QuoteWill1789 Hi George Thank you. I will order some. I had two bananas yesterday so Thought that potassium might help but guess I need to build up dosages over time Bananas are kind of a yea/boo. The high glycemic content of the banana will signal the kidney to excrete the potassium. According to the USDA database, 1 medium banana has 422 mg of potassium.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Will, Years ago, I recall that low potassium can cause you to hear beats in your ear. What I do for potassium is I put 2 tsp potassium citrate powder in a liter of water and drink slowly over time. 2 tsp is about 4 gr potassium. High doses of potassium, taken at once, will just be urinated out. Good luck! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib What's a good keyword to search for these SNPs ? Thanks What I did was: 1) run the 23andMe raw file (logged on, clicked on my name in upper right, clicked on Browse Raw Data & then Download) through Promethease.com. Then I selected, if the report format hasn't changed as I haven't updated in a couple years) ClinVar Disease in the right box and thenby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Carey - is that to say that ablations won't work when a parent had AF? No, not what Carey meant. He means if you have these genetics, then there is no preventative treatment. Also, the OR for the SNPs was about 1.7. In absolute terms, that doesn't mean that much, as afib has relatively low prevalence anyway. Ablation will work under the direction of a topby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKen Wouldn't that depend on the heart rate while in afib? For me - currently not on any drug - resting HR is 60 - afib HR is 75. Now taking flecainide as a "pill in the pocket". Doesn't seem that I need a BB. After my January ablation, I did take flecainide for two months with no BB. I don't take a BB with my PIP flec (and I've used it PIP for 15.5 yearby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nice discussion by Rhonda Patrick on D & COVID: <by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteJDfiB I am always wanting to learn about what is going on with different ways people experience Afib. Whenever I have an event it always begins with the irregular rhythm and then when it goes back to rhythm it is always a very rapid beat. There is no set time for each. Is this a typical way of a lot of typical ways or am I experiencing something else? I know there are many very detailed queby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Lani - low blood sugar triggers your afib? TY Before I changed my high carb ways, I was likely experiencing nighttime hypoglycemia (I figured this out after the fact). These would kick in around 3AM and I'd wake up sweaty (the low blood sugar triggered an adrenaline response). As I used to get 3 AM afib episodes, this MAY have been a trigger. Also, I would moby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecolindo High normal calcium maybe enough to effect afib. It would be interesting to know what afibbers levels are. I have never been tested. My calcium serum levels since 2014 are almost all mid-range (9.4) or lower. In 2007 was 9.3 mg/dL (range 8.5 to 10.6).by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecirenepurzalot So, if your RR interval is regular is that the primary gauge on how good you're doing during the blanking period? Or, is having 2 perfect humps in between just as important? Or, in a normal rhythm is having some variation "in between" common? Just a curiosity. A normal heart has variation. It is relatively small by comparison to the variability of afib, wby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewalt Was doing some reading about how afib might effect the eyes and came across an interesting article. Anyone have experience with this type symptomology related to their afib? Folks with afib can have many comorbidities. Reading the study, I did not see where they controlled for this, hence it may just be an association, not causative. Personally, I'm nearly 65 and havby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey and you can too once you get used to feeling it. Yep, from early on I could diagnose myself in 4 or 5 beats in the radial pulse. I was at a party and a friend mentioned he had afib. I asked if he was in it now. He said no. I asked if I could feel his pulse. Sure enough he was in afib right then and most likely persistent. Similar things have happened fairly frequently.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey Ultimately, I'm confident that it will be found to have a genetic basis in the sense that you have to have the genetic disposition in the first place, and then all these other things can flip the switch on. That would explain why among people leading similar lives with similar medical histories some will get AF but most won't. I concur. Very roughly, maybe 6% of those whoby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecirenepurzalot When looking at an EKG, for example taken from a Kardia device, is the most important thing consistency with the intervals between the tallest peaks? (I think it's called the "RR interval".) Or does the consistency with the "stuff" in between carry alot of weight? With Kardia, It seems that, generally, if the RR intervals are consistent then the EKby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Here is Rhonda Patrick PhD's vitamin C article. It is well researched. The following graph shows the plasma concentration of C for IV and oral use. Note the top (Oral) graph is in micro moles vs the bottom (IV) in millimoles. So 250 micromoles = 0.25 millimoles, hence the increase in potency for IV C. @Liz also mentioned to me that in her daughter's area of FL, there were IV Vitamiby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteDriver What cases or types of afib are likely to have the LAA ablated? The more long standing persistent the case is, the more likely the LAA is likely to be involved, from my understanding. There was a poster here, maybe around 2012. His situation was similar to mine. He'd had a multi month episode in the first few months of his afib journey. Then he'd managed to keep thby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDaisy You might wanna check with those who have had their LAA isolated to see how many have been able to get off DOACs without getting a Watchman. I believe the stats are a 40% chance of getting off OAC for LAA isolation. I don't know if that applies to coronary sinus isolation. I do have a friend who had a Natale LAA isolation. He was initially marginal to go off OAC, but negatiby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
In this interview, Andrew Saul says take C to bowel tolerance as frequently as every half hour (when sick). He also notes bowel tolerance will increase when you are sick.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Along this line, my friend, Mark Cucuzzella MD, who is on the faculty at WVU School of medicine, wrote this. As well, my friends, Shelley Schlender and Ivor Cummins both separately interviewed Ron Rosedale MD. Shelly's is here and Ivor's here. Rosedale's message is the same in both interviews - basically you can change your metabolism by changing you diet in very short order -by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hans Larsen created and ran this afibbers.org for about 15 years. He just released The LAF Surveys: What we learned about the causes and treatment of lone atrial fibrillation This book is a collection of the surveys he ran during that time, as well as his analysis of the results. It is very complete and detailed. I joined the group in 2004, when I had my first afib episode. I had an episode tby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotemwcf150,000iu of D3? Or A George? Yep, for a long time, Gundry has suggested we take 3x50,000 iu's of D3/day for three days at the first inkling of an illness. I've done it without negative repercussions for a number of years. My positive experience is it works the best the sooner you start after noticing anything is amiss. It seems to dramatically lower the intensity of a colby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
The patent owner is The Pirbright Institute in the UK. They state, "We are a world leading centre of excellence in research and surveillance of virus diseases of farm animals and viruses that spread from animals to humans. We receive strategic funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), and work to enhance capability to contain, control and eliminate theby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
I read the patent. It is for an attenuated corona virus & not SARS-COV-2. The patent date is Nov 2018. Attenuated viruses are one strategy for vaccines. That is what this is. Corona viruses have historically been a big problem in animals (MERS - camels). These posts have been around for a while - see this.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Some of my friends who think they've had it (includes a surgeon whose anesthesiologist tested positive) have had very variable temps, but typically not extremely high. At the beginning of this, my wife and I started testing SpO2, temp 2x a day, just for baseline. We live at 5,500' and SpO2 will drop with elevation. Prior to stay at home orders, I spent a lot of time at elevationsby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
The data are on p 4 from here. A review article on vitamin D & Covid is here.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteMadeline Thanks Carey, but why is that? Isn't K1 a clotter & even though it may be a low amount, why is it that with a NOAC like Xarelto it is different - it is a blood thinner? The mechanism of action for Xarelto (and other NOAC's) is different than Warfarin. Warfarin's method of action is to destroy K1. Hence K intake does not matter.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi & welcome, I've had afib for nearly 16 years and been on here since a month after my first episode. My path to afib was chronic fitness. Your presentation sounds like mostly a sympathetic trigger. Not that this matters once the afib starts. When afib starts during stress or exercise it can signal a sympathetic trigger. Vagal triggers from exercise are typically delayed. Thaby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco are conducting a research study called the MyHeartLab Study to evaluate the accuracy of a smartwatch to detect atrial fibrillation. The study will last 4 weeks and can be done entirely remote using your smartphone! You (or someone you know) may be eligible if you: Have a diagnosis of intermittent atrial fibrillation that comes and goby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
My first wife started getting PVC runs years ago. We added supplemental magnesium. They went away almost immediately. She continues to take it today and the PVC's have not returned.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
In this Peter Attia podcast, he interviews David Light, the CEO of Valisure, a pharmacy (and I think they will work online) that tests every batch of the meds they sell. I've gone abroad for a long time for flec (my prescriptions get stale - I toss them after 5 years - before I use much of them). One time I had a friend with a house in Mexico pick me up some Tambocor and interestingly, itby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM