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Re: what is Afib, really? [kathy_caribe]
I had persistent a fib five years ago and luckily it was solved with an ablation. It was very noticeable. I was super fit and then all of a sudden I could not run around the block or go up the stairs without being winded. It took a while to diagnose because I was sick at the same time( did the State Road race with a cold which is what I think triggered it).
HR monitors basically didn’t work when I was in a fib, would get all kinds of weird readings.

You would really have to be wearing a harness for the cardiologist while what you describe is happening for them to diagnose it.

If you have no new symptoms but just see weird readings on your heart monitor it could very well be the monitor itself. Get some of that conductive gel from a good drugstore and you should never get better readings.

I’m no doctor but I think you feel physical symptoms of atrial flutter or a fib.

Hooking on to what slowman said, alcohol and bad sleep are huge triggers. Training/racing while sick as well.

5 years no relapse for me🤞, fit as ever.
Last edited by: DBF: May 17, 19 13:53

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  • Post edited by DBF (Dawson Saddle) on May 17, 19 13:53