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Well, I saw the cardiologist today after bloods, x-ray, an echocardiogram and another ECG. All of the tests are OK. I've got Proxysmal (occasional) Atrial Fibrilation, but when it is not happening I'm "normal" and because of my heart condition, age and normal blood pressure, I'm not at increased risk of having a stroke (until I get to 65ish). They're going to give me some Flecainide pills to keep in my pocket so I can pop one when I have another AF episode - apparently it settles things down pretty quickly. I've not had a full episode for 7 weeks now, just the odd misfire. I'm staying off the caffiene, chocolate and alcohol apart from the odd treat.
This is the best outcome I could have hoped for. When this all started it was a bit of a shock that I wasn't immortal any more. The talk on this forum really helped me get my head around it. Good luck everybody with your own diagnoses and thanks for your support.
glad to hear you got sorted mate.
Cheers Ton, let us know how you get on...
Yeah, sounds a decent outcome (given the context). Nice one.
slainte 🙂 rob
I'm 26 and something similar happened to me when I was riding my bike to work. I just started having some hear palpitations. They were so strong I actually had to pull over and rest for a couple of minutes. it was a really hot day as well,and I kind of freaked out. I thought I was having a heart attack or something.
I looked it on the internet and found that
"Atrial fibrillation may be caused by a number of different things such as :
High blood pressure
Different heart diseases such as congenital heart disease, mitral stenosis, coronary artery disease.
A previous heart surgery
Diseases of the lung
Excessive consumption of alcohol
Intoxication with carbon monoxide
It's highly recommended to take this test if you experienced the following symptoms:
heart palpitations
chest pains
fainting
dizziness
breathing problems
intolerance to exercise."
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I went to see a doctor's opinion but apparently I'm alright, just my blood pressure a little to high.