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Atrial Fibrillation Support

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In AF now

Hi. Hope all of you here in the forum is keeping well. Just want to rant .. in AF now since 12 hours ago. Wondering when it is going to go back to NSR. 😀 at...

Hi. Hope all of you here in the forum is keeping well. Just want to rant .. in A...

SpritzerAce

•4 years ago

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moderate diastolic dysfunction

Evening! I was diagnosed with PAF in 2017 and my recent echo shows moderate diastolic dysfunction with a mild left atrium. I am awaiting to hear from my...

Evening! I was diagnosed with PAF in 2017 and my recent echo shows moderate dias...

Reena09

•4 years ago

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Yawning and skipped beats

Does anyone know or heard of when you yawn quite hard/excessive it causes your heart to flutter/skip slightly? And if so what causes that?

Does anyone know or heard of when you yawn quite hard/excessive it causes your h...

Padayn01

•4 years ago

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Ablation for ectopic beats

I was wondering whether anyone had any experience regarding having an ablation because of ectopic beats and whether it was successful. My ectopic beats were...

I was wondering whether anyone had any experience regarding having an ablation b...

rosepod5

•4 years ago

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Blue lips and stabbing heart beats

Does anyone else get blue lips? Had for a long time now, GP says they think it’s linked to heart, but hospital not sure why I have this! Also any stabbing...

Does anyone else get blue lips? Had for a long time now, GP says they think it’s...

Tired-com

•4 years ago

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Azithromycin Dihydrate - an antibiotic - Just some info to consider.

Taking an extended trip to Maylasia. Pharmacist gave me this antibiotic to take in case I get food poisoning. This drug has warnings for heart rhythm...

Taking an extended trip to Maylasia. Pharmacist gave me this antibiotic to take...

EngMac

•4 years ago

8 Replies

Magnesium Advice

Hi, Was hoping for some advice on how much magnesium people are taking for relief from Ectopic beats, and at what frequency during the day for best results. I...

Hi, Was hoping for some advice on how much magnesium people are taking for relie...

xssc32x

•4 years ago

11 Replies

New to Afib

Hi everyone, have neen reading your posts trying to educate myself. I was diagnosed with P-Afib last July after a 24hrs trace. Im truth I think it had been...

Hi everyone, have neen reading your posts trying to educate myself. I was diagno...

waveylines

•4 years ago

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Help with unusual symptoms - follow-up

I wrote the following just over 2 months ago. Help with unusual symptoms - Hi all having suffered with PAF for way more than 10-years I'm well used to the...

I wrote the following just over 2 months ago. Help with unusual symptoms - Hi al...

Cypbill

•4 years ago

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Stopping Bisoprolol

I had a SVT catheter ablation 3 days ago and an AVNRT was identified/ablated. I was told to stop my 6.25mg bisoprolol 5 days prior to the procedure and then...

I had a SVT catheter ablation 3 days ago and an AVNRT was identified/ablated. I ...

Karen63A

•4 years ago

13 Replies

RFAblation and Pacemaker

Can you have a radiofrequency ablation for afib (not AV node ablation) if you have a pacemaker (Medtronic 2017)? The PM is for sick sinus syndrome tacky...

Can you have a radiofrequency ablation for afib (not AV node ablation) if you h...

Sunny-fl

•4 years ago

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Hello I need help please

Hop every one is ok with this cold weather. I hvev2 teeth are winking went to my dentist say can't do much .so only implants. So do I need to stop ravaxaban....

Hop every one is ok with this cold weather. I hvev2 teeth are winking went to my...

karim123

•4 years ago

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1 year A F free

Had my 3rd Ablation 1 year ago today by Prof Andre' N G at Glenfield top man for Ablations. Had 3 Ablations 3 Cardiovertions over 3 years, 1st Ablation back...

Had my 3rd Ablation 1 year ago today by Prof Andre' N G at Glenfield top man for...

higgy52

•4 years ago

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Artrial Flutter feeling on right side of chest as well as left?

Hello I have many heart conditions including AF, A flutter, both permanent, heart failure and pulmonary hypertension etc I have been feel a awful fluttering...

Hello I have many heart conditions including AF, A flutter, both permanent, hea...

shwills

•4 years ago

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New diagnosis - 2 questions ...

1. Three weeks ago I had angiogram and then yesterday had my 4th ablation. Always before they went in through an artery, the recovery was mild, hardly noticed...

1. Three weeks ago I had angiogram and then yesterday had my 4th ablation. Alwa...

Jfarreast

•4 years ago

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Anxious and Scared- Possible Heart Failure and Afib

I had my fourth episode of Afib last week and had a cardioversion and am in NSR. For that I am grateful. The did the BNP blood test and it was super high so...

I had my fourth episode of Afib last week and had a cardioversion and am in NSR....

HopeinHim

•4 years ago

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Afib and Emergency rooms.

Afib and me do not agree on a sedentary life style. I Tried Amiodorane and soltal which produced more heart damage. Heart Fractions went from 25 to 15. The...

Afib and me do not agree on a sedentary life style. I Tried Amiodorane and solt...

10Snut

•4 years ago

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Flecainide and blackouts

Hi. I am on flexainide as a PIP. Twice now having used it I converted to sinus but blacked out for seconds as I felt a rush to my head. My heart rate is 40....

Hi. I am on flexainide as a PIP. Twice now having used it I converted to sinus b...

President2012

•4 years ago

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Edoxaban

Hi I am feeling breathless and generally weaker with edoxaban. My body weight is only 55kg and I wonder if I should ask my doctor to reduce the dosage to 30mg

Hi I am feeling breathless and generally weaker with edoxaban. My body weight is...

Swimsyroke

•4 years ago

3 Replies

Dr Sanjay Gupta - The Heart and Hypothyroidism - Please read even if you haven't been diagnosed with this - yet!

I suffered for years from this condition, had no idea that was why I felt so tired and I put that extreme tiredness down to my AF:...

I suffered for years from this condition, had no idea that was why I felt so tir...

jeanjeannie50

•4 years ago

36 Replies

Blood Pressure Monitors

Why don't medics give the same advice? The cardiologist tells me to buy the standard blood pressure monitor widely used in surgeries and clinics to keep a...

Why don't medics give the same advice? The cardiologist tells me to buy the stan...

sarniacherie

•4 years ago

18 Replies

Food for thought

I just want to share this with all my Afibers Four years ago I had my first attack of afib I was scared and concerned always been fit and healthy I...

I just want to share this with all my Afibers Four years ago I had my first a...

Jamila123

•4 years ago

29 Replies

28 Year Old with Afib

Hi Everyone, I'm 28, live in Dallas, TX and no prior history of any type of heart condition. I had my very first and only episode of Afib back on Feb.2 2020...

Hi Everyone, I'm 28, live in Dallas, TX and no prior history of any type of hear...

CT868

•4 years ago

25 Replies

Kardia monitor

Hi everyone. Would anyone mind giving their opinion or findings regarding the Kardia ecg monitor by Alivecor, if you have one or used one. Also do...

Hi everyone. Would anyone mind giving their opinion or findings regarding the Ka...

Equish

•4 years ago

76 Replies

fainting

I had an ablation 2 years ago for atrial flutters. I'm off all meds at this time and Monday 2 a.m. I got up to go to the bathroom and had the feeling of...

I had an ablation 2 years ago for atrial flutters. I'm off all meds at this tim...

dwright12

•4 years ago

8 Replies

Conversion via Spontaneous electric shock ?

My Sunday night episode of flutter got worse. (After ONE Gin). I took a Beta blocker (50 mg metoprolol) at 11am Monday but the pulse kept going at 150 beats...

My Sunday night episode of flutter got worse. (After ONE Gin). I took a Beta b...

allserene

•4 years ago

24 Replies

Med reactions

Hi I'm a fairly newbie to a fib confused with meds I'm on 2 X 5mg apixiban1 x2.5 Bisoprolol since Dec already on 1x20mg Atorvastatin 1x5mg Amlodipine I also...

Hi I'm a fairly newbie to a fib confused with meds I'm on 2 X 5mg apixiban1 x2.5...

Ticktoc

•4 years ago

8 Replies

Sarcoidosis

Does anyone know anything about this condition and if there is any connection between AF and sarcoidosis?

Does anyone know anything about this condition and if there is any connection be...

healme

•4 years ago

13 Replies

How to get off Sotalol

Any advice as to how to safely stop using Sotalol? I take 120 mg. Twice a day. And a blood thinner, a statin, and a bp med. I dont want to take Sotalol...

Any advice as to how to safely stop using Sotalol? I take 120 mg. Twice a day. ...

101448

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Canadian travel insurance for other countries

AFib is considered a heart condition. It is a pre existing condition, so no travel insurance co. In Canada will cover anything that happens concerning the...

AFib is considered a heart condition. It is a pre existing condition, so no tra...

101448

•4 years ago

5 Replies

Posts - Atrial Fibrillation Support | HealthUnlocked

Atrial Fibrillation Support

All posts for February 2020

In AF now

moderate diastolic dysfunction

Yawning and skipped beats

Ablation for ectopic beats

Blue lips and stabbing heart beats

Azithromycin Dihydrate - an antibiotic - Just some info to consider.

Magnesium Advice

New to Afib

Help with unusual symptoms - follow-up

Stopping Bisoprolol

RFAblation and Pacemaker

Hello I need help please

1 year A F free

Artrial Flutter feeling on right side of chest as well as left?

New diagnosis - 2 questions ...

Anxious and Scared- Possible Heart Failure and Afib

Afib and Emergency rooms.

Flecainide and blackouts

Edoxaban

Dr Sanjay Gupta - The Heart and Hypothyroidism - Please read even if you haven't been diagnosed with this - yet!

Blood Pressure Monitors

Food for thought

28 Year Old with Afib

Kardia monitor

fainting

Conversion via Spontaneous electric shock ?

Med reactions

Sarcoidosis

How to get off Sotalol

Canadian travel insurance for other countries

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