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Anti biotics and chest infections.

Can anyone tell me why antibiotics are recommended for chest infections for many people with heart problems? If I get any sort of chest infection it always...

Can anyone tell me why antibiotics are recommended for chest infections for many...

lizwright

•12 years ago

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Can someone please advise me about my AF symptoms?

My first AF attack was a year ago. I'm in my mid-sixties and fit and active so it came as a surprise. It was also frightening. Since my doctor's put me on a...

My first AF attack was a year ago. I'm in my mid-sixties and fit and active so ...

ianb63

•12 years ago

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Does anyone experience sharp short pains in chest .I did yesterday whilst strolling round supermarket!!!

My AF has returned after a successful cardio version 5 years ago.It is much more symptomatic this time which has already seen me attend hospital 4 times in as...

My AF has returned after a successful cardio version 5 years ago.It is much more...

Kazzie49

•12 years ago

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ABLATION IN THREE WEEKS

I am having my 1st ablation in 3 weeks time, I was told by the doctor at the hospital that I would be awake during the procedure but under sedation. My...

I am having my 1st ablation in 3 weeks time, I was told by the doctor at the hos...

KKI001

•12 years ago

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Mum's out.... On Flecainide but breathless..

Anybody able to comment on this? Her HR is around 70-80 and she tells me it's mor ore less in NSR..... However she is quite breathless and it's scaring her....

Anybody able to comment on this? Her HR is around 70-80 and she tells me it's mo...

Parco

•12 years ago

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AF and pacemaker change of mode

I had an ablation 17 months ago which worked very well. In March of this year I had a breathing problem which resulted in a course of steriods. My GP thought...

I had an ablation 17 months ago which worked very well. In March of this year I...

Earledavis

•12 years ago

4 Replies

Feeling your pulse

Hello everyone I read your messages daily but I don't write I know it sounds stupid but does anyone else just keep feeling their pulse where ever I am I just...

Hello everyone I read your messages daily but I don't write I know it sounds stu...

Salome

•12 years ago

16 Replies

Ablation concerns

Hello all I'm fairly new to the site but have been reading everyone's stories and questions with great interest. I have just been put on the waiting list...

Hello all I'm fairly new to the site but have been reading everyone's stories...

Sabina

•12 years ago

11 Replies

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17y ears ago at the age of 45 I had a mitral valve replacement, St. Jude. Last year AF started, after one ablation I was clear for 8 months, then it started...

17y ears ago at the age of 45 I had a mitral valve replacement, St. Jude. Last ...

Annaelizabeth

•12 years ago

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New ablation results from the USA

I've already posted this on the UK Yahoo site, but I'm putting it up here as well because its good to hear of new and more effective techniques. It is early...

I've already posted this on the UK Yahoo site, but I'm putting it up here as wel...

chrisharmer

Volunteer•12 years ago

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If AF syptoms are only moderate is an ablation still best, or stay on drugs & hope the AF dosent worsen in the future?

Blooto

•12 years ago

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Flecanide did'nt work ?

Hi everyone, having an AF episode about every 10 days now (each lasts for around 2 days), was prescribed 100mg (x3) of Flecanide at onset of episode, however...

Hi everyone, having an AF episode about every 10 days now (each lasts for around...

steve60

•12 years ago

14 Replies

Can anyone tell me what percentage of a fib patients eventually undergo ablation therapy in the US and EU?

And of that number or percentage how many require a second or even third ablation

And of that number or percentage how many require a second or even third ablatio...

Bostonguy

•12 years ago

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Has anyone got experience of taking bisphosphonates for osteoporosis? Does it have any effect on P.A.F.?

Following a routine bone scan I have been found to have osteoporosis in the spine. Am going to GP next week to discuss treatment. I know bisphosphonates are...

Following a routine bone scan I have been found to have osteoporosis in the spin...

dedeottie

•12 years ago

3 Replies

Can anyone recommend an effective sea sickness tablet , obviously for AF patients please?

Hidden

•12 years ago

6 Replies

Learning to live with AF

I am new to the Forum (hello Forum) but not new to AF - I had my first attack over two years ago on the day of the Royal Wedding, which is a guaranteed way to...

I am new to the Forum (hello Forum) but not new to AF - I had my first attack ov...

Hidden

•12 years ago

15 Replies

Rivaroxaban update

From day 1 I started to get aches and pains throughout my body which got gradually worse. At Day 5 I agreed with my GP to give it a fortnight to see if my...

From day 1 I started to get aches and pains throughout my body which got gradua...

Thomas45

•12 years ago

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Can anyone tell me whether Warfarin makes you feel cold, especially the hands and fingers? Many thanks Dot

Hidden

•12 years ago

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Vdl1

Hi I really need advice...I live most of the time abroad now and I'm finding warfarin and all it's testing etc very problematic ...which of the three new drugs...

Hi I really need advice...I live most of the time abroad now and I'm finding war...

Vdl1

•12 years ago

4 Replies

Help/Advice needed please..

Hi My Mum who is nearly 63 was diagnosed with PAF in April and she's been really struggling with it since. Possibly her biggest challenge is she suffers...

Hi My Mum who is nearly 63 was diagnosed with PAF in April and she's been rea...

Parco

•12 years ago

16 Replies

Lots of new pains, is it warfarin?

Never had so many aches and pains, just about everywhere! I have been on antibiotics, finished them this week, could these weird pains be due to those or to...

Never had so many aches and pains, just about everywhere! I have been on antibi...

dirose

•12 years ago

7 Replies

When to go to A and E?

I have just been diagnosed with AF and was discharged from hospital a week ago. Been given beta blockers and warfarin. I am due to have a scan this week and a...

I have just been diagnosed with AF and was discharged from hospital a week ago. ...

v624jbb

•12 years ago

10 Replies

Ablation this Wednesday

Well the big day draws near! I have my 2nd ablation booked for this Wednesday. I go in tomorrow afternoon after I've checked that they have a bed vacant for...

Well the big day draws near! I have my 2nd ablation booked for this Wednesday. I...

jeanjeannie50

•12 years ago

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I am on warfarin but do I need to be on any additional medication for rhythm or rate control? I would rather not be if no need.

Also is is ok to exercise while in AF? My A.F. is paroxysmal occurring on average every 2 weeks . It can last on and off for between 2 and 4 days. My pulse...

Also is is ok to exercise while in AF? My A.F. is paroxysmal occurring on averag...

dedeottie

•12 years ago

6 Replies

3 weeks post ablation

Just thought an update might be interesting or helpful to those of you contemplating an AF / Flutter ablation. I was told that I could have some symptoms for...

Just thought an update might be interesting or helpful to those of you contempla...

feejbee

•12 years ago

11 Replies

getting this dull ache on the crown of my head is it warfarin or just tension

okay it might sound a weird question,but it is reall worrying me at the moment,i dont want to be running to the doctors every five minutes, if it is not enough...

okay it might sound a weird question,but it is reall worrying me at the moment,i...

djroute66

•12 years ago

3 Replies

Hi All....

Sorry I've been absent for the last week or so. I've been out everyday working in the 90 deg heat helping my son out. After 10 or so hours outside, when I got...

Sorry I've been absent for the last week or so. I've been out everyday working i...

TheStand

•12 years ago

9 Replies

Anaesthesia and PAF Anyone? I am having an operation this Wednesday - surgery to remove my gall bladder and associated inflammation.

Has anyone had general anaesthesia and a major procedure whilst in Permanent AF? Apparently, one of the more severe complications of the surgery alone is that...

Has anyone had general anaesthesia and a major procedure whilst in Permanent AF?...

Froggy

•12 years ago

5 Replies

I am fedup:)

After, cardioversions ablations, now three weeks ago pacemaker, history 4 years of paroxamol very symptomatic Af, current medication on amiodoryn 200 mg,...

After, cardioversions ablations, now three weeks ago pacemaker, history 4 years ...

BStanding56

•12 years ago

7 Replies

Diagnosis of AF? Is there more than one way?

I visited A & E last evening after what doctor feels to have been an episode of AF. However, once there, everything settled down and although pulse rate was...

I visited A & E last evening after what doctor feels to have been an episode of ...

Dustymiller

•12 years ago

7 Replies

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All posts for June 2013

Anti biotics and chest infections.

Can someone please advise me about my AF symptoms?

Does anyone experience sharp short pains in chest .I did yesterday whilst strolling round supermarket!!!

ABLATION IN THREE WEEKS

Mum's out.... On Flecainide but breathless..

AF and pacemaker change of mode

Feeling your pulse

Ablation concerns

See below

New ablation results from the USA

If AF syptoms are only moderate is an ablation still best, or stay on drugs & hope the AF dosent worsen in the future?

Flecanide did'nt work ?

Can anyone tell me what percentage of a fib patients eventually undergo ablation therapy in the US and EU?

Has anyone got experience of taking bisphosphonates for osteoporosis? Does it have any effect on P.A.F.?

Can anyone recommend an effective sea sickness tablet , obviously for AF patients please?

Learning to live with AF

Rivaroxaban update

Can anyone tell me whether Warfarin makes you feel cold, especially the hands and fingers? Many thanks Dot

Vdl1

Help/Advice needed please..

Lots of new pains, is it warfarin?

When to go to A and E?

Ablation this Wednesday

I am on warfarin but do I need to be on any additional medication for rhythm or rate control? I would rather not be if no need.

3 weeks post ablation

getting this dull ache on the crown of my head is it warfarin or just tension

Hi All....

Anaesthesia and PAF Anyone? I am having an operation this Wednesday - surgery to remove my gall bladder and associated inflammation.

I am fedup:)

Diagnosis of AF? Is there more than one way?

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