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I guess mentioning Holiday Heart Syndrome wasn't quite sufficient.... Binge drinking can cause afib even in people who don't have afib. Most likely if you quit binge drinking, it will stop happening. Simple as that.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie Believe it or not, there's a large number of published clinical trials on many nutritional supplements but we are not likely to see them published in mainstream media unless you're reading at the website of a nutritional expert or a place like Life Extension Foundation, I don't care if they're mainstream or not. I care that they're peer reviewed and thatby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
You might want to read up on Holiday Heart Syndrome.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCallydex Can a Kardia device identify a flutter? No, not really. It can be suggestive but identifying flutter reliably requires a 12-lead ECG.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth There are side affects with most drugs you take so to say one is safer than the other is just untrue. Huh? What's untrue is a broad statement like that. Just because all drugs have side effects doesn't make all drugs equal. It's quite often possible to demonstrate that one is safer than another. I can think of a dozen examples right off the top of my head. (Vioxxby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCallydex What is an AliveCor? And is it the same as a Kardia? Yes, same thing. AliveCor was the original name then they rebranded it to Kardia. The web site is stillby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
The first thing you need to do is find out what that tachycardia is. Could be a couple things, including flutter, which isn't unheard of reappearing years later. You could ask your PCP for an event monitor, find another EP and get it from them, or you could buy an AliveCor and do it yourself. Once you know what it is you'll know what your options are. If it's afib, flutter, SVT orby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSteveW I've heard that the SVT ablation is much simpler and with a high permanent success rate. Does this mean I could do this with my local EP in Fargo? Maybe an SVT ablation is much simpler and maybe it isn't. It took 7 years and 6 ablations before my SVT was finally fixed. First, you have some unknowns. SVT is actually a class of arrhythmias encompassing atrial flutter, aby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCatfight23 They told me they use 200lbs of human pressure while you're still asleep. Yup. For my first two ablations they woke me up before removing the sheaths from the veins so I know how they do it. Two nurses came in, stood on each side of me, then they removed the sheaths at the same time and pressed on my groin with all their upper body weight for 15 minutes. Not particularly cby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yup, call. That's what the staff gets paid to handle.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I doubt there's a connection. It is a beta blocker, so it does induce some fatigue that a cold might exacerbate, but since you tolerate it well I doubt it would have the major effect you're describing. Your subject line mentions bronchitis. Why? If you've developed a persistent cough and now have a sudden worsening of symptoms, you might want to visit with your PCP to rule out pby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Okay, Hans wrote that a full 12 years ago, so yes, a lot more is known now, but what you just quoted pretty much confirms what I just said so he was correct in his thinking then.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth I remember when Hans Larsen went to France to have his ablation, I don't recall him saying that he would have to take a blood thinner afterwards for perhaps life. A successful ablation that didn't require isolating the LAA won't require anticoagulation if the patient has a low enough CHADS score, and the vast majority of ablations don't involve isolating the Lby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth from what I have been reading problems with the LAA is because of long standing persistent AF Nope. I have an isolated LAA and have never had LSPAF.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth I guess I don't understand, you had 3 ablations and your tee clearance velocity is normal you still have to be on Eliquis, you have gone through a lot and still are at risk for a stroke? Her CHA2DS2-VASc score would be important in the decision. She's at least a 2 and that's enough to consider anticoagulation. Throw in the isolated LAA and it becomes a pretty goodby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe Somehow i'm trying to come to grips how the widespread Mg deficiencies come about. Is it a lack of intake or what we consume is bound up by other chemicals/minerals we consume. Neither. It's due to decades of modern farming practices, which have depleted soils of Mg. Fruits and vegetables grown in the 1930s contained significantly more Mg than they do now.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good info. I spent 15 years in EMS so saw a lot of nosebleeds. I've seen more than one house that looked like a murder scene due to a simple nose bleed that had continued for hours. You're right that winter is prime time for them due to the dry air. Count yourself lucky that you're not on home oxygen. That makes the problem much worse because the O2 being blown up your nose is boneby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I can't cite any sources confirming that anxiety contributes directly to afib, but from what I've seen over the years I think it's pretty safe to say that anxiety contributes to a cascade of events that all have distinctly negative effects on your health. Addressing anxiety should be a priority for anyone who suffers from it. There are many ways to do that, ranging from totally druby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ditto to wolfpack's answer. Sleep apnea doesn't trigger afib so much as it actually causes it. It does that slowly over a period of years via the chronic hypoxia it causes while you're sleeping. Treating SA won't usually stop afib completely, but it probably will slow or stop its progression and prevent it from becoming worse, and it usually reduces the frequency of episodes.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGhost Good advice. Is there an EP anyone here can recommend as a starting point for research? Andrea Natale at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute in Austin, TX. That's starting your research at the top.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Given your age, an ablation makes a lot of sense. Managing afib with drugs is quite often less than 100% successful, and all the drugs involved have side effects that anyone who's physically active isn't going to like much. Also, most of the antiarrhythmics tend to stop working after a variable period of time (years, unpredictable how many), and some can even become pro-arrhythmic.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN I would note that some have posted that coffee was a trigger, Of course they have, but that doesn't mean it actually was. If I had a dollar for everything I've seen people claim was a trigger I'd be on a beach in the Caribbean right now. Hey, he's new to afib. How about we agree to give him the broad strokes at this point and avoid the fine points of debate?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nobody likes a Foley catheter, but after an ablation they're your best friend for six hours.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Ghost, Welcome to the forum. Sorry you needed to find it. The first thing you need to know and remind yourself of frequently is that nobody dies of afib. Really. It might feel like it's going to kill you, but it won't. That simply does not happen. Everyone wants to know what caused their afib but the reality is you'll probably never know. There are risk factors, but pby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie 1/2 teaspoon is approximately 1100mg of whole Potassium gluconate powder…. 175 mg of that is elemental potassium. Sure, if you've got any form of potassium in bulk form then you can figure out how much actual potassium it contains and measure it out, but that means you're taking a bunch of something else that may or may not be helpful or safe. Given the quantities I was taby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotemwcf Noted Shannon, but could this not in due course evolve to be suitable for AF also? Quite possibly, but it will probably be a procedure of last resort just as it was for the v-tach patients. Irradiating the heart is about as invasive as it gets and comes with a myriad of potential consequences.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I don't understand what that novel had to do with the myth I mentioned. The myth is simply that hyperkalemia is arrhythmogenic when in fact it's quite the opposite. Go find some EKGs of progressive stages of hyperkalemia and you'll see what happens, and it's certainly not tachycardia. Further, I don't dispute in the least that magnesium is essential, along with sodium, caby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is what I hate about the entire subject of potassium. Everyone is quite certain what it does without knowing how or why that might or might not be true. Elizabeth, I didn't say hyperkalemia wasn't dangerous. It is, and potassium-sparing drugs are a good way to get there. It's just not dangerous for the reasons you think it is. Increasing levels of potassium actually haveby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth No myth, I had read on this site that potassium supplements were good for AF so I took potassium supplements for a few days, started getting a few min. runs of AF, I never got runs of AF in the daytime. I stopped taking the potassium and the problem stopped. That's pretty solid scientific proof.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCatfight23 The ablation: it took 4 hours. The worst part for me as a female was not being allowed to get up and use the bathroom to urinate for SIX hours post ablation. And worse yet, they typically fill you with fluids during an ablation so needing to pee is guaranteed. If you ever find yourself in that situation again, just tell them you don't want the Foley catheter removed untilby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM