Atrial Fibrillation: ALCOHOL, CAFFEINE, APPLE WATCHES
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- What role do genetics, diet, exercise and cholesterol play in preventing and treating diseases of the heart? Learn about advances in the prevention and treatment of heart disease, including an overview of abnormal rhythms such as atrial fibrillation and diet with Dr. Gregory Marcus. Recorded on 10/25/2022. [12/2022] [Show ID: 38481]
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My Apple 7 watch woke me in the middle of the night showing Atrial Fibrillation, when I sat up, I realized that I was in the middle of having a heart attack. Rushed to the hospital and had to have a stint installed. Remarkably this is a week after having started my COVID shots and feel they are related. I'm on medications now and feeling better but I Thank Apple for saving my life, because knowing me I would have tried to ignore the chest pain had it not been for the watch. Best part was showing all the doctors in the hospital that the watch showed my heart rhythm, none believed me!
If you took the clot shot you need to help your vody and heart heal. Nattokinase does that best and also NAC.
According to the British Heart Foundation here in the uk, atrial fibrillation reports have increased 60% since the shot!
Thanks for the update.@@ArmadilloGodzilla
Thanks for the update,@@SuperBC10
ACE2 is part of what regulates blood pressure. The immunologist at university of Guelph who got cv19 and used his lab to show and study how humans develop immunity, studied the trial data, was silenced. Just typing the name might trigger the algorithm. I have noticed that linking to certain content can trigger a warning. The fact that ace2 is part of a signalling process is well by known. It’s like how caffeine by fitting into adenosine receptors alter sleepiness. It doesn’t have to do anything but bind to effect.
Stop coffee, soft drinks and started Apnea treatment. Lost 60 pounds and with diet and moderate cardio, A fib was gone within the year.
Very good! I gave up smoking and I'm working on my cardio. The a fib has reduced, and hopefully will disappear eventually. It's one year since my first episode. I'm also on a beta blocker and taking electrolytes.
My husband had sleep apnea for years, he never addressed it. He then suffered AF for years, his Dr tried to bring it back into rhythm, it didn’t work, he drank alcohol and coffee . I’ve heard of the Apple Watch warning people, and saving people from heart attack. My son has AF , I’m sending him this valuable information. Thank you Drs 😊
Stop Apple and Alcohol, dont stop coffee because its proven to be incredibly good for your health....@@WendyHannan-pt7ez
OMG This was by far the BEST informative lecture/talk on A Fib that I have ever heard. Thank you so much. BTW I am an MD!!
I developed atrial fibrillation 2 weeks after my compulsory booster for Covid. There have been studies that show damage to the heart muscle from the mRNA induced spike protein. I was first notified of this issue via my Apple Watch which picked up my initial issue which was brachicardia. The slow rhythm, 37-45 bpm, eventually changed to chronic atrial fibrillation where my heart rate at rest was regularly over 100bpm. Any activity would make it race to 150+ or more. Multiple skipped and irregular heartbeats. I’m now on blood thinners and blood pressure medication. I was perfectly healthy pre booster shot.
Edit: I also wanted to add that I caught Covid about a month after my AF, so no chance that my condition developed from catching the virus. My elderly mother caught the virus about 3 days after myself. She was not vaccinated, became sick for 1 day, and the next was up doing her housework. I was bed ridden for about 5 days.
I noticed my HR resting and not had been higher the last couple of years. Had AF 6 weeks ago 200bpm, scary stuff
The covid virus was found to be a cause of atrial fibrillation. The vaccine is not a cause of atrial fibrillation.
Same but with Pfizer
@mcaddc i had the same after getting Omicron in feb 2022, badicardia, tachycardia and palpitations, ectopic beats. I stopped caffeine, alcohol and smoking and now im mostly back to normal. There is hope that you can get completely better. I am over 60, family history of heart issues , sleep apnoea, thyroiditis, and a lifelong smoker, if i can get better from it then a lot can. I also stopped all sports and rested a lot, to the detriment of my overall health but i am sure a quiet environment has helped my heart heal slowly
I am unvaccinated so it can get you either way.
I had the watchman device installed in my heart. I’ve been taking MALTAQ twice a day and have not had any a fib for over a year now.
This is the most informative interview I’ve seen on atrial fibrillation yet. So glad I found it!
Thanks for such a sophisticated yet accessible lecture on this topic. Top notch.
My husband's afib appeared to be related to sleep apnea. He got the ablation and has been rock solid for 10 years. I appreciate all the doctors involved in his care.
Curious, was he "rock solid" with no afib at all immediately after the ablation or did he have some during the "3 month" recovery period which then gradually became solid or ? Thx.
@@Learn2Think4Yourself I don't think he had any afib at all. I would listen to him every night at bed time. The only afib he's had since was when he was taking some crazy cacao/ caffeine supplement. He stopped that and it went away.
Over a year. Im very happy. Same cause.
How did he feel after the ablation
@@patstar5 he felt just fine. Way less tired and worried
This is the best strategic information I’ve received on AFIB. Thank you dr Marcus
Thank you so much for this explanatory video. I am recently home from Hospital after suffering from A-fib here in Australia. I underwent successful heart rhythm correction and found this information a timely addition to my knowledge base.
Thank you so much for your time .
What a good, thorough presentation of this very common CV complaint!
Brilliant wide-ranging articulate summary
Very useful information, I’m glad I can still enjoy my morning coffee.
Thank you Dr. Dewland and Dr Marcus.....you guys are studs!
Thank you Dr. Marcus for your continuing research and work in this important area for many patients
My apple watch alerted me to AF and a throw away comment to my GP was the start of a journey. Thank goodness he took notice of what i said. I had a CT angogram that discovered that I had a congential anomaly. Anomalous right cornary artery 90% compressed between the pulmonary artery and aorta, no wonder i had passed out after playing sport. 4 weeks later open heart surgery - unroofing the artery, bypass (plan B surgeon said ) and ablation with a atriclip. I can't thank my medical team enough. I'm blessed to have them.
Great presentation and information. Due to needing a knee replacement procedure I stopped running 5 - 6 years ago, and within a couple of months I was suddenly diagnosed with A-Fib at age 74. I had been running from age 13, an had done many road races, and long distance runs...even competed in 1964 Olympic trials.
I have been on 5 mg (2X/day) of Apixaban and 25 mg (2X/day) of Metoprolol. Have changed eating habits and holding at under 190 weight, 6 feet tall. Had a heat stroke 18 months ago due to officiating five high school ball games on a 114 degree day in Arizona. Don't perform these stupid mistakes any more.
Very well done, Dr Marcus. I am currently being treated for A.fib and your video was very enlightening in showing the causes and responses to A.fib. Thank you very much!
Thank you, Dr. Marcus, for the research that you and your colleagues conduct; for the quality-of-life improvements you bring your patients; and for sharing your knowledge and experience with the worldwide community. God bless you all!
Thank you for this comprehensive review. Truly one of the best this nurse with Paroxysmal A-Fib has heard!
Many thanks for donating your time and information.great lecture 🙏
Excellent and informative presentation. I first found that I had AF when I was forty. I have been a heavy drinker and had a stroke earlier this year aged 81. As usual knowing the problem and understanding the treatment always helps . Thank you sir.
Thank you Dr. Marcus! That was the most comprehensive explanation of a-fib that I have ever heard.
Thank you so much Dr Marcus. I am a 78 year old retired physician in the UK having investigations now of Afib. Your talk is very comprehensive, up to date and helpful to me.
You ain't 78
Wir brauchen. FRIEDEN...sometimes I feel.lately. I do not need to know everything...that brings worry. The best you can day by day...and you need to have laughter...i am 81....manoman..was solls some white wine..stay slim...and laugh working with hands...we,all will go...
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So interesting when you listen to someone who REALLY knows their subject! I've come down this route as I have had palpitations and my watch has also measured Afib once or twice ... but not again. I just wanted to understand what the common thoughts were regarding this subject. I was lucky enough to stumble across this.
Thanks to Dr Marcus for discussing this and making it so easy to understand!
Far and away the best overview of AFIB, AFIB drugs, and AFIB treatments that I've run across in the past 15 years. A most excellent video !
I have Atrial fibulatiion, was diagnosed many years ago (about 40), was told it was common back then, about 40% of population. Given a pill-in-pocket option, but never had to use.
Had heart shocked in emergency once about 20 yrs after first diagnosis after an incident which included a trauma where common treatment adjustments (coughing, ice water, sing in high voice) ineffective.
Blood pressure is good. Fitness level is good. Now 72. Had heart procedure at 67 to determine the flow of blood, determined no issues.
I did not take blood thinners, as I preferred to keep my fitness and nutrition levels up, and keep regular appointments with my doctor.
Thank you for such a clear, detailed and wide ranging discussion of afib. Great work.
This video is excellent and certainly appreciated! I am 78 and had my first (and so far only) paroxysmal episode with very obvious symptoms earlier this year. I was immediately prescribed rivaroxaban (Xarelto). Answers to my questions from an otherwise excellent cardiologist wrt the need for Xarelto while in normal rhythm and quantifying the risk of adverse bleeding if use NSAIDs (much OA pain) have been much less than satisfying or useful. This presentation answered these and many other questions in addition to providing an excellent, needed, understandable, useful, and respectful primer on the subject aimed at a level higher than intellectually compromised. The medical profession universally does not recognize how much compliance is compromised by a "do this or else" approach. Thank you.
I’m so glad I can keep enjoying my coffee!
This is super informative. Thank you.
Constipation is an overlooked factor for atrial fibrillation. Constipation raises vagal tone. Vagal mediated atrial fibrillation is a real thing. However most doctors dismiss it. So colon cleanse may help.
I have found constipation to be a major factor!
costipation is a symptom. Drink electrolyte water with Na, K, Mag ... you will be fine.
Fantastic presentation. Thank you - most helpful for me..
This is a great overview of my newly diagnosed disease. Thank you, and I will enjoy my second cup now.
Very informative! Thank you Dr. Marcus
Great education. Really appreciated.
Outstanding presentation of key elements in the ongoing conundrum that is afib. Now I'm off to enjoy some coffee and have a think. If I lived in CA I'd be calling for an appt. Thanks Doc.
Thank you for an understanding of EKG watches, their advantages and disadvantages. I also understand the medications I have been prescribed and how they act on my system.
Thank you for this very detailed informative video
I live in fear with it every day
You have explained it so I can understand what is happening inside of me.
I am grateful for all your dedication and knowledge on this subject
I just got diagnosed. It is scary. What meds do you take
i truly share your fear brother
Superb presentation, Dr. Marcus
Dear Doctor, many thanks for this amazing vlog! I just had my second Afib surgery and not recovering very well. More places ablated than first time 13 yrs ago. I see my surgeon Monday, nearly three weeks later????? Hoping for answers and started PT. It is discouraging to feel WORSE than before you went in.
Anyway as a non clinician this actually was in English even I could understand with only a teachers mind. So many many thanks. I will listen to it again! That is how informative this has been. I’m so very impressed as I’ve listened to other talks, and my eyes crossed from confusion.
You are the best! Thank you for sharing your experience just wonderful!!!
why arent you recovering well?
@@toonvdh8987 my heart was way out of rhythm. Had a cardiac conversion today at the hospital. Dropped my heart rate in half, now 83. He says it takes three months to fully heal and hopefully it with stay in rhythm.
Thanks for asking, to tired tonight to see if if feel better or not?
🫂 I feel for you ❤ are you on any blood thinners? After looong cv gave me blood clots and major stroke, i know how horrible & nonfunctional I was. Within 1 week of blood thinner, I felt better prior to my one ablation 26 months ago(my iron also gets too high = thick blood) I had a horrific try on sotolol for afib rhythm (which failed miserably). My ablation was done 100% in afib as 5 cardioversions did not work. Grateful my Dr was so talented & experienced and loved a challenge. Dr basically cryptoablated most the back side of my heart. I stay on a blood thinner for life now. Not much more they can do. I remember after my surgery, I had to pinch myself to see if I was dreaming or not, no heart thumbing. It was wonderful. I get some flutters or palps on occasion but function well today. On occasion, I do monitor on my Kardio card & app.
🙏 I'm sending u prayers & healing energy hoping you get much better!! It's a horrible condition most ppl don't understand 😢
Fantastic talk, cleared up a lot of questions I had.
Fantastic video! Best informative video I’ve ever watched! Thank you so much for sharing this information 🙏
Excellent video! Exceptional information with great citations. Drs Dewland and Marcus are to be commended for their outstanding video. Highly recommend anyone who suffers under Afib or wants to lessen their odds of incurring it, to watch and study this video.
Fantastic presentation! I'm 61 and had first episode of afib late 2019 at 57. Then another episode late 2021. Then progressively got worse. Diagnosed of sleep apnea in 2022 and cpap stopped it for 7 months then it came back late 2022. Alcohol was originally my trigger then it just started happening more frequently so I decided to go with cryoablation which I had yesterday. Feeling great so far. Looking forward to getting back to being active like golf and mountain bike rides leaving Afib behind 🙏
how are you doing post cryoablation?
@@2nostromo doing great thanks! About 12 weeks post ablation and have remained in sinus rhythm since. Fingers crossed it stays that way. I'm finally 100% back endurance. My resting HR is about 10 higher than preablation and the doctor said that's a good sign. I read some research confirming what the doctor said.
Thank God for good medical insurance my total bill for the procedure was $81K! I paid $15. Fingers crossed I stay in NSR. Thank you again for asking.
Praying for continuous Happy Days with NO Afib episodes ever. God Bless YOU. 🙂
@@andyfpthad a PVC gyroblation in 2017. I was good for 5 years. Unfortunately illness sent me back to afib. Good luck
@@sparker931 ah sorry to hear it came back. Hopefully you can do another cryoablation successfully. I'm now 6+ months afib free and feeling good. Right now I'm losing weight and focusing on fitness. I feel great even at almost 62 years old. I'm hoping to keep Afib away forever or at least a decade or more. I guess I'm somewhat mentally prepared if I need ablation again. Good luck Sparker931 and happy new year!
Superb presentation. Thank you so very much!🕊
Great video, I just went through a ablation, 62yrs old, non-smoker, no drugs, no coffee, it worked great. went from 110 to 65 at rest
Terrific explanation. We needed this kind of conversation when my mom went into the hospital with pleural effusions. We had a cardio consult while she was there and he said she now had baseline afib. But she never felt the afib. The reason we were at the hospital was because of the effusions. No one mentioned a nexus. The effusions became more frequent and it was two years before her pulmonologist suggested that the pleural effusions were likely caused by the afib. She would have tried the ablation or the drugs even the cardioversion if it would have stopped the effusions, too.
Doctor, very well said and detailed explanations. Kudos to you. 😊
Just sent my smart watch back today before listening. I have a shadow beat and the watch was giving me a very low bpm and high. My heart Dr said its accuracy couldn’t be relied on as true. Now i am taking pulse regularly myself to get true beats. Not convenient but the other was causing anxiety and wonder. Thank you for support. I have heart failure and a low ejection fraction, hoping to improve with drugs and slow exercise but this was all very interesting. Thanks for coffee bit!
This is a very informative lecture and the lecturer is quite thorough and easy to understand
Thank you
Great talk! Thanks Dr. Marcus.
ENJOYED THE FILM;,,,,,i have A-FIB,,now,,for the last 34 yrs.,,,am now ,92 yrs of age,,and love my 2-3 cups of coffee every morn.
I’d die for a cup of coffee..
Fantastic Presentation Thank You...
Brilliant, clear and engaging, cogent presentation, bravo zulu!!
Thanks for this.
I found your video presentation very interesting Dr Marcus. I am 74 and have had AFIB for many years. I take sotalol to slow my heart and I have a pacemaker (10 years) to make sure it doesn't stop all together. I am now on Xarelto as well. A few points. I tried one of the Cardio Mobile and found it inconsistent. I was told by one of their reps that it may be due to the pacemaker so I returned it. I find physical exertion can bring on AFIB. Things like pushing a car for example bring it on. Limiting my exertion level or type of exertion seems to help. Tiredness is my biggest issue but as you get older you don't know what to blame. Thanks, Keep up the good work.
I'd always heard engineers say people with pacemakers should be very careful around all wireless and really should not be on these new devices so your point is very important
Maybe let somebody ELSE PUSH THE CAR- love you bunches 😉
Thank you for this video. Excellent information, very interesting. Complex subject matter presented in terms the layperson can understand.
Really great. Recently diagnosed with a-fib. My sister too who had remodeling and her son who has had ablation. I am not sure, but I think anxiety is going to get me. ☺️ I am 79 years old. Now I have issues with insurance pre-approval. Thank you to Dr. Marcus and all those who have lent their talents and efforts to help. God bless you.
All the best, Sharon. God bless you.
I’ve had af for 4 years, since I was 60. It’s well-controlled with drugs. Don’t worry too much.
@@lautoka63 i was just informed i have it. Im waiting to go back to the cardiologist in January. I already have HF. What meds did you get and how did they make you feel
@@tip6725 I take two; one to stop me going into af, the other to stop me going into atrial flutter, which is the worse, I gather. Flecainide 200mg daily, along with Dilitazem 120mg daily. Since taking these, I have had no further instances of af, yet have done several long bike tours. They may make you a little breathless, but they work for me.
@@lautoka63 thank you
I had a CABG4 operation and on the second post op day I had an atrial fibrillation event and the gave me a shot of potassium and then started me on a daily potassium supplement for the time I was on Furosemide (about 3 months). Touch wood I haven't had an event since.
I have found that cutting out all non-water drinks has helped tremendously.
Thank you! This was very helpful!
Very nice info, thanks a Lot.
Thank you. Very informative and engaging presentation.
At 85, I've heart disease; it runs in our family. But thanks to the efforts of my cardiologists, I'm still here. And that's the key. In my fifties, my cardiologists found that I needed a stent and an angioplasty. Later they had to intervene with medication and ablations because of my afib. And most recently they installed a pacemaker.
One key to my survival has been that I've been under the care of a team of cardiologists for years/decades who are able to make diagnoses and able to intervene on a timely basis, thus avoiding the necessity of rushing me to the ER because of some medical emergency, where medical decisions are made under chaotic and very stressful circumstances. IOW, your cardiologists can be your best friends if you've been working with them over the years. I joke that my cardiologists are determined that when I die, it will not be from heart failure.
This has just given me great hope that I can survive to a good age ! I’m 47 I have heart disease and afib. I’ve had a surgical ablation for my af and ended up with a collapsed lung and emergency thoracotomy. I’m 12 weeks out and hearts doing ok no afib. Will maybe need a stent moving forward. Thanks for a positive boost !
Were you overweight? Do you exercise? Do you eat a healthy diet?
@@sassysandie2865 I wasn’t over weight I surfed and run and did weights. I drank maybe a little too much alcohol over the years. My diet was healthy but my snacking habits were bad too many chips n sweets and too much cheese and butter. Being slim I thought I was getting away with it. I wasn’t.
And all caused by the blood thinners for the stent,
Fantastic information Dr! I have intermediate AF! Mine typically occur at bedtime. I get up and sit in my chair and relax for about an hour and it typically subsided! My typically occurs. If I eat late in the evening!
Mine also occurs mostly at night🤷🏻♀️
, very informant and interesting. I have this problem. Thank you somuch
Excellent, thank you!
This has been great, thank you.
Ablation fixed mine in 2020 Dr Austin my EP in a 90 minute procedure. Age of 75 with no CVD all clear and supple . That’s D 3 and K 2 plus keto ! I had it for 15 years somewhat controlled by Flecainide Acetate and beta blocker slowed my heart rate . But the ablation on multiple million dollar equipment and highly skilled team at Baptist Health Jacksonville Fl did a great job .
Yes. Try 1 tsp each of potassium chloride (nosalt at grocery), magnesium citrate powder (bulksupplements), and baking soda. 1/2 tsp pink salt in 1.5 L water. A lot of afib and heart rate issue are simply potassium imbalance.
@slay2525 medical.advice w/o a license? My potassium is high so that would put me right into the hospital. And there are 5 types of magnesiums...u list the one for constipation. Not all mags are the same. I'll leave it to my drs as it is related to my high iron thick blood and looong cv not electrolytes.
@@TS-iv9ml not directing anything to you. Any magnesium will work as electrolyte, each version has its own special quality.
One of the best videos I've seen on this topic. Great job! 👍
Very comprehensive and interesting. I have a fib and have recently had a pacemaker fitted. Very much obliged to you for your valuable input. Bless your work
Very informative. I find that triggers can also be MSG and the preservatives in wine.
MSG is a hoax. It was racist attempt to tank Chinese food. It’s just salt 🤦🏻♂️
Thank you Dr. for detailed info you provided.
I had very severe A Fib, i am gone true the presider and it has been 2 years and never has happened after presider. i am 71 Y. O.
I have a-fib, I first got a “picture” of it on a FitBit Sense. It also has an electrical EKG function and that is what I used. Usually it would revert to sinus on its own, usually after 5-10 minutes, though once it took a couple of hours and I went to the ER for that episode and that is where I got the official diagnosis. Caffeine doesn’t seem to affect mine much, what does is taking a proton pump inhibitor and/or any alcohol. Usually I will feel a flutter earlier in the day, I take a beta blocker if I feel anything “weird” and it hasn’t happened since, probably this happens once every three or four weeks.
I first went into AFib in 2005. In 2014 i had a high frequency catheter ablation. I now go into AFib quite infrequently. When i go into AFib i eat jalapeño pepper slices to put my heart back into rhythm.
Wow! Way kewl!! How in the world did u figure that worked?? 😊
@@TS-iv9ml It was by accident. One day I ordered a sub sandwich with jalapeño pepper slices.
@@TS-iv9ml I found this out by accident eating jalapeño peppers on a sub sandwich from Subway.
EXCELLENT! Thanks for presenting!
I can confirm that the likelihood of AFib is higher with alcohol. And for me other risks are of higher influence also. Stress, not enough sleep, high blood pressure and for me speaking e-cigarettes. If all come together it leads to AFib for sure. Positive influence has moderate exercise such as walking and I think caffein. I quit drinking alcohol and the other risks just happen but I should always be aware of what I am doing.
Alcohol is a trigger for me, plus the Blood Orange zero sugar caffeine drink at Panera. Coffee (typically espresso or Lungo style espresso) is just fine.
Thank you for a very informative video. My new Apple Watch Ultra alerted me to my AFIB. I don’t know how long it would have went undetected had I not purchased that watch. I stay in AFIB. Now I know why I’m often fatigued for no explanation.
Great information!
A friend of mine is scheduled for an ablation early next year , she's been on beta blockers , anticoagulants , she had an 'eye' stroke 3 years ago leading to blindness in that eye . She is not well controlled on the meds...hopeful ablation will give her a better quality of life
Excellent.
Very informative. I have had Paramoxl Afib since I was 21 (59 now) and have just switched from Sotalol and Flecainide. I am hopeful this will reduce the number of episodes I have and am in the process of getting an ablation. I knew a fair bit about the condition, but you broadened my knowledge and explained the various options much better than I had known before. Thank you.
Did you have cardioversion?
@@michellemaynard4385 I have only been cardioverted once...and that was about 5+ year ago. Normally I wait it out....my episodes usually last between 12-24 hours. As I have aged, they have become much more frequent. The last few months, I have been going in / out of Afib every 2-3 days. Quite tough. I have just been put on 75mg flecainide with Bisoprolol beta blocker and I am 11 days without an episode.......fingers crossed.
⚡️❤⚡️ I have plowed through a ton of media of all kinds since being diagnosed with AFib in Sept. of 2023 and this is by far the most comprehensive, informative and relevant resource that I have encountered! It also seems to be the most up to date and cites recent studies to contradict some assumptions that are widely accepted by most other sources I've consulted, including my GP. (I can drink regular coffee?! There are now antidotes for modern blood thinners?!)
The only topics I would've liked to have seen included would have addressed how diet, alcohol and exercise can affect or be affected not by AFib itself, but by the medications used to treat AFib. I also would've appreciated some information and/or opinions regarding the Minimaze procedures as options to ablation.
I'll be rewatching this one!
Have studies of AF clot morbidity been stratified by blood groups in light of lowered Von Willebrand factor in Type O subjects? Do placebo group Type O patient have fewer embolic events than other blood type placebo patients? Understood these patients' coagulation difference lies in the extrinsic pathway. Has this been studied retrospectively?
Thank you for a great presentation.
Brilliant lecture.
Thank you
My wife was told by her consultant to buy and use the Kardia unit whenever she had an episode. Then to E mail the result to him and from those results he diagnosed atrial fibrillation. She’s now on Apixaban and Bisoprolol, so far she’s not had another episode of atrial fibrillation. Her mother died at a fairly early age from several strokes.
I ordered it bc of this video since my arrhythmia never gets recorded but is always uncomfortable 🙏glad to hear it works
I am and still using it. Really great to have it. Can immediately email the readings to my Cardiologist for his comments..😅
Sweet! More material to feed my insomnia
Thank you. Very informative!
I didn’t know I had AT until I had a hip replacement and could not proceed with the op. Until I had a test and was prescribed medication, which delayed the operation for a month.
In July 2022, my husband insisted I put his Apple watch on at the dentist office of all places because he noticed I had been short of breath a lot recently. His watch indicated I was in AFib. I checked my Fitbit app which had also picked up AFib the previous night. I went directly to the ER where I was diagnosed with AFib.
Sadly, Apple watches emit radiation which can also attribute to your AFib, as well many of us almost constantly being in the soup of other electromagnetic frequencies from WiFi, cell phones & towers, smart meters & appliances, etc, etc
I had an ablation 29 years ago. The episodes improved, but it didn’t totally stop them. Over the years I have found a few things that helped. I started taking a magnesium supplement and that helped. I also noticed that I had more when eating sugar, gluten. A keto diet works best for me. I still am able to enjoy a cup of coffee every day, with no episodes. I do self medicate with a baby aspirin 3-4 week, just in case.
What is ablation?
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@@heythave Watch the video. It explains this clearly.
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Any comments on the quality/usability an ekg produced by a Polar ((brand name) chest strap?
Five years ago I had heart ablation. As of yet I been atrial fibrillation free. I also have a loop recorder inserted which after 2 years was discontinued as nothing recorded for any atrial fib. Recently my apple smartwatch has recovered atrial fib present but only at 2 percent. Should I be concerned and have my loop recorder be redone?
Are there any chance that afib will become more often . I don’t feel that 2% is anything to be concerned about but it would nice to know.
Have you investigated the use of vitamin D3 for the treatment of Afib. My heart used to shake my bed when I went to bed at night. I started to take vitamin D3 for prostate cancer (10,000 units ). After a blood test we discovered that I was still short of D3, so I took 20,000. The result was that my Afib was reduced to the point that I have almost normal heart rhythm. A ECG still shows Afib on the printout. But I have a good life. I am 88 and was first told i had irregular heart rate when I was 14 years old. I would be interested in your reaction to this.
D3...immune system...lymphocytes use this vitamin first...billions attack any foreign bodies!!!
Did you happen to get anymore info on your question? I’m interested too
I have afib on ekg result but no symptoms whatsoever. Afib was detected 9 years ago. Doc put me on eliquis as a precaution. Other than that living a normal life.
I hope your prostate cancer was resolved and you are doing well now 🙏
😊..
How can one try to tell the difference between First degree Heart Block, Palpitations, PSVT and AFib? At home? Is there any difference at all among them from a symptom or heart rate perspective?
Problem with Eliquis and Xarelto (not sure about the others) is that they both contain SLS, considered inactive but is used for tableting, which causes reactions in some of us with gluten sensitivity.
Very much appreciated but painful message