer in reply to Quilter43]

I think you may mean 6 seconds pause - it would have been much more than a ‘faint’ had it been 6 minutes!

My husband was told any pause greater than 4 seconds would be of concern and pacemaker recommended. His was implanted in 2014 and has given him a new lease of life. Now 89 still doing relatively very well and conducting a singing group, walks about 1 mile a day & believes he will be back to playing golf later this spring.

Best wishes

[Quilter43 in reply to CDreamer]

Thanks. Guess I will have to get it although have been highly resistedt as think booster did it to me.

[Quilter43]

right 6 sec..dont know if I would be here after 6 minutes