![]() ![]() ![]() Fortunately, we’re here, sheltered accommodation, so I was able to use the intercom and within about, oh, five or ten minutes the paramedics were here, and they wired me up and took me off to the local hospital, where I was given some treatment. I knew something was wrong, wouldn’t, my heart palpitations wouldn’t settle down at all. I’ve always had a bit of a problem with indigestion and I had palpitation, and I got up, dressed and had breakfast, and went to get up from having my breakfast to wash up and, well, really, you know, I was quite dizzy and sat down here on the settee. Yes, I woke one Sunday morning, in the summer, four years ago. David X had an ‘out of body’ experience and ‘strange floating sensations’ while driving. Eileen explained how she woke up one morning and discovered she ‘couldn’t stand up long enough to cook breakfast’. Some needed to urinate frequently, others had a dizzy spell at work or experienced symptoms such as palpitations while sitting quietly watching television. For some, the first episode of AF occurred ‘out of the blue’ while they were going about normal everyday activities. In our interviews people talked about the way they first experienced AF. It’s beating irregularly and, as I say, sometimes that produces symptoms and other times it’s not detected by the patient until they’re examined by somebody. Other times it’s much nearer to normal but it’s irregular. It can go over a hundred and forty, in which case, it’s quite a serious emergency. The normal heart rate is, you know, somewhere between perhaps sixty and eighty and in people with atrial fibrillation, it’s often higher than that. So it often presents to people with symptoms of palpitations or possibly of dizziness and breathlessness and sometimes a discomfort in the chest but other people get no symptoms at all and sometimes their AF is detected when they’re examined by a doctor or a nurse in the practice or in other situations. As well as beating irregularly, it also tends to beat quite fast until the condition is diagnosed and the symptoms are controlled. Messages for health professionals and decision-makers from people with atrial fibrillationĪtrial fibrillation First signs and symptoms of atrial fibrillationĪtrial fibrillation, is a common condition, particularly in older people and in people with certain other conditions, in which the heart beats irregularly.Messages from people with atrial fibrillation to others.Increasing public awareness about atrial fibrillation.Sources of information and support for people with atrial fibrillation.Negative experiences of health care for atrial fibrillation.Positive experiences of health care for atrial fibrillation.Reducing stroke risk through other medication and lifestyle changes after diagnosis of atrial fibrillation.Alternatives to warfarin for atrial fibrillation: the new anticoagulants.What is it like being on warfarin for atrial fibrillation?.Atrial fibrillation, stroke risk and blood thinning medication.Medical procedures and interventions for atrial fibrillation.Heart rate and rhythm medication for atrial fibrillation. ![]() Psychological effects and facing the future with atrial fibrillation.Impact of atrial fibrillation on relationships and leisure time.What having atrial fibrillation feels like.Feelings about being diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.First signs and symptoms of atrial fibrillation. ![]()
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