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My Husband had the Pfizer vaccine this last spring. (both shots) recently his apple watch said he was have AFIB. he has never had this and this does not run in his family. He went to have is checked out but the GP could not find anything on an EKG and referred him to cardiologist. He is 70 not at all over weight and no major medical conditions. Both his parents passed way in their mid 90s of natural causes. I am concerned the the covid shot has opened up a Pandora's box. Is this normal and have others have had this experience?
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In my case I had weird unsteady heartbeat after second shot then a heart attack. Catherization found no explanation for the heart attack nor did PET scan. About 5 weeks later I took a booster and next day my heartbeat became very erratic, missing more than one beat, some chest pain, to the point I thought the worst. My Doctor explained that since I was on two thinners risk of clot was low. This all cleared up except I had difficulty regaining fitness then maybe 10 weeks later got aFib. This is being investigated now, getting the halter soon, waiting MRI.
I believe the mRNA is the cause for me. Wonder if this will get better and what damage there is. A 4 th booster for me is a big no.
Meanwhile Omicron infection seems trivial.
Add me to the list, kc130! A-fib, blood clots and months of chronic diarrhea.
If I'd known then what I know now.
Self-described as obnoxiously healthy, I got the Pfizer double jab only because my husband is high risk for several reasons.
My father's Apple watch tells him he has aFib routinely. He's had every test possible to check this out and guess what? He does not have aFib.
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I am 69 y.o. and for the most part very healthy, no history of hypertension BMI 27, no coronary artery disease, no diabetes. I never had a fib but did have ventricular arrhythmias in 2019 that resulted in a complete cardiac w/u and 2 ablations. I was put on preventative medication and told I have cardiomyopathy. Everything was fine until Jan. 2021 about 7 days after receiving the 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine. I began having occasional heart palpitations so I contacted my EP cardiologist. I wore a monitor for a week. Was told it was not ventricular this time but occasional afib. Because of my age and history was told it might become chronic so they put a chip in my chest. Have not had anything since Jan. I am planning to get the booster so it will be interesting to see what happens. Interestingly, I did complete the CDC weekly f/u after the second shot and told them about the afib. no one contacted me until June after there were reports of cardiac inflammation in children. Then the CDC rep had me complete a Vaccine Adverse Event report.