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Has anyone figured out what technique works best to stop AFib episodes
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"...Breathing in cold air is another cause of heart attack in our age group especially with a compromised heart..."
You won't believe this, but several people posting on afibbers.org forum have claimed to stop a full-blown AF episode they putting their heads out a window on a cold winter's day or night. I think I recall that a cold shower can do the same. Over on MedCram, a YouTube channel, Dr. Schuelt said that at the start of COVID, he, an ER physician, pulmonologist, and lecturer at a CA university, he began to take a cold 5 minute shower when he got home, first to ensure he was mostly rid of any virus and other pathogens, but also to stress his system to improve its immune response. This is well-established in the literature, so don't think he's just a flake.
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I had afib for an hour on a Christmas Eve years ago. I was told to go to an ER for treatment. As soon as I walked outside, the afib stopped. A physician verified to me that cold often stops afib.
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@gloaming a long time ago I read that putting one's head under cold water would slow tachycardia. I tried it with afib but no luck. I have had some success in aborting an episode just as it started, once by sitting up straight (I don't recline anymore after eating) and once w/Gas X and belching! One time I tried getting up and walking around, and bearing down and got afib to stop for some seconds, started again, did it again, stopped, started again and was rolling!
Here's a weird one: in the ER I often convert when the doctor comes in and we chat. Or anyone really. Last time the doctor responded by prescribing " a chat."