Would those with relevant experience please recount (again, probably) whether losing an appreciable amount of weight at some point eliminated or ameliorated your Afib episodes?
If so, how much did you lose and to what extent and how long did the effect work?
I was free for 14 months after losing 35 lbs several years ago. I found 20 of it and that brought the return of Afib every two weeks or so. I am looking for correlation of a weight/Afib connection.
Thanks for any info!
Fibnum
Judging by the number of people whose cardiologists have told them, sometimes rather rudely, to lose weight in order to lose AF there definitely is one!
Look up LEGACY trials in Australia which showed that weightloss leading to a BMI of less than 26 largely removed the need for ablation.
Studies show that if you're overweight, losing that weight is a single most important thing you can do to reduce or eliminate your afib burden. And I think you've already show this to be true for you.
Ideally, you would lose the weight and keep it off, by diet and exercise alone, however, if you can't-- and some cannot however, hard they try-- there are new classes of drugs such as Semaglutide (Wegovy/Ozempic) that can help.
Jim
I was once very overweight but did not have any signs of AFl or AF. After losing most of it over a couple of years I suddenly had RVR flutter and hospital ecg confirmed it. I was perplexed because I thought losing weight would avoid that diagnosis. But what I learned was that the chronic inflammation in my body caused by being overweight for years was a major strain, plus the added weight elevated my blood pressure at the same time. And even though it was not severe hypertension only elevated it still was not good for the heart. Plus my diet was not the best. Add to that getting older and family genetics. It's a combination of many things. Thankfully, I've managed to maintain my weight, improve my diet, and my blood pressure is now optimal. While I can't change the AFL, if I reverted to my previous habits, my condition would very easily worsen.
I was told my AF would only get worse which I took as a challenge. I lost 10kg by diet and exercise , I gave up alcoholic beverages and caffeine snd consequently over 2 year my AF burden in currently minimal. I take Edoxabab.
Now and then if I get stressed I feel a few lumps and bumps but my pacemaker readout confirms minimal PAF events and AFlutter.
I enjoy exercise for social and fitness reasons and I’ll keep doing it while I can as it seems to deliver a mostly peaceful heart and access to my old trousers too!
It sounds like a worthy goal for me!
Weight loss and medication
Weight Loss Reduces Atrial Size, Pericardial Fat in AF Patients
Weight Loss and Reduced Number of AF Episodes
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