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- Since Friday, I have been having the skipping heartbeat thing.. no biggie... have had them since high school, but sometimes many days of this turns into afib. Sure enough.. at 1am, I had another afib incident that woke me up out of my sleep. I...
- I need your help, please.This may be one for Petey, and anyone else who would be so kind as to help. My CVS Caremark prescription plan will no longer cover Bystolic. I'm now paying more than $200 out of pocket every time I renew my prescription.They...
- Are you low in Vitamin D? Have you had your levels checked? It's a simple blood test. Mine was very low-- at 13 ng/ml. Normal is between 40-50.I was pretty shocked since I drink a lot of milk (that's supplemented with Vitamin D)... but they say...
- Do any of you have Graves Disease? (Hyper-thyroidism?) I have been reading about the connection between Graves and Afib. It seems that people with Graves (even if you had your thyroid taken out, radioactive treatment, or anti-thyroid medication)...
- For all of my fellow Yanks... here is a link to the British Medical Journal website. Just put in "atrial fibrillation" in the search field, and BAM! everything you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask. Tons and tons of new articles.Happy...
- There are several really interesting afib discussions on this website for endurance athletes. http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=3471190;I was just researching afib while swimming because I'm a lap swimmer. I get "skips" but not sure if...
- I had my DNA analysed by a company called 23andMe. What interesting stuff! Among the things that came back was my sensitivity to Warafin. (I'm on aspirin for now-- but nice to know for the future!) It said that I would need to take less of it...
- Do you get them? If so... how often? How long do they last for you... can you tell the difference between them and afib?
- Oh goodie.. more to worry about...Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is associated with brain lesions indicating silent cerebral ischemia, similar to its link with symptomatic stroke, a study showed.The arrhythmia correlated with 7.2-fold higher risk of...
- It's still undergoing FDA vetting. I would love one of these as I have trouble differing between afib and PACs and PVCs.http://mobihealthnews.com/17638/smartphone-app-for-afib-detection-awaits-fda-clearance/
- I'm wondering what has helped you. I get afib after getting the skipping heart beat thing. All of a sudden, my heart begins to beat fast.I'm finding that taking a bath in Epsom salts, sniffing ylang ylang (aromatherapy) splashing cold water on my...
- Interesting article about how Electrophysiologists think people with afib have a better quality of life than they actually do. I've been to two EPs who both poo-poo my afib.http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Arrhythmias/40100
- I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I just stumbled on this book. Have any of you read it, and is it going to tell me something I don't know? It has rave reviews on Amazon, but you never know how many of those are for...
- I keep hearing on this forum that afib won't kill you unless you get a stroke. Having had a couple of incidents where my heart rate raced to above 230, my blood pressure went through the roof... and that I started going into shock... I found it hard...
- Read the description of afib. So is afib a lot more dangerous than we're told?http://medicine.buffalo.edu/news_and_events/news.host.html/content/shared/smbs/news/2013/06/brody-award-ozcan-medicine-2824.detail.html