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Quotegmperf If a 2.4 or 5 billion cycle per second wave can go through several walls, it can go through a human body. I agree with the gist of your post so don't take this as disputing it. I'm not. However, one little niggling point.... Actually, bluetooth, which is 2.4 GHz, is notoriously unable to penetrate the human body. I learned that when I bought a bluetooth HR monitor for bby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
There are multiple buttons on your monitor? I'm not familiar with a monitor like that. Every monitor I'm familiar with just has one button to indicate you felt some sort of symptom. What is the name of this monitor?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie Carey – please cite your references that indicate this is not true…. or explain what you think is not true. We've been down this road before and it's getting well worn. I don't need to cite anything to say you haven't provided sufficient evidence to support your claims. The burden of proof is on you. Just because RF can be shown to have some biological effects dby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe Anti-Fib Good points Carey, but I would like to point out that Ablations, particularly repeated ones, have at times led to decreased Atrial Contractibility, thus necessitating Anti-Coagulation, although this not as much as an issue as it was years ago. Also Many of Dr. Natale's Patients although not a majority of them have had to have multiple procedures and have to take Anti-Cby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie To clarify… Yes, certainly low-level frequencies Electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) obviously are found naturally everywhere in the environment but are typically relatively low frequencies and also are not usually harmful. However, it’s the manmade EMFs or the EMRs (radiation) microwaves in higher frequencies that are the concern to human health and also animals, bees and birds. . Tby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
The problem is you take anecdotal experiences of a few people here and make them sound like they apply to everyone. They don't. Some facts: 1) Ablations do not lead to heart failure. Period. In fact, they prevent it. 2) The majority of Natale's and other top-shelf EPs do not need multiple ablations. All I ask is that you give people an accurate, realistic view of what they'rby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth I would consider an ablation, but now, I read so many people have to have more than one ablation, maybe 3 and their ejection factor can be compromised making them take a blood thinner for the rest of their lives or they get a watchman device, Ablations do not lead to reduced ejection fractions, and unless the left atrial appendage is isolated, which is unusual, they don't lby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth Well I have to chime in here "you say that no external factor causes AF". An increase in my thyroid meds caused me to become hyper, too much thyroid hormone can cause heart problems like AF, which it did for me. Yes, but the majority of people with hyperthyroidism don't have afib. Why not? I think Travis is exactly right. You have to have the underlying diseaby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSueChef What say you good folks here about digoxin? Am I fooling myself that a-fib maybe won't progress, or if it does, it will be slow? Sigh.... Another cardiologist whose only knowledge of afib is what he learned in med school 30 years go. Do not take digoxin. First, it has no proven benefit for afib and second, it increases mortality. There are much better antiarrhythmicby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGill Were EMFs around then??? Yep. They've been around since the Big Bang. We've all been exposed to them all day, every day, for 100% of our lives.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotegmperf I believe it would be foolish to say all frequencies and levels of RF have no biological influence on our cells. Certainly our environment does affect our cells. I agree, but claims are being made here that RF actually causes afib when no evidence has been presented to support that claim.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotekong2018 Yes, it's sad that no doctors care to find the trigger or cause of afib. That's not true. They would love to find the cause and they're not far from it. But they're not there yet. Realize that medicine is an imperfect science. Doctors don't know how to fix many things, but that doesn't mean they're uncaring or corrupt or incompetent. It only mby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN Related this to an employee who used to live below the antennas. He had recently moved and a number of unexplained health issues cleared up when he moved. He'd previously noticed that when he traveled away for several weeks, these issues had also gone away, only to return when he came home. He noticed that when he changed 100 variables, his health issues changed.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack Ok. I’m an EE, so I’ll speak up. There’s a lot of bunk here. Do you get Afib every time you drive near a high-voltage power line? Get on an airplane for a few hours over 30,000 ft? Solar storms that we can only barely detect in advance? Had an X-ray recently? If you’ve had an ablation, why didn’t the fluoroscope wreak havoc on you? There are a LOT of sources of radiation. I’mby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's utterly impossible to escape EMF unless you build a lead-lined shelter deep underground and never come out. Everyone on the planet is exposed to numerous sources of EMF from the day they were conceived until the day they die. Nevertheless, only 5% of the population has afib. Explain that.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
None of those findings are meaningful. Just normal fluctuations.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotetsco It only makes sense that if your SA node is weak or compromised resulting in slower heart rates that the cells represented by ectopics being competitor cells would start firing and at times exceed the SA cells. I think it's def easier to have ectopics with diminished SA function. Good point, but there's nothing here to suggest Sam has a dysfunctional SA node. A resting pulseby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotekong2018 I did have a physical along with blod test about a month before first afib. On that test my potassium was 4.7. The only major change I made before afib was trying out a vegetarian diet. And I felt my first skip beats in my life after three days started vegetarian. Other than that I can’t think about anything that could drive my potassium away. Sure, it's possible your new dieby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotekong2018 Thanks Carey. Is there an end point at which I would know whether by correcting the electrolyte imbalance can eliminate afib? Like if I correct my diet and by taking supplement, is there a general rule or end point like after how much time if I still don't have afib, then I might know it's gone? When I mentioned electrolyte disturbances notice that I said "major disby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotekong2018 I've read lots of information about afib. And very often I see reversible cause is mentioned when diagnosing afib, like hyperthyroidism , electrolyte imbalance, etc. The articles only say something like: correcting the reversible cause often eliminates afib. There are a small number of things that can cause afib in people who don't actually have the underlying basis forby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSam Carey - I should have said that pulse rate is when I'm resting in bed at night. Day time resting rate is 60. Since exercising when pac's start in the night stops them and resulting Afib is seems logical that the lower rate is a cause. I very much doubt that the lower rate causes it. Have you ever been tested for sleep apnea?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack Is left-sided flutter as complicated as AF ablation? Should we be seeking a more elite EP for that type of work? Yes, it certainly can be. Three EPs failed to address my left-sided flutter successfully in four attempts, two of whom I would consider at least almost elite. (Top dogs at Ivy League institutions.) I don't know a darn thing about anti-phospholipid syndrome soby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yeah, it's tough to distinguish. I wouldn't fault anyone for not being sure.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
You'll never be able to distinguish between left and right flutter with a Kardia. Good call on recognizing the basic hallmarks of flutter vs. afib. Come forward and collect your honorary EP badge. :-) You need a full 12-lead ECG to distinguish between right and left flutter, and then you'll need a fellowship in electrophysiology and 30 years of experience to go with it. Flutter waby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Why do you think bradycardia is causing the PACs and afib? That seems unlikely.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
With bradycardia down into the 30s I would be very leery of sotolol. Unlike other beta blockers it's also an anti-arrhythmic, so presumably that's why he's proposing it, but it's going to do exactly what metoprolol did, which you already had to stop due to the bradycardia. Also, atrial flutter is often unresponsive to rate limiting drugs so it might not even have the anti-arrhby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
If you don't have heart failure, you're not taking other meds it interacts with, and it works for you then it should be okay.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I don't understand what a slow atrial rhythm is, a secondary pacer in the node, or really much of anything in your post. As best I can tell your doctor is suggesting an AV node ablation. That's a big decision (huge, actually) but I can't offer any help since I don't understand what your situation is.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sorry to hear this, Adrian. You're very young for afib. Explain more about this valve problem. There's no such thing as the atrial valve. Did you mean the aortic valve, perhaps? I think you misunderstood something because afib doesn't cause valve damage. It can't do that. However, valve problems do cause afib. Is it possible what they said is you have congenital aortic valby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
You absolutely must be on anticoagulants during an ablation. In fact, during the procedure you'll be given heparin, which is a another anticoagulant. There's very little risk that something "goes wrong" leading to bleeding. That's a very unusual complication, especially for someone like Natale. Nobody bleeds out during ablations. That just doesn't happen. Many ofby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM