Linda - a response of palpitations, increased pulse and/or increase in blood pressure frequently point to a food intolerance or sensitivity. Can you pinpoint a food you eat daily or at a particular meal that might be the culprit? It would be easy to eliminate that and then see if you still experience some type of flutter/tachycardia. Then you'll know what you have to do to avoid it. Typby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - You'll be in good hands with Dr. Wharton. I had consulted with him initially in case I wasn't able to wait the six months locally for Dr. Natale. Keep us posted. Good luck. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Fred - the elevated intracellular calcium concentrations definitely can be instrumental in AF since calcium assumes the dominant role and displaces magnesium...calcium being excitatory....so from that regard, the surgery can be a plus. The case I mentioned, though, went on to have worsening deterioration of bone especially in the spine so be sure your doctor knows how to instruct you to use theby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - are you currently taking any supplements to assist with heart muscle energy support - such as L-carnitine, ribose, CoQ10 and magnesium? Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
From Dr. Graveline's newsletter: Quote: I could hardly believe it when I first heard about the preliminary results from the JUPITER trial. They had chosen patients with normal levels of cholesterol but with elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) to study the effects of Crestor®. Predictably those with elevated levels of CRP got the best response to the statin. The test, which can costby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Doreen - often very low blood pressure involves the adrenals. If you can locate a holistic or functional medicine MD in your area, it would be worth having an adrenal profile done to determine adrenal function/status. Check some of these links to find a practitioner in your area. Or contact MetaMetrix Laboratories and ask for a practitioner in your area that uses their labs. Jacby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Fred - I'm not a physician. I am a retired licensed dental hygienist with a health-science education and over 25 years in clinical practice, I learned a lot of caveats about medical care while taking patient histories. I would urge you to seek out several opinions from top endocrinologists who are well known to specialize exclusively in parathyroid abnormalities. Just as many cardiologistby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick - That's a great reference for learning about MSG.... as you are finding out, anything that isn't fresh food is apt to contain MSG. Most of us have learned that we have to buy whole foods and cook from scratch to avoid flavor enhancers added. Even then, some foods naturally contain free-glutamates or the glutamates are liberated with cooking so it becomes quite a task to ferret oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mark - eliminating all sources of sugar would be a prudent measure at this point in time, especially, since you have already proven it helps. There is no requirement for sugar intake and keep in mind that starchy foods such as bread, pasta, noodles, rice and all deserts, candy are sugar when they metabolize. This depletes magnesium and potassium so it's no wonder that in most individuals,by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dear Bob~ Very sorry to see this latest report and hope that you are able to see Dr. Pinski quickly. My thoughts and prayers to you and your family. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Heres an opinion in the wake of the press releases concerning vitamin C and vitamin E and the Jupiter trial. 11/20/08 It is getting hard to keep our patients alive! They are being told half truths with more and more nonsense that Vitamin C may increase cancer risk and Vitamin E increases your risk of a bleeding stoke! Who are they to believe? At the same time the latest statin study focuseby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Christof - thanks for posting this as a reminder. Additionally, NSAIDs (including aspirin) are responsible for creating Hyper-intestinal Permeability (aka Leaky Gut Syndrome) which leads to food intolerances and sensitivities that can manifest as inflammation among manyother symptoms. Aside from antibiotics, NSAIDs are the second most likely cause of LGS....(which would allow an overgrowth of Cby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sotalol side effects Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects: fast or pounding heartbeat, chest pain, shortness of breath; feeling light-headed, fainting; slow heartbeat; unusual sweating, increased thby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This topic should be of concern to everyone and especially afibbers as burdens of toxic metals are definitely something that can contribute to arrhythmias as well as other neurologic reactions. On TV last evening, a local investigative reporter aired a clip exposing yet another threat of a lead toxicity source. This time its from dental materials used in the fabrication of crowns and bridges cby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
MUSIC, LIKE LAUGHTER, BENEFITS HEART HEALTH Posted in Cardio-Vascular on Mon November 17, 2008 Marlene Busko Recent study results suggest that laughing and listening to music that makes people feel joyful can help to improve blood vessel function. Michael Miller and colleagues studied the effect of different music on 10 volunteers. While the volunteers were listening to the music the researchby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Here's an article several years old and not on the same type of arrhythmia but it serves to point out what polluted air can doin general. Air pollution and ventricular tachyarrhythmias June 8, 2005 | Michael O'Riordan Boston, MA - Particulate and gaseous air pollution is positively associated with an increased risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmias among patients with an implantable carby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Adrian - This was one of Fran's pet topics... don't cook meats for long periods of time... she would barely sear them... vs. William preferring to eat totally raw. The body is not capable of handling excess free glutamates on a continual bombardment basis...that's why Dr. Blaylock (Excitotoxins - The Taste That Kills) continually warns about the neurotoxicity of glutamates. Ifby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Spacedocs newsletter today covers CRP. Read what Dr. Graveline reports: "C-reactive protein was originally discovered by Tillett and Francis in 1930 as a substance in the serum of patients with acute inflammation that reacted with the C polysaccharide of pneumococcus. From the very beginning it was known to be associated with a variety of different inflammatory states and as such soon wasby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Could be that the physical size of women's hearts are enough smaller to make ablation more difficult.... when you view the video clips of the catheter tip dancing like 'sea snakes' inside the beating heart, it is simply amazing to me that the EP manages to make accurate burn placement at all... so the smaller heart is probably much more challenging.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good Find, Peggy. Just a reminder that we live in a toxic world and the best we can do is be aware and avoid what we can. Tall order these days. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Marian - because it's the autolized yeast/aka msg that is a taste enhancer and that's what draws people to the product... "that" taste. Addictive until you become accustomed to training your taste buds what is really natural and what's artificial. The general population is really hooked on the taste enhancers that are in virtually every commercially made product... (anby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick - BBQ sauce almost always contains MSG.... watch out for packaged and commercially prepared foods. Eat as plainly as possible unless you make the sauces yourself from 'pure' ingredients with no mention of 'natural flavorings or seasonings' on the label. The PAC tamer recipe is virtually a requirement. As Liz suggests, Biotin helped her. It's inexpensive. Whyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes -Stress, of course and Lynn of San Diego has reported numerous times that she is bothered by air quality when the fires begin. I believe Hans at one time said he was bothered with AF if he was near a home fireplace.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Check this book excerpt.... scroll down to page 62-63 to the Carotid Sinus Massage section... read the precautions....by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Excellent find, Adrian. Magnesium is at the very core of our protocols for getting rid of afib and the majority of the population is magnesium deficient. I'd like to remind everyone to refer to PC's contribution in the Conference Room... Session #14...by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Adrian - good luck with this. Some individuals may need a bit of calcium and others will react adversely to it. You are an experiment of one. As for the lithium and countering glutamate.... some years back - and I believe it was Richard Getty's prolific posts discussed the use of lithium. The dosing may be tricky..... so rather than lithium, consider that glutathione also counteracts glby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike - Sounds perhaps like a bit of dehydration... and as Peggy mentions, do not take on an empty stomach. I typically take mine with a meal. If I eat out, I always take the equivalency dose in tablet form just to offset the intake of sodium that invariably occurs. Obviously, if it persists even with plenty of water, then stop and get all your potassium from foods. It's really not tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Wil - since they don't want any flecainide in your body when you have ablation, you stop taking it for 24 hours prior to the procedure. Apparently that takes enough of it out so it doesn't interfere with the stimulation of potentials during the procedure.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Very often, study or not, experiential and anecdotal reports verify that GERD does trigger AF. Just because this study claims that it does not cause AF, I think it would be foolish to not be mindful of what happens in your own body and take appropriate measures to avoid anything that causes GERD or other similar gastric symptoms that tend to be a trigger or a contributing factor to the onset oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mark - typically, our body is not deficient in a prescription drug, that's why we like to look for the source of the problems and attempt to restore what nutritional deficiencies exist. Such is the case with statins. Elevated CRP can be managed very nicely with natural products that have no downside or do not interfere with other important functions such as found with statin drugs. I seeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM