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[Peterpatch]

Hi, I was diagnosed with Paroxysmal A Fib earlier this year. I’m taking flecainide 100mg twice a day and Edoxaban 60 mg one a day. A Fib is pretty much under control. Yesterday I was walking up a slight incline when my legs began aching and I became breathless I stopped for a while and things calmed down. A similar thing happened a couple of months ago and my cardiologist wasn’t concerned. I find this very frightening. Has anyone else had this

[CDreamer]

More than likely it’s lactic acid build up because your heart is not able to provide enough oxygenated blood to your body whilst exercising. Yes, many of this have had to live with this - you learn to walk slower uphill and take a lot more time about it, leastways I have had to.

[Elli86 in reply to CDreamer]

I’ve often thought this was the cause for my continual injuries and subsequent millennia to recover from said injuries. During the years leading up to my first (noticeable at least) af attack I was getting lots of training injuries and taking forever to heal from them. They would linger for months on end and I’ve often thought that it was due to my heart struggling to supply, in the first incidence, enough blood to my muscles to prevent injury and in the second, enough blood to the injured site to heal the injury. Prior to this I trained for years and never sustained one single notable injury barring a few minor knocks and occasional shinsplints.

Another theory of mine is that the subsequent build up of inflammation from all these accumulated injuries are what caused my af in the first place. Could be a mix of both and also my digestion that fed into each other. I think we sometimes get caught in a belief that things are black and white but in reality they are a constant cycle and especially where the body is concerned. I don’t know! What’s you opinion?

[BobD Volunteer]

That could be just about any member here and pretty much goes with the territory. Provided that your consultant has said he is not worried then listen to your body and don't push yourself.

[Gumbie_Cat]

That ache in the legs going uphill/upstairs is my main symptom really - in permanent AFib. I also remember it last year when still paroxysmal but on dronedarone. I’m lucky in that I don’t really notice breathlessness or palpitations.

[mjames1]

It could be so many things, but keep bringing it to the attention of your doctor. Sometimes the wheel has to squeak more than once before it get's oiled Symptomatically, it fits with early stages of peripheral artery disease (PAD) but it could also be something as simple as muscle fatigue.

Jim

[secondtry]

With AF it is best to moderate all exercise...more breaks !

[DiyChas]

I also was into heavy aerobic training for quite a few years and developed AF in my late 50s.About the same time as I began running out of breath on hills.

Then had an Angiogram and discovered CAD and required 2 stents.

AF if very light (now 78yo) and easily managed with low bisoprolol and Eliquis.