Hello everyone !
I have asymptomatic a~fib.
I was at my primary doctors for a follow up on my change of BP meds and after taking my blood pressure 3 times , I was told I needed them to have an ambulance take me to the emergency room. Hours later after routine e ~ room tests I was s admitted into the hospital. I stayed 7 days. I was put on an IV of heparin almost the entire time and the last two days started taking metoprolol and warfarin also . Warfarin is a blood thinner to prevent clots while I’m in A~Fib. Obviously to prevent stroke or heart attack Sometimes I have shortness of breath but I also am asthmatic. I will use my rescue inhaler and that works for the shortness of breath. While in the hospital , the cardiologist was waiting a few days to see if my heart would naturally go back into rhythm but it fid not and was given a twilight drug and shocked back into rhythm. It worked, but do to me taking the Warfarin I have to go into the dr’s office to have my INR checked to make sure it’s between 2 to 3 once it stays at that rate then I will no longer have to get it checked. At present I don’t take the same dosage each day of the warfarin until it stays in that range between 2 to 3 which they test my taking a blood sample. At one of my appointments for the INR testing I had an EKE done and I was in A~Fib. It’s like a double edge sword , no symptoms but the heart is out of rhythm. Because I was shocked in the hospital two months prior th NP said that it would be too soon yo do another “shock “ procedure. I believe that there’s others out there ,that are asymptomatic and don’t have a clue what’s going on. Luckily I happened to be at the right place at the right time. I don’t think there’s any fix for this but I am actually going to see my cardiologist in 2 1/2 weeks and that is a question I will be asking him. I apologize for this long “comment” I know it’s more like a novella ! Have a blessed day !
The only thing I have a problem with is how to determine if my episodes with shortness of breath are asthma related symptom or a~fib ? In the past I have had episodes of breathing problems but not necessarily any wheezing to go along with it.