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Apple Watch Af reading

Hi all. When your Apple Watch shows Af. Are the reading that you can save and email good for the ep / cardiologist to look at ? Or are they not considered very...

Hi all. When your Apple Watch shows Af. Are the reading that you can save and em...

Lenlec

•2 years ago

78 Replies

Is this AFib?

Is this AFib? Background: 67 year old white male never smoked, never used drugs, reasonable weight, active and exercise routinely. Only medication is lowest...

Is this AFib? Background: 67 year old white male never smoked, never used drugs...

hearthealth2022

•2 years ago

14 Replies

Upper respiratory infection

Hello everyone…I am 6 years post pulmonary vein isolation for multiple atrial arrhythmias…ablation was a success, however, I still get intermittent skipped...

Hello everyone…I am 6 years post pulmonary vein isolation for multiple atrial ar...

Rdiehl01

•2 years ago

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AF and headaches

Hi, I had an ablation last July, I’ve now had 7 af episodes in the last two months with a painful headache over right forehead which paracetamol has no affect...

Hi, I had an ablation last July, I’ve now had 7 af episodes in the last two mont...

Lesleyray

•2 years ago

11 Replies

Fibricheck!?!

Ok team, this advert popped up in my Twitter feed yesterday. I downloaded the app and it leads you to pay about £6/month to use it. I abandoned it and didn't...

Ok team, this advert popped up in my Twitter feed yesterday. I downloaded the ap...

Omniscient1

•2 years ago

14 Replies

I've got my GHIC

I must confess that I haven't been keeping up with anything to do with travel outside the UK, but just in case others don't know about this, for anyone...

I must confess that I haven't been keeping up with anything to do with travel ou...

Hidden

•2 years ago

9 Replies

Are saunas and steam room a trigger

Morning all. I've recently had my third ablation but have had a few set backs. I'm now walking a lot more and trying to lose weight and keep healthy. I went...

Morning all. I've recently had my third ablation but have had a few set backs. ...

5morechristmases

•2 years ago

25 Replies

Airfib

Hi does any one experience like a bubble feeling in there chest with an airfib attack please

Hi does any one experience like a bubble feeling in there chest with an airfib ...

shazzafloyd

•2 years ago

12 Replies

Edoxaban

New to group , thank you. Diagnosed with persistent AFib in September. Due cardio version in mid feb 2022 so been prescribed Edoxaban before and for month...

New to group , thank you. Diagnosed with persistent AFib in September. Due card...

Kabari

•2 years ago

21 Replies

cryoablation

Today is exactly 3 months after procedure. Still feel tired and have flips. Asked Dr. if I could wean off Eliquist but he said no because I still have flips. I...

Today is exactly 3 months after procedure. Still feel tired and have flips. Aske...

mlp3434

•2 years ago

30 Replies

Lifestyle 🏊‍♀️ 🧘‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️💪🏻🚴🥗💧🍷🧂🍫👍 (long post alert - get a cuppa tea ☕️)

Lots of people ask about lifestyle & what has made a difference to ‘me’. Emphasis on me because everyone is so different. That said everyone should live as...

Lots of people ask about lifestyle & what has made a difference to ‘me’. Emphasi...

Pigleywigley

•2 years ago

45 Replies

Is there a relationship between AFib and high blood pressure

When in AFib can it raise your blood pressure or can high blood pressure trigger AFib. In April/May last year I was I told I had possible AFib after starting...

When in AFib can it raise your blood pressure or can high blood pressure trigge...

carer999

•2 years ago

9 Replies

Afib episode 4 months post ablation

I had an ablation beginning of Sept 21. Instructed to stop flecanide & Antenolo mid December. Everything was ok until last Thursday. Lucky I was at work and...

I had an ablation beginning of Sept 21. Instructed to stop flecanide & Antenolo ...

PT123

•2 years ago

4 Replies

How to cope with ICD insertion and multiple VT episodes

Hello @ll I'm a 33 years old male, I had a VT episode last October and I had an ICD fitted, In this year I have been in and out of the hospital 4 times with VT...

Hello @ll I'm a 33 years old male, I had a VT episode last October and I had an ...

wservigna

•2 years ago

12 Replies

BP saga continues......

Just a quick update, after being told to cut down my Losartan to half the dose(50mg instead of 100) my BP stabilised for about a week. Then started to drop...

Just a quick update, after being told to cut down my Losartan to half the dose(5...

wilsond

•2 years ago

6 Replies

Asthma and Bisoprolol

Hi, I have seen a number of posts where people with Asthma have had problems taking Bisoprolol and wondered how widespread this problem was. I have had Asthma...

Hi, I have seen a number of posts where people with Asthma have had problems tak...

Hidden

•2 years ago

2 Replies

Should I call hosp in a fib?

I had my only case of a fib in Sept and was in the hospital for a couple days. Am on eliquis, and 200 mg of flexanide pill in pocket. I went into a fib 1 1/2...

I had my only case of a fib in Sept and was in the hospital for a couple days. A...

Stb1968

•2 years ago

64 Replies

Amitriptyline

Anyone take amitriptyline for pain and how does it affect your AF? I had a successful ablation and don’t want to disrupt it.

Anyone take amitriptyline for pain and how does it affect your AF? I had a succe...

Hidden

•3 years ago

2 Replies

Kardia mobile

I have looked at these devices but the website says not tested or recommended for pacemaker does anyone either use with a pacemaker or know why it won't work.

I have looked at these devices but the website says not tested or recommended fo...

DaveBr

•3 years ago

12 Replies

NSVT or atrial flutter?

Do PVCs feel different to PACs? I'm getting short runs of ectopic beats (often 4 in a row), which I think might be NSVT. I'm used to experiencing AF, which...

Do PVCs feel different to PACs? I'm getting short runs of ectopic beats (often 4...

John3333333

•3 years ago

3 Replies

AFIB BP STRUGGLERS

All, I have never taken this drug but I have taken Amiodorone before. And you're right. It is awful so my dr took me off it. I am taking Propafenone now....

All, I have never taken this drug but I have taken Amiodorone before. And you'...

N400033

•3 years ago

2 Replies

AFIB and Dementia

This is as always a thought provoking post from Dr Gupta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3tix9sLeqk

This is as always a thought provoking post from Dr Gupta https://www.youtube.com...

dmac4646

•3 years ago

36 Replies

AF query

Hi, I was diagnosed with AF in July last year and put onto Apixaban and Bisoprolol. I then really struggled walking anywhere with breathlessness and although I...

Hi, I was diagnosed with AF in July last year and put onto Apixaban and Bisoprol...

gentryman

•3 years ago

55 Replies

Surgical clips

I have just received a chest X-ray report which thankfully was clear. On it though after saying Heart and mediastinal contours are normal it says...

I have just received a chest X-ray report which thankfully was clear. On it thou...

Frances123

•3 years ago

16 Replies

Vitamins D and K2 and Adcal

I heard yesterday from my daughter-in-law that my grandson, who suffers from PoTS, had had blood tests done. She said "these show that he has extremely low...

I heard yesterday from my daughter-in-law that my grandson, who suffers from PoT...

Physalis

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Interesting article on omega-3 fish oil supplements.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/17/revealed-many-common-omega-3-fish-oil-supplements-are-rancid

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/17/revealed-many-common-omega-3...

Hidden

•3 years ago

3 Replies

AFIB monitoring

Hi all . Thanks in advance for the great responses and for taking the time to respond . So I was diagnosed with PAF in May 2021 . I was out on 200mg of...

Hi all . Thanks in advance for the great responses and for taking the time to r...

mjm1971

•3 years ago

11 Replies

Post AF ablation

Hello, My 65 year old father, who suffers from heart failure and AF, underwent his first AF ablation 3 days ago. Doctors didnt really tell us what to expect...

Hello, My 65 year old father, who suffers from heart failure and AF, underwent h...

Salbie

•3 years ago

7 Replies

Cough after AF ablation.

I underwent an ablation procedure for AF about 4 weeks ago. A few days after the ablation I developed a cough - dry, quite tickly, eases off when I'm...

I underwent an ablation procedure for AF about 4 weeks ago. A few days after the...

John3333333

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Positive News

Hey lovely AFibbers. Been a while & I said I would post after cardio Appmt in Dec. I had my specialist consultation in Dec with the teaching hospital, my...

Hey lovely AFibbers. Been a while & I said I would post after cardio Appmt in D...

Pigleywigley

•3 years ago

42 Replies

Posts - Atrial Fibrillation Support | HealthUnlocked

Atrial Fibrillation Support

All posts for January 2022

Apple Watch Af reading

Is this AFib?

Upper respiratory infection

AF and headaches

Fibricheck!?!

I've got my GHIC

Are saunas and steam room a trigger

Airfib

Edoxaban

cryoablation

Lifestyle 🏊‍♀️ 🧘‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️💪🏻🚴🥗💧🍷🧂🍫👍 (long post alert - get a cuppa tea ☕️)

Is there a relationship between AFib and high blood pressure

Afib episode 4 months post ablation

How to cope with ICD insertion and multiple VT episodes

BP saga continues......

Asthma and Bisoprolol

Should I call hosp in a fib?

Amitriptyline

Kardia mobile

NSVT or atrial flutter?

AFIB BP STRUGGLERS

AFIB and Dementia

AF query

Surgical clips

Vitamins D and K2 and Adcal

Interesting article on omega-3 fish oil supplements.

AFIB monitoring

Post AF ablation

Cough after AF ablation.

Positive News

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