double whammy

[President2012]

problem over I have converted to NSR. HR 70 and sats 99. Thanks to all for your concern.

[Buffafly]

I saw your post too late to comment but I would have said you should go on how you feel - the numbers aren’t important if you feel reasonably ok but if you don’t a health professional should be consulted.

[President2012 in reply to Buffafly]

Many thanks.

[Buzby62]

My PAF was always more symptomatic and higher rates than usual with covid and other flu type infections and they triggered it every time. Also the only time I had repeat episodes flipping in and out a few times. Hopefully that won’t happen for you but just for info from my experience. Plenty of water and paracetamol I would recommend.

Best wishes

[President2012 in reply to Buzby62]

Many thanks. Interesting mr resting hrart rate is higher than usual currently

[Buzby62 in reply to President2012]

Most likely due to your body fighting infection but it can take a while to settle after an episode too I guess. Rest up, hopefully better soon.

[Auriculaire in reply to Buzby62]

Paracetamol is counterproductive. Raised temperature is one of the body's prime mechanisms for destroing viruses. Taking any temperature lowering drug will just prolong the length of time the virus can reproduce and multiply.

[President2012 in reply to Auriculaire]

That is interesting. I never heard that before

[Auriculaire in reply to President2012]

Before antipyretics like aspirin and Paracetamol were produced all doctors knew that fever was to be encouraged for infections . Patients were heaped with blankets and there were even fever bonnets. Hot toddies were given to encourage sweating. I remember getting a toddy when I was a child if I was ill with a cold or the flu. Doctors might not have known the mechanism ( bugs being sensitive to temperature) but they knew what worked. It is thought that many patients died of the 1918 flu not because of the virus but because they were overdosed with aspirin that was a fairly new drug then.

[President2012 in reply to Auriculaire]

Thank you. That is most interesting. When I was brought into hospital a couple of weeks ago I had a very high temperature from Flu and they gave me paracetamol!!

[Auriculaire in reply to President2012]

Standard practice now! I had a bad cold / cough before Christmas with very high temps during the cold phase. It put me into afib 3 times in 4 days and my last episode lasted 22hrs - unprecedented for me. In desperation I took some Paracetamol knowing that it was counterproductive for fighting the virus but also suspecting it was the fever that was bri nging on the afib. Between a rock and a hard place!

[President2012 in reply to Auriculaire]

During the first few days in hospital I had three AFib’s but when the fever was brought down they stopped until the one I spoke about in my Double Whammy post.

I have had no fever for ten days now even with Covid. Still feel poorly though. Ah well could be worse !

[Auriculaire in reply to President2012]

Hope you get better soon. Try to rest. My virus ( covid test was negative ) left me very tired for a week after the vile cough had stopped.

[President2012 in reply to Auriculaire]

thanks