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Newly onset Afib

Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Apr 22 12:51pm | Replies (20)

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Thank you. I will keep on the meds and keep focusing on the future and treatment. Of course I’m hoping it doesn’t come back or if it does not for a long time - one can hope. But we all know hope is for suckers as my sister says and you have to figure things out! What I am focusing on is that a fib originates in a substrate of the heart muscle and even after it is treated and abladed successfully, there can be other electronic glitches in another substrate of the heart that can cause a fib to occur there. So it seems to me that it’s an issue of stamping out little fires throughout the rest of your life and hoping that each stamp gives you longer arrhythmia free time.

I’ve also upped my potassium and water intake today. And time to go back to total anti inflammatory diet. I was inching into some dark chocolate……and sorbet.

Thanks again for your response. Appreciate it.

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@red350 '...I’ve also upped my potassium ...'

Please go slow on this. When I used the word 'imbalance', that could be what makes the teeter totter rise on one end and fall on the other, or the other way around. IOW, you could, ostensibly, be supplementing too much already. As an explanation, there is hypokalemia, but also hyperkalemia. All in one patient, but a week apart. Additionally, the kidneys have to work hard to excrete excesses of whatever they can filter out that the body doesn't need or want. Potassium can be especially hard on kidneys that are functioning marginally, or that have high creatinine levels.....so please tread carefully with supplementation. Always check with your doctor about increasing/decreasing anything you take by mouth for a purpose other than nutrition.