Can i self terminate an Afib attack?
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- Опубліковано 1 гру 2018
- An Afib attack can occur out of the blue and cause a great deal of distress and discomfort. Unfortunately there is not much info out there on whether it is possible to self-terminate an Afib attack. In this video I discuss techniques people with Afib have used to successfully terminate an Afib attack
I learned a technique many decades ago. It's simple; cough really deeply then take a deep breath and repeat. This has worked for me time and time again.
This used to work quite well for me when I was in my 50s but nearly 80 now, and it no longer helps.
I can help you by finding and eliminating the cause. Merely treating symptoms only compounds the problem because it will manifest somewhere else in you body.
Dude.... My dad was having really bad afib and I showed him this video thinking it would calm him down to hear it. We tried the "Modified Valsalva Manuever" and... It worked. I've never seen my dad cry for happiness before. Thank you.
@Ethan Johnson I am very glad for your father. Tell your dad to have cardio ablation procedure ASAP. I have a friend, who suffered with a-fib episodes which was happening at least once a year since he turned age of 18. Doctors was telling him he needs open heart surgery to fix that condition. At age 35 he immigrated to USA and was told, his condition was secondary to WPW syndrome and cardio ablation may fix the problem. It is a minimally invasive procedure, done ambulatory through groin veins, while patient is under X-ray machine. No general anesthesia used and procedure is well tolerated. Specialized scopes, containing electrodes, are inserted into pt heart. Electro-physiologic mapping of the heart performed to find the source of bad impulse that triggering episodes. Finally, doctor make couple scars in the tissue of myocardium to stop spreading of bad signal. Procedure lasts about one hour and well tolerated. My friend has never had more a-fib episodes since that procedure, which was performed almost 30 years ago. That procedure is available in many countries now. God bless America, your father and all good people.
@@borismercalov6157 ablation us great, but it’s not for everyone.
Buy an oximeter yes the finger heart bit detection 👍
If your heart is inflamed go straight on soup 🍲 diet for 5 days you'll see the result
From 100 in bed now I'm 62 heart beat per minute
Most of the time it's all cased by inflammation of the heart the soup and FASTING will fix you very quickly
CUT THE CARBS PEOPLE CUT THE CARBS 👍👍
@Janitor Queen I'm on tablets and under supervision of a super professional doctors
The tablets by themselves don't really fix the problems completely but help you for the 60% of the problem
A good diet must apply if you like feel your heart very calm that is were the 100% people with Afib fail
You must cut the information process and to do so you must cut the carbs at list 85%
Please don't school me as I lived with Afib and I find out that medicine help but to keep well and maintain the low medicines doses you need a very clean diet .......yes and also 0 alcohol that for someone is very difficult to do
I HEAT ALCOHOL !!! DO YOU ???
@@mastio2007 I have to agree - I had A-flutter due to massive inflamation due to botched dental procedure (first my face swallen then had a-flutter). In ememrgency blood tests were conducted that indicated that a-flutter was caused by toxic shock.
Thank you! I find by listening to a human heartbeat (I have a recording on my phone), my afib resolves usually in 5-10 minutes. Mine always comes on after 9 PM!
Thanks. I'm going to try that.
I so wish you were my doctor. I'm still trying to switch my attack off, but no joy yet, I'm also coping with the migrain aura followed by the headache, I got last evening at 5pm.my PSVT started this morning at 4.45am. 75yr old woman is feeling so sorry for herself just now. Need a hug.
I know the feeling Hoe you are well now.
Why has my new cardiologist got 2000 dollars so far from me and this video has taught me 3x as much as info she has given me.
He’s a blessing isn’t he? I had an irregular heartbeat for over ten years along with burping at the same time. All of the doctors, nurses and specialists couldn’t tell me why. They said they never heard of both together. I had my answer in 5 minutes from Dr. Gupta. What a relief! God bless this man!
I'm here because the cardiologist who have seen me week after after I had Atrial Flutter recommended ablation as a procedure to prevent future atrial flutters. I learned more from the youtube than from cardiologist (and afterwards electrophysiologist) I've seen.
Your cardiologist doesn't happen to live in the USA? They have to milk the patient for all they can get. Profit motive.
@@esimm595 I was thinking about making a similar comment (being Canadian thankfully) :-)
@@suehamblin9652 do tell
Hi Dr. Gupta,
I'm a 65 yr old male living in North Ontario.
I've had afib attacks for years. Very sporadic, maybe once a year, and I still can't reliably identify triggers :(
I would characterize my attacks as:
- always between 9AM and 9PM
- most often at work ( I renovate homes with my daughter)
- I feel a strange sensation in my throat, clavicles and upper chest
- my pulse at carotid is thin and chaotic - without rhythm
- typical duration to resolution - 1 - 5 minutes
Self treatment:
- immediately find a place to sit down, away from any work zone
- with eyes closed I begin to meditate. My focus is split between regaining a rhythm and breathing
- I tap my foot to a 60 beat per minute rhythm - my usual resting heart rate. I often rest my hands on my thighs and let one, or both, join my foot
- my first few breaths are to a 7 count - 7 in, 7 hold, 7 out.
Then I shift to an easier count of 4-4-4 - always filling my lungs to straining
That's about it
Cheers!
bless you! i have ben terminating my afib by inhaling as much air as i possibly can an hold it for about10 or 15 seconds and then exhale. it has ben working most of the time but sometimes not. your videos are a huge help and I do not understand why my doctors do not tell me these things and just want to perscribe medication.
I went to my doctor and told him I only have Afib when I sleep on left side, I’m woken up with it, and if I eat a large meal - he told me none of those cause Afib and neither does stress. I felt so taken back and dismissed. This helped a lot.
left sided onset afib is common! Your dr knows jack shit. Get a new one.
Your doctor is not very smart, laying on the left side , stress or a large can absolutely trigger the Afib!
Your doctor is in great need of lessons in how to treat a patient with decent respect. He sounds like a jerk.
I have had the EXACT experience. I sleep only in my right side. Donot go to bed soon after karge meal. Remag and Potassium and exercise keep things under control
of experience. I told my doctor about these crazy heart episodes and she blew me off....I ended up in the ER and then a room and I was in big trouble.....fortunately medication and some lifestyle changes and it was all under control....the doctor? I let her have it through the grapevine. I told every doctor and nurse who my doctor and how she told me I was nuts etc......I saw the doctor for one last appointment and let her have my opinion of her and her mismanagement. Do you know she had the nerve to cover her tail and send me a letter telling me that she no longer felt I was a "good patient"....I got the last laugh....I asked a lawyer friend of mine to request a copy of my medical files from this doctor. He got the files. A few days later a lawyer called him about the law suit! We had filed no documents other than requesting a copy of my files....clearly she felt the need to defend herself.....lol...
Dr., you are the standard I measure all other doctors in demeanor and compassion. You're winning.
The one repeatable method for me when I experience A-fib is to take a HUGE deep breath until it strains my lungs. Nine times out of ten, my heart rate drops immediately back to normal. It's almost like flipping a light switch for me. It normally works after the first attempt - if not, I repeat. I stumbled on this when I had a BIG yawn during an A-fib episode and found it worked the next time for me. It's been my go-to method since.
The yawn was probably your body’s instinctive response to deal with the AFib, to move the vagus nerve & generate NO.
I’m convinced a lot of it comes from the digestion. & maybe an electrolyte imbalance, likely magnesium or potassium. Since I got my magnesium & potassium up, I no longer get palpitations.
Wouldn't work for me, as I only have one fully functioning lung.
a cardiologist told me to strain as if you need the toilet ...hm it worked... lol
Thank you. I'm planning to try it the next time when I have a-flutter.
Thank you for this tip.
I went to Casualty with SVT of 200+ bpm. They got me to breath into a 50ml syringe (closed airway) and simultaneously dropped the head of the gurney whilst lifting up both my legs. This maneuver switched my heart back to normal sinus rhythm immediately!! Amazing outcome. Wonderful result.
Since I started taking Magnesium Glycinate, as recommended in your other videos, I've had zero rate or rhythm abnormalities. Thankyou so much for your channel. 🙏
I was having heart rate 220 bpm. Regular rhythm.
Sudden onsets.
The shortest event lasted
2 1/2 hours. The longest was 13 hours.
Exhausting.
Happened 11 times, I think over the course of about 1 year.
One time it started while I was sleeping.
I started taking Magnesium Citrate and went 6 months w/o a single occurance.
I've had 2 occurrences recently in the same weekend (one early morning on Saturday and another the following Sunday)that were very brief, less than 30 minutes.
Not sure why they have returned but glad they didn't last for so long.
I remember the 1st few times they happened, it was quite painful...each beat hurt.
Gradually, they became less traumatic.
Magnesium is my friend.
I take Magnesium Glycinate, how many MG so you take?
Such a relief to come on here and find other people are still trying to find a way out of Afib attacks. Sometimes it feels like only you in the world suffers with this damn condition. I've just been hospitalised again overnight with a long episode which self terminated after a deep sleep, and just before they were going to carry out cardioversion on me.
Thanks you Dr Gupta, always find your library of videos useful, and reassuring.
You're the best. Anytime I feel emotional about living with afib I come here and everything is ok.
I just got diagnosed and feel my life has turned upside down. I constantly have episodes and it’s frightening. I’m losing hope here. The only dr in my area that deal with this is 6 months out on apts 🥺
@@nes012003ify come join the Facebook group. (Afib support)
@@nes012003ify I was dx with AFib two years ago. At first it really messed with my state of mind. I absolutely dreaded and feared future episodes of AFib. However, it barely ever really crosses my mind these days. And that's the truth. Look, millions of people have AFib and live full and active lives. It doesn't have to control your life at ALL. There are any number of simple techniques you can learn to self-terminate your AFib. And you can learn to avoid a few things that may trigger yours. At any rate, I do NOT allow AFib to dominate my life these days. I have less and less AFib episodes now, and I think it's probably due to the fact that I no longer Stress about it!😉 Wishing this for you as well!!😊
My husband just terminated a 36 hour (9pm) episode by exercise - getting on the rower…. After five minutes or less he said he felt a pop and his rhythm was back to normal. Thank you so much for this video. Very grateful.
Thank you Dr. Gupta. I’ve learned so much from your videos but have also learned from the comments of your followers! You are a blessing..
I find that exercise or a slight increase in heart rate works for me. Either a walk up the hill, taking a shower, walking up the stairs etc. Doesn't always work first time and does get me really out of breath. My 3rd ablation coming up in a few weeks, my last was 8 years ago and up until the start of this year I had few episodes. Getting them nightly now. Thanks for these videos, much appreciated. 👍
Have u stopped alcohol completely?
Dr Sanjay, please understand, we all love watching your videos, you are a huge blessing to all human beings! I cannot thank you enough for your information, I am in USA and I send all your videos to my friend in UK, he tells me your in 3 hospitals there!!! Kudos to you sir!!!
WOW !! Dr Sanjay Gupta, you are without doubt, one of the highest value youtube authors of all time. Thank you so very much for all of your unselfish sharing of your knowledge and experience. I have subscribed.
My cardiologist here in western Oregon USA, shares many of your "patient individual" personality traits and I trust that vs. the "by the book" doctors.
Once again, thank you so much. Your editing and very clear enunciation makes it so enjoyable to watch and listen to your videos. Cheers.
Thank you very much. I have just been diagnosed with this and since I already have angina, didn’t really know what Afib symptoms were, and this has helped me.
SOMETIMES I CAN TELL WHEN I'M IN AFIB AND SOMETIMES I CAN'T. WHEN I CAN TELL, COUGHING SEVERAL TIMES SEEMS TO HELP STOP THE PALPITATIONS .
You have a hiatal hernia which is compromising your vagus nerve. When you cough it causes a spasm of your diaphragm which touches your vagus nerve and stomach.
Jack Neals i have a hiatal hernia inwas diagnosed wih three months ago as “minor”. this week ive had two afibs, one that kept me in the hospital and one that i literally just got back from ten minutes ago, which subsided right beofre I got to the ER. I tell them every time that I think the Hiatal Hernia is the cause, and they deny theres any correlation. im very scared. What do i do
@@ericg1100 I strongly believe there is a major correlation between stomach stuff and afib. Or anything that will irritate the vagus nerve.
I highly recommend getting alternative doctors opinions until you find one who agrees and follows up. Nobody knows our bodies better than we do and I find it really fuckin annoying how often doctors make us feel crazy
THANKS FOR THIS TIP. IF I GET AFIB I'LL DEFINITELY TRY THIS.
Niacin is a great cure for Afib!!
It took over 20 years to diagnose my AF. It only happened during & after drinking and smoking. I stopped smoking 10 years ago and hardly drink but even now after just 2 drinks I can feel it coming on. My heart used to shutter so much I could actually feel electrical pulses going through my body. I’ve changed my lifestyle around completely but it had been a nightmare trying to get a diagnosis. Now have mild Mitral Valve issues. I rarely get AF but I have to be super healthy to not trigger it.
Always so very grateful to you, Doc., for addressing the subjects of concern to us. Stay well and thank you... Mike
You are an amazing human being,thank you so much for all your great work,and informative content of your videos,many blessings to you.
Good info
Thank you so much. The info you provide in all your videos is extremely helpful, and very much appreciated. The world needs more Doctors like you. 😊
So happy I have come across your Posts. You make all the info so absorbable and help me understand options and causes.
I’ve always tried self help wherever I can and this is marvellous information. I’m going to try to relieve these terrible symptoms by any means possible. I cannot thank you enough Doctor for making these videos explaining AFIB in such detail. You have put my mind at ease allowing me to be more positive about controlling these symptoms and even reducing their frequency or severity. God bless you.
Thank you. I live in New Zealand and have had paroxysmal AFib for many years. As far as can ascertain there is no one or Association that I can discuss with, about this condition . At 83 years old I get the impression from the doctors that at my age there is nothing they can do. But having listen to your post you describe often what happens to me. I wake find myself in AFib and it goes later on in the day. I wish you were here in NZ. Thank you for confirming what I have noticed over a period of time.
Thank you Dr Gupta. I saw my cardiologist today and he put me on beta blockers and anti coagulants as he says I risk an embolism. I'm not happy with all this medication but I suppose I have no choice. I appreciate your information and will try walking a lot and drinking more water. You are one of life's true angels. Greetings from Switzerland.
@dani cali sorry to hear your palpitations have not calmed down. Since taking beta blockers I don't get them any more. I hope you find a solution.
Love guys like this.... They know their stuff, and they're not afraid to share it !! Good on you buddy ! Loved listening to you. I'm an AFib sufferer. Thankyou❤️🥰
I learn so much more just listening to your afib video about my new afib condition than all my cardiologists that weighed in with possible life long Rx's, and after extreme reactions to these meds, I was finally referred to other cardiologists who were more concerned with PREVENTING the higher risks of strokes & heart attacks in afib patients. Through your heart videos and my own research, I am learning so much more about afib, basic info and the growing research that is and will be offering more targeted inroads & options to all afib condition levels in the near future.
Again, Thank You !!!
I've listened to many of your videos. They are so very helpful and understandable. Thank you for your kindness!
Y are a wonderful Cardiologist and I am always following y extremely useful information's and guide I suffer from Afib and have a very bad,gone wrong Angiography march and now terrified of any cardiologist but y are a comfort to listen and follow thanks
I am so thankful to find this. Thank you for your mist hopeful suggestions.
It's 3am & I was feeling desparate. It's given me hope..Will try!
Bless you doc. You are so generous & kind.
You doctor are a treasure……lots of Heart Health info from many good doctors on UA-cam and your delivery and information is Top Caliber
Thank You from the AFib Clan
Doctor, it’s such a relief to come across your video. I have not being diagnosed to have afib yet, but I have had 2 episodes of what you described as paroxysmal afib, happened as recent as last night, both times happened between midnight-9am. I will definitely check your other videos. Thank you for sharing your videos.
When I started reading your post I felt like I was reading my own story. I have had 2 episodes but I have yet to be diagnosed. They are fitting me with a Holter monitor tomorrow. I am so scared of getting another one. Both times I wasn’t doing anything strenuous but stressed. I hope you are doing better now. Take care
@@lpsglitterpaws8536 Hope you are doing well. Yes, stress could be a trigger. I’ve learned a lot since I posted this more than a year ago: they couldn’t find the reason why, even after 4 holter separate monitoring events. They did diagnose it when I had an episode and had to go to the ER, so now I’m on Metoprolol. I know my trigger now: GERD (when it’s acting up)-it kind of gives me this knot/pressure feeling on my throat & when I drink anything cold it would trigger a palpitation. When this happens, I would need to be careful not to get too tired. So that’s my second trigger: don’t get physically tired. Now I only get it once in a few months vs once a week like before. I would go to sleep when the afib starts, and once I feel rested, I would try to stretch my whole body while lying down, this would usually stop the afib-it’s the weirdest thing. Hope you’ll learn to control yours as well. Oh, and another thing: I’ve changed profession, from a job that requires a lot of physical/strenuous activities to a desk job, that I think helps too.
Admitted to St Lukes emergency room in Houston at about 11pm with Afil at 175 beats a minute. Put on all the electrical equipment and needles put into rehydrate Cardiac doctors made decision to jump start me with pads! Instructed to take off T Skirt. While doing this difficult movement, I held my breath and squeezed in. 💥 Machinery showed I reset heart to 88👍. Doctors and nurses told me this often happens ! No need to shock now. Released 24 hour later. No problems. What the hell do Doctors learn in medical school and 10 years of medical practice. 🙏
Thank you. I have developed recent problems and I have learnt more from you than anyone else, so far
Thank you so much all your videos are so informative! You truly are an Angel!
The biggest mistake of my life was going to the hospital during a (lunchtime) Afib attack (the only one I've ever had) My brother is a cardiologist (across the state) & tried to help me over the phone but my PC refused to do an EKG & sent me to ER. I was quickly restored to a sinus rhythm at the ER but my sympathetic nervous system took over. I could not eat, sleep or breathe for several weeks after this episode. The medication was too strong. Over a year later, I'm still trying to recuperate. The doctors gave me a "rescue drug" in case I had another episode. Have not had one. This is very helpful!!
Thank you so much for this latest info. On holiday last week I had an episode lasting 48 hours, I felt really unwell and was about to give up on my favourite val salver manoeuvre when finally I felt the change. It left me feeling very fragile. I haven't tried raising my legs after, but next time shall. God bless you, you are such a beautiful soul. X
Dr. Gupta, I am so appreciative for all your videos. My husband has AFib, He now has a pacemaker. I will share this information with him. Thank you🙏🏼
You’re just too marvellous for words Dr. Thank you so much . This is so helpful.
Thanks, Dr. Gupta. I am always learning (from your videos). I appreciate your understanding.
Superb! As a AF sufferer, this is really useful. Many thanks for taking the time to make this useful video
Thanks for this. With the coronavirus going around, I had my second episode of afib just last night. My heart beat quickly went up to 166 bpm. I was just sitting and simply surfing on my laptop. I quickly felt it snuck up upon me. Took out my phone and my Fitbit watch to measure my bpm, and my phone had me at 122 bpm and my watch had me at 166 bpm. I panicked and felt sort of dizzy, but then I got up to walk around for 3 minutes or so, but it still wasnt calming down. So, I took deep breaths, inhale and exhale slowly, then about 10 minutes later, my bpm was dropping back to my normal range 57-100 bpm. I was thankful, but I was really tempted to call an ambulance. I was only hesitant to call because it was 1am in the morning. For the record, I am only 27 years old and weight 130 pounds. My afib hasn't been officially diagnosed yet, because every single time I go to urgent care, or to just get evaluated, the doctors just cant seem to detect anything wrong with my heart, and would always say that I'm young and healthy, and that I'm fine. However, with just my second episode last night, and as I stated above, I truly believe that I have afib. Scary is all I have to say.
I've been dealing with this for a while now. It's kind of bad tonight. I usually get 1 or 2 chest flutters but I usually don't get them at night. I need to go back to the cardiologist to see if this is Afib. I don't have any other symptoms really besides that. I pray that everything works out for you and you get healed. This is really scary.
@@MsLadyBluesWorld Thank you! I will pray for you as well! Since the pandemic, and whenever I worry, I always turn to the Lord for comfort. More then ever before. Though I always go astray constantly whenever things are just alright. Even so and still i go to Him in pieces, so that he could make me whole again. Especially at night because for me, I tend to feel my heart flutter, and my anxiety/stress tends to be worse then as well because everyone is my household would be asleep, so I had to face my "demons" alone, and it scares me all the more. However, I highly recommend to get an official diagnosis, and or to get check ups whenever your gut feeling knows your NOT your usual self. Better safe than sorry. Plus, it will help ease the wondering mind. Normally, I'd go for check ups and docs would constantly say that I'm fine, and that they dont mean to "poop" on me. Like literally they would say things along that line, and in my mind I would say, why not just say shit instead of poop? But whatever. No biggy. But like I said, better safe then sorry! However, I dont have insurance anymore, so I gotta figure some things out in case I get future episodes that are concerning. I pray that you are insured as well because those bills themselves can be another concern. I just finally finished paying a $600 bill just last week. $60 a month. Again, thank you, and I pray that Lord Jesus Christ, and or whoever is God, the creator, Maker, Higher being heals us all, and have mercy on us. There's gotta be a Higher being. We desperately need one in my opinion. Lastly, sorry if my reply was a bit much and long!
I'm 25 and I had afib for 3 days and it converted by itself I was in the ER for 3 days scary af but I'm glad my heart rythem went back to normal and I can see my kids again. It sucks it's scary I was crying like a baby in the ER thinking I was going to die. Thank god for the nurses who were there and the docs because they assured me everything was going to be ok. I'm still suffering from anxiety but with good help and the grace of god I'll live my regular life once again.
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same here. Every scan / test / EKG showed all is normal. I was told it's in my head and I just need to relax. That ius until they gave me a holter for 24 hours...and there it was: an episode of AF @170 pulse and I even didn't felt it myself!
My advice: get a holter for a couple of days, tests are only a snapshot in that moment
I would say you are the best cardiologist I have ever been in consult with Wehl sort of in consult with as far as UA-cam goes that’s what we have today and I think it’s great that you can reach out to all of us who have this issue keep up the great work we really appreciate it
We love you 💜, Dr Gupta. You're a lovely human being. Wish we could clone you!
Your videos are absolutely brilliant, thank you.
I wish I could sit down and talk to someone like you for a couple of hours.
I’ve had a fib twice in 1 1/2 years. Went to the ER both times. Meds brought it down the first time cardio version the second. Three months later I woke up with a heart rate of 163 instead of going to the hospital I did the breathing exercises and self chest compression bringing it back to sinus rhythm in ten minutes. I’ve noticed a large meal at night or carbonated drinks tend to increase my heart rate. I’ve changed eating and drinking habits, smaller meals no carbonated drinks very limited alcohol intake increased exercise. Feeling a lot better with no a fib events in a couple of months. At least through Dr Sanjay’s videos I now have tools to help control these events.
How are you doing now?
Hello Dr. Gupta, many thanks for another informative video, you're the best! 💖
Fifteen years ago, after diagnosis of AFib in 2005, Dr. Scheurman gave me this advice: take an additional Rhythmol, wait fifteen minutes. If not improved Vagal maneuver. If it does not convert, go immediately to ER .... I have presented in ER with as low as 19 PR, and 200 PR.
Only three visits led to admission. I am used to it at this point, but it still gets my attention. Time of day virtually always 8 AM to 9 PM.
Best wishes all.
Excellent video as to reach patients that cannot get this kind of information easily.
Deep breathing helps in controlling an A-fib attack for me. Another thing that helps is distracting myself by reading or sitting up and watching TV. Giving attention to something other than what is physically going on with my body also helps. I noticed that each time I distracted myself my body relaxed and eventually my A-fib episode would cease. My attacks usually occur between 9pm and 9am. They do not last more than an hour. I am fortunate that I can control them and they are not long-lasting and do not occur very often.
thank you for the information. I also find that on onset of afib , If I do a good strong cough from the diaphragm it can sometimes reset things .
Mine starts when it feels like it , I can't understand why i feel these huge miss beats followed by almost a fluttering effect , my chest i can see it jumping and the same time i start to have a panic attack only to be told its normal, over thirty five years this has control me.
Glad I've found this site.
Thank you for posting this doc! Originally my Afib was due to mitral valve prolapse. Eventually had that valve replaced - took 2 surgeries to get it right. That didn’t end the Afib but at least it doesn’t feel like a jack-hammer! I couldn’t believe that my heart tissue could pound that hard and still keep itself together! So... I still have occasional Afib.
Mine first starts with my lower neck hurting on the right side above collar bone. This usually lasts for 3 days. Then around 3am I’ll wake up hot - usually from a strange dream -then the heart goes into Afib. A couple of times I’ve been able to stop it... but for the most part, it stops when it decides to stop. But usually it stops when the neck pain goes away completely. If the afib ends but my neck still hurts, then I know The heart isn’t “done” yet. The deep breathing seems to help but again, the neck pain is the indicator.
I wonder how many others have the neck pain sign. I know of one other person whose afib starts with the same area neck pain
I have occasionally same pain under the collar bone. Will track to see if it correlates to my afib attacks. Experience extreme heat before an attack.
I've has AF since my late twenties; I'm now 73. Mostly these started when I was asleep; hangover and being cold in bed both seemed to increase the chances of an episode. In the first ten years or so it would usually spontaneously revert after about twenty-fout hours. But I discovered I could self terminate by vigouous exercise. I was very fir in those days and my peak pulse rate was about 200. In retrospect I think what happened was if I exercised hard enough the pulse rate that my body wanted would out run the AF rate and I'd go back into sinus rhythm.
This doesn't work any more. A few years ago I did a 100km bike ride with AF at the start and AF at the finish.
of all those years that you experienced afib, did your doctor ever told you to take blood anticoagulants? I am so afraid that whenever there is an afib attack, I might get a stroke.
I had bypass surgey 2 yrs back. Before that i had 4 epsodes of paoxysmal AFB. After that one day i have mild chest compression in the early morning. I had an ecg then and found to have mild non st iferior mi troponin was little and then ununder went angigram and found to have 3 major block. Every time afib reverted by amioderone injection. After surgery 2 yrs i was ok. No afib. Recently in early morning i have 3 attak in last 2 months lasted 2to3 hrs self terminated after good sleep with pill. Ht rate was not so fast. I am on sotalol 40 mg bd. What should be nenxt plan of action.
Dr abdur rob sarkar. I you answer i will be very happy. My dm and htn controlled with oral drugs. Now iam taking aspirin rivaroxoban. Thaks for your very helpful lecture.
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Try interval exercise, start off, then exercise for 15 min, then stop and rest, then start again. Interval exercise brings more success than continuous exercise😮
@@AAYim89792 you get natural ones.....k2 , cayenne pepper, garlic ect
Thank you Doctor for all the information it is so helpful to me.
Thanks very much for the informative video - as a mixed afibber, I have found the most success with the pill in the pocket treatment of ativan and inderal (which has historically terminated attacks within 30 minutes) and have also had some immediate results with ice and cold water applications on my face
I use the valsalva maneuver which is mentioned. It works quickly to stop my afib. I read about this a few years ago….. I just woke up with afib a few minutes ago and quickly did the maneuver and got up. It worked…..and got onto YT to see if there were any other ways to do this just in case. Glad that this maneuver is mentioned.
YES, HE IS VERY WISE.. AND WELL READ!...Thank you for your help Dr.!
Breathing a few breaths in and out of a paper bag.. as people told to do with a panic attack. Very calming.
My wife tells me to deep breathe if I'm having a dizzy attack.
Hell of a doc in that video right there.
Agreed!!!!!
My AF happens at night mostly. I terminate it 95% of the time by holding my breath for as long as possible. I always have a regular heart beat if I feel my pulse, but I can hear the flutter if my ear is pressed closed against my pillow.
Sure that is not something else? I had that once and I was afraid it was AF too. But I mesured my pulse in my neck and it was completely normal. I figured it was just something muscular in my face (muscle twitching) or something causing it. It went away.
... breathing 7 8 9 works soo well to relax you ...no more than 2 cups coffee in the morning ...
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If you breathe out and hold it as long as possible can reset the vagus nerve which acts on the parasympathetic nervous system.
Thank you 🙏
My cardiologist didn’t mention any of this. 🙏
Another great video! Repeated yawning and forceful blowing are also helpful.
A. Gilani, MD
"It starts up when it wants to and can happen in the most inconvenient of places"
So true. Well put.
exactly....when it feels like it: petting my dog, taking my meds (ironic there), reaching for a book off the table...anywhere, anytime...from 72 to 140 in a heartbeat
Patrick Swann my episodes also start when I'm doing a lot of reaching. Also when I do a lot of loud talking. Seems to be when doing activity above the diagpham. When I did the treadmill stress test, I did fine. Wonder if upper body stress test would be more appropriate for us.
This is fascinating!!
My episodes have occurred during night when sleeping on my L side. And when I’ve gone through a stressful situation.
Huge deep breaths help.
Exactly what happens to me I also get short of breath when I’m half asleep as soon as I’m fully awake I have no breathing problems
Thank you Dr. Gupta. Having been in persistent AF for the best part of 3 years and having gone through 4 cardioversion and an Ablation (and back in AF after 9 weeks sinus rhythm) I found it interesting about when the occurrences happen. Every time it has failed has been between 2am and 3am. Medication has failed to control it (and in fact some of it has done more harm than good, with Amiodrone killing my Thyroid and now having to take levothyroxine for the rest of my life!!). I will try some of these vagal maneuvers to see if I can get some respite for the AF.
Music through headphones has help me at times. I believe my afib gets worse through anxiety. Music seems to get my mind off my afib which controls my anxiety.
Good suggestions. Thank you for taking the time to do another great informative video.
I love your vids!!.... thank you so much!....curious about your rings on your hands..I bet there is a sweet story about them.. ✌️❤️to you Dr.!!
Very interesting Video. Thank you. I was Diagnosed with episodes of AF. I have suffered from occasional bouts of Sinus aR for 20 years. Structurally normal and functional heart.
My AF normally begins when I am sedentary and heart rate low. Particularly if I nap through the day, I will awake with Af. If I immediately take a rapid walk I can sometimes stop the episode. Thank you for your most helpful videos for someone beginning the journey 🙏
Same here.
My AFIB Story and how I stopped/controlled it for 50 years. ..I'm 67 years old. I had an ablation procedure today after having had this periodic AFIB all my life. I can remember it back in high school for sure. My sisters remember me as a child telling my mother I was having a "heart attack" so I probably had it as a child.
Generally I will average 1-3 episodes per month. It appears to have a mind of it's own and starts suddenly at any time, doing any activity. It will even wake me up at night when I'm asleep. When I was younger even though I was always aware of when I was having an episode, I could still pretty much carry on with whatever I was doing. As I have gotten older it affects me more greatly now to where I feel I could pass out if I don't stop and sit still.
When I was in high school I experienced an episode during P.E. class while playing basketball. I felt a bit woozy from it and had always heard if you're dizzy to lower your head and get blood to it. Coincidentally there was a section of the bleachers pulled out so I simply stretched out not sideways (level) but with my head downward and my feet upward...basically upside down. About that time the bell rang and I jumped up to my feet add the afib abruptly stopped! (I always know/feel the exact moment it stops and starts). The next time I had one I remembered that so I got upside down off the edge of my bed with a pillow on the floor with my shoulders on that and my butt still on the bed and my legs in the air....and it stopped within 5-10 seconds! So for the next 50 years that is how I controlled it. If I wasn't in a good place to get upside down it would continue for up to multiple hours. No doctor had ever been able to examine me during an episode but didn't seem too concerned because I could usually stop it.
Fast forward to 3 months ago I had a conversation with my cardiologist ( I also have a bicuspid aortic valve and always thought the afib was related to that). ...about how it's now affecting me greatly and he tells me I can do an ekg with an apple watch and send it to him Really? So I bought an apple watch and eventually had an episode and recorded it and sent the file to his office. Within 5 days I got a call from a specialist (the one who did the ablation today). The ekg showed a "pulse" of 195 although I describe the heartbeat as more of a shallow quiver...and they decided something needed to be done right away! (after having it all my life, lol) Thus the ablation today. For anyone needing this procedure, it was a breeze, nothing to worry over at all. I'm sitting here with incisions on both sides from the catheters to the heart and I'm in no pain and have not even taken so much as an aspirin. I hope it works and that I've had my last afib.
My hope is that my story might help someone learn to stop their afib or calm them if they are scheduled for an ablation.
How is ur afib now sir ?? I was diagnosed a month ago .feeling dizzy , heaviness in the chest, shortness of breath
@@saturninocantillon7548 My ablation procedure was done on Nov 10...it's approaching 3 months and no more episodes. I can tell you that in the past, 2-3 seconds before I had an episode I would feel a slight hesitation of the heartbeat and a pressure in my chest just before it started. I have felt this 2 times since the procedure, but the heartbeat remained normal. It felt like it tried to start but the ablation procedure has blocked the path of the extra electrical signal (which causes the heart to beat in rhythm) which is what the surgeon told me would happen.
I also want to mention that when I removed the bandages from both sides of my groin, I expected to see incisions, but could not find any. There was bruising, but as it began to clear away, I could see 3 dots on my right side and 2 dots on my left side ...they looked like injections rather than incisions. Very minor and I was doing normal things by day number 5.
I am VERY satisfied with the procedure, I hope I will never have another episode of afib and as a bonus, i'm not sure why but I feel overall better and have more energy. It's not just psychological as some have suggested, I can physically feel it.
I hope this information can help you and others with this problem. If your Dr suggests ablation, I highly recommend it!
Thank you very much for your information in your channel it is gold
I was recently diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in my mid-20's. Through a few months, I learned that my afib seemed to be triggered by consuming very cold food and drink, like ice-cold water and popsicles. Some months after an ablation, I was sick with flu-like symptoms with a fever (wasn't COVID, fortunately) and went into afib after drinking milk. My doctor told me to go to the hospital.
I bent over to tie my shoes and, like a switch, my afib was gone.
Same for me while standing and washing my hair in a sink. Bent way over and down and the Afib was gone.
It s all in ourheads
@@harrybarnes9425 Maybe A-fib's due to stress for some cases, but generally speaking, I'd have to disagree that a-fib is all in our heads.
@@harrybarnes9425 no its not
@@harrybarnes9425 it’s in our hearts sadly.
We call it belching or bringing up wind. Which works for me sometimes but often it just delays or reduces the episode. This ties in nicely with the theoretical interference from the digestive system. I've noticed that bad sleep can also cause a day of heightened afib feelings. I am at present trying various exercises which may help alleviate the problems with the digestion.
Thanks very much for your information. The next time I have an A-fib, I'll have some idea of what to try. All the best!
I just did the modified Valsalva technique (with elevated legs) for the first time, and it worked! My episode had gone on for 9 hours, so I looked up this video, said let me give it a shot, and to my surprise, it worked immediately. Thank you so much for the tip!
Thank you so much for this information. The techniques work!
Thank you. Very interesting. I have Afib and realised I was diagnosed with hiatus hernia a number of years ago so connected. Afib nearly always at night. . My afib was getting worse, 3 times a day and waiting for ablation. On meds too. However I lost 2 stone and afib much improved to only once a week or less. In addition I now try not to eat after 8pm. However I really wish my cardiologist and his team would stress the importance of lifestyle, in particular weight. I was and still am overweight (improving though). Don’t pussyfoot around if it can make a significant improvement.
I enjoy listening to you. I had to go to a GI doc last Monday because my urologist kept me on daily antibiotic and I think it’s killing my gut!
The doc ordered a med to take as needed return in 2 months ordered blood work BUT never examined me at all. Just asked questions and typed rude too. I hate US docs
Do not generalize....there are good, caring doctors out there.
@@michellen2325 don't tell him what to do or say... that's RUDE
I self-treated my paroxysmal afib attack 7 months ago using a Propafenone based pill called rythmonorm (2 x 150mg tabs and 1 x 150 after one hour), as my doctor suggested. It worked fine. He offered me also as an alternative a Flecainide based pill.
Thank you for your posts Dr Gupta, I hope that the above might help.
Propafenone is only effective 30% of the time. I tried it and I was not one of the 30% that it helped. It was prescribed to me by my doctor as a last resort before ablation.
The biggest thing that works for me is making sure to drink enough water. If I'm at all dehydrated I'll start getting AF. When I start having it, I drink a lot of water and it goes away fairly soon after.
I've been told to only drink one litre of fluid a day, dehydration?
Michael Mallal whoever said that is a moron , you are majorly dehydrated , you want to be drinking about 5 litres
Michael Mallal let’s say 3 litres from water and 2 litres from other drink sources or foods
Thank you so much for your information. I’ve had two ablations and still have very infrequent Afib, and have experimented with ways to terminate episodes, what you recommend is very helpful.
Good vid SJ's a great presenter: - the auto-transcript made me LOL - no diss intended - see below
39 people out of the hundred said that it was possible for them to terminate their own egg featherbed
they're a fib by themselves!
regardless of whether the afib started with a vehicle trigger it seemed that vagal maneuvers seemed to do seem
to be effective at self termination
Another great video. Thanks
We got so much out of your awesome wisdom on the heart Thank you so much 💞💞🙏😍
My husband had a very strange episode about five years ago. He spent nine days in the hospital with every type of ablation cardioversion and all sorts of other tests finding out he was still in a fib and out of $80,000. I am going to show my husband this video as he has a fib once again. Five years later let’s see if we can avoid going back to the hospital. I will keep you updated
how is your husband doing since seeing this video?
I hope n pray for the best for your husband. $80K out of pocket? No health insurance?
$80,000 and still not healed... that is daylight robbery.
I had an afid recently and was hospitalized for 3 days, and it costs me only USD$5.50.
That is the difference between US healthcare and South East Asian healthcare services.
With $80,000 I can buy a house here.
I had two stents in my heart arteries (done twice) and the cost? US$35+US$35.
Something is not right in US.
$80,000.00!!! The best argument for a National Health plan. Americans spend more on average for health than Europeans but get less care and many loose everything they have worked and saved for after a simple stay in the hospital.
When the doctor told me that I had to have a fib procedure he said three words and that made up my mind he told me the three words were it could be risky that’s all I had to hear I am 84 years old and I’m not gonna have it I had it years ago when I was younger I’m breathing good I get around good I drive I do my thing. I’m sorry for your story about your husband.
Great advice, thanks!
So grateful to have found this video. New subscriber 👍
Hello Dr. Gupta! How are you? Thanks so much for this information. I have actually experienced this several times. I have recently gone over tests and have some questions for my pcp. I cannot help myself if I don't know what is happening in my body. Thanks so much! I really appreciate all your kindness to share this with everyone. Love you & God bless you Sir.
Great Information.Thank you!
Yesterday I had a sudden Afib episode start with bpm 100-112. I did the Valsalva maneuver 3x and within minutes my bpm dropped into the low 70s, then the mid 60s. It was glorious! Thank you! Thank you!
What a wonderful (non-self-serving!!!) informative video!!! Thank you!
Excise invigorates me to exercise more. Now I know why.
After my first few episodes, I kept track of the duration and frequency of all my afib events for 4 years until my ablation last April. One of the things that kept me from having my ablation was it seemed as if my duration was gradually getting less month by month, although the frequency was increasing. I think one of the most important things to help me reduce the duration was over time I was much more relaxed. in the beginning, I was terrified and was certain I might die, but over time I got used to the events and they diminished in time. Most of mine were under 12 hours and near the end, they were averaging about 2 hours. I knew when it was a real event that would last a long time, more than 10 or 20 minutes when I had to urinate a lot. Once my heat stopped tachycardia and was just out of rhythm often walking around the apartment or even a slow walk with the dog would help it go back in, also sometimes I would have success by sitting in a crouched position and blowing through my lips trying to build up pressure.. I also tried ice on my back and neck and twice it went back in rhythm while in the shower. oddly, on two occasions when it had gone on much longer than 12 hours and I was convincing myself to call the hospital as I got out of bed and sat at my desk ready to make the phone call it went back in rhythm just as I was beginning to dial the hospital. Also, 3 times it went out of rhythm while making lunch in the kitchen. I actually bought an EMF meter to check to see if I had any background radiation that might be causing me to have afib in the kitchen. I eventually realized what may have been happening as before I was in the kitchen each time I had been lying down and as I got up suddenly and walked in the kitchen my system was not steady.
After 4 years my events started to increase I length to over 12 hours plus I began having fast tachycardia without afib and slight pain in my chest while walking outside which terrified me and made me become sedentary and weak so I went ahead with the ablation. I think I tried about 14 different things. The only thing I think helped was to be calm, take vitamin B12 and liquid magnesium and to have the ablation.
I really appreciate being able to read your comment. It was informative and helpful to me. Thank you and so hope you will feel better. Greetings from Denmark.
@@mr.fatbasstard_--_ Thanks to God I have been wonderful. I had some throat issues for a month or two after. I had a few days where I noticed a pausing or skipping for a few minutes but no afib. In august I started an exercise program I am still on it. Also, I examined everything to see what caused my afib to help keep it from coming back and I think it was stress. I had a lot of issues before I got my afib, I was helping my mom who had alzheimers for 4 years and I became a big worrier over the years. I have since made it my priority to reprogram my mind to become a different person regarding stress. It sounds crazy, but before my exercise program every morning I bounce lightly on a mini trampoline for 20 minutes and speak out affirmations and things I want to happen in my health and life that are positive and joyful and life affirnming. I brainwash myself. I feel better and have been making better choices day by day, it is a process. It took me a lifetime to become stressed out person so i do not expect my transformation to happen immediately, but I like the direction I am going. Statistically, my afib has a high chance of coming back, I think 40% of people do not make it a year without it reoccuring , but I would not change anything i am doing. I will worry about that if it happens. My goal is to live to be at least 104 in health and happiness and I work on it every day.
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Thank you. I had a cardioversion two years ago and was put on Multaq, Eliquis and Metoprolol. All worked like a charm for two years, but now I find that I am getting the odd A-fib episode again. I was told and read that the Multaq loses its efficacy over time, hence I imagine the returned episodes. Something tells me that I am on my way to an ablation and which speaking to friends I know who have had one, say worked for them brilliantly! My A-fib puzzles my Cardiologist as my blood pressure is wonderful. I had an echo and apparently aside from slight regurge and a murmer the physical construct of my heart is in tip top condition. Cholesterol 147, passed my stress test with flying colours, so all good aside from the A-fib. It's very frustrating. It's also terrifying when you get an episode, so thank you Dr. Gupta. (Any relation to the Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN fame?) :)
What are the sypmtoms ??I'm afib too 3 among ago and I'm diabetic
Yes. any relation Dr?
Thank you for posting this. Very interesting solutions. Whenever I have an episode, I ride my bike(indoors and outdoors) raise my heart rate from resting to 135. I hold it there for a few minutes and let it drop down for a few minutes. I repeat this process for 15 to 30 mins. I can feel it reset and the afib is gone. This works for me every time.
Cheers,
J
stomu toyota I do exactly the same thing! In my case, I bring my heart rate to 150 on my indoor bike, and after a few cycles of pedalling and stopping, my heart resets.
This is great, I have made a similiar experience. It works very well. Nutrition change might be also helpful to easier reset the heart while doing this interval training.
I am sure it works for a mild case and for younger people.
Michelle N - I’m 58 years young and ride 30k 7days a week now. No afib symptoms for the entire month of June! This is the first time since being diagnosed January 2019.
Thank you stomu toyota. Your advice helped me revert a 7 day afib event. I am so very grateful for your advice. I'm very paroxysmal and get into afib once every six months or so. Anyway 15 minutes into my workout my pulse suddenly dropped from 130ish to 85ish. I'm 57 and feel really fatigued when in afib, so ithe feeling of coming out of it was just wonderful. Such relief and I've been back in sinus rhythm for 6 weeks now, so I'm glad I found your comment again. Thankyou thankyou thankyou.
17 years with AFIB....For the past 9 in permanent afib......My triggers were....laying on right side...tying my shoes...cold drinks....and I was never able to stop an episode.
thank you for this and your other videos