| Name | Dave |
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| Location | Cardiff, UK |
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| Age | 58 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Paroxysmal A F |
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| Years with condition | Unknown, but probably at least 3. Diagnosed February 2002 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 4 - 16 days |
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| Duration of episodes | 20 min - 30 hrs |
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| Event preceding first AF | None known |
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| General health | OK, but AF gets you worrying. Non smoker, was moderate drinker, but now given up |
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| Current state | Trying to come to terms with the condition |
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| Triggers | Stress
Exercise maybe.
Still looking for others, but not easy to identify.
Have given up caffeine, spicy foods, cheese, alchohol, and try to avoid MSG and reduce intake of food additives, but no major benefit as far as I can see. |
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| Preventions | Have terminated a few episodes by placing my head between my legs. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Sotalol for two months at 80 mg twice daily. Not much effect, but difficult to judge as have no real history of previous frequency. May be reducing the length of episodes.
Side effects: Bad taste in the mouth, low pulse rate 48-53,bit of a spaced out feeling. Depressed, but this might just be due to AF.
Warfarin 9 mg/day. Slight gum bleed on one occasion |
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| Past medications/side effects | None |
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| History of surgery | Eye surgery in 1965. |
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| Future plans | Watching developments in Ablation particularly ultrasound, as there does not seem to be a lot waiting to happen drugwise. |
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| Personal comments | Was diagnosed during investigation of a small stroke.By chance went into Afib just prior to ECG. Stroke has been put down to embolism due to AF, which was probably present for at least three years. Who knows? My pulse rate had been suppressed by over blocking with Atenolol prescribed for hypertension so I was unaware of irregular or rapid pulse. I had reported a number of "Big Pees" to my GP on at least two occasions and had several routine ECGs over the previous few years, but AF did not show on the ECGs and the link with the Big Pee was not made by the GP.
This is a condition that can very easily result in depression, anxiety and a reduction in self confidence. Medical practitioners need to treat the person as well as the disease. |
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