Rib soreness and Abdominal bloating.

[A_PMechanic]

I'm a month and a week out of my Catheter Ablation and I'm experiencing soreness in my right ribcage and my abdomen feels full and bloated. Almost as if I ate a big meal. Has anyone else experiencing any of these symptoms? Don't if it from the ablation or medication or maybe none of the above.

[trevs7]

I am 1-month post my 2nd ablation and your wording "my abdomen feels full and bloated. Almost as if I ate a big meal." is exactly as I would describe how I feel; so I guess it must be ablation related.

The only good bit of news that goes with that is I have actually lost some weight since my ablation as I can't eat large meals at the moment. I am finding I tend to eat smaller meals more often.

It would be interesting if anyone else experienced this and how long it lasts.

[A_PMechanic in reply to trevs7]

Hi Trevor. This really started coming about a week ago. I checked my medication side effects and one med sighted bloating as a side effect. Don't know which one but I'll check my list and report back. 👍

[trevs7 in reply to A_PMechanic]

OK, it sounds like in could be meds in your case then. Let us know, especially if it's something you can safely cut out/or reduce for a while to see if it cures the symptoms.

[BenHall1]

Unless I watch my diet I will get those sensations and I have had neither Cardioversion or Ablation, nor do I now intend to. I was first diagnosed with paroxysmal AF in Jan 2010 and some months later began to relate the onset of an AF event to food I'd eaten, particularly my dinner meal around 6pm.

In the much earlier incarnation of AFA forum then hosted by Yahoo I learned from posts at the time of the influence of the vagal nerve. You might be advised to search online ..... vagal nerve schematic diagram .... then you'll understand. Basically it is a wandering nerve perhaps known as an information superhighway connecting the gut. the heart and the brain. Leave you to do the research .... but ... it is a feature which crops up on this forum fairly regularly.

I might suggest that during your medical procedure your vagal nerve might have been aggravated, in a similar way as I used to get with food, i.e. certain foods would aggravate the vagal nerve causing an inflammation.

Right at the get-go I rejected all notion of surgical intervention and stayed with drugs and diet ..... and still do. It is now around 4 years since I had an AF event. In a simplistic way, the drugs tame the heart and food eliminates the vagal nerve inflammation. Sorted.

As an interim measure I would try examining my diet, maybe consulting a Nutritionist/Dietician, eating small gentle meals, not eating late in the evening so as to not aggravate the VN before sleep, etc./, and eliminating known foods that antagonise the gut, i.e hot, spicy meals., sugary foods, gluten, wheat and oats ( even traces of them ) and see if it all settles down.

Wishing you good luck - hope something works for you.

John

[Vonnegut]

I haven’t had an ablation and don’t want to as the Flecainide I take regularly has put an end to episodes of AF for over a year now but I have a sore feeling in my left lower ribs and some bloating too though we eat healthy and small meals. No doubt it’s the side effects of the drugs. But I am 80 and had many healthy active years before the paroxysmal AF struck along with chronic fatigue following a virus.