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Covid and AFib Connection?

Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Jan 28 12:20pm | Replies (308)

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Four years ago this coming January, I was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation, (AFib). I am one of the rare people that do not exhibit the classic signs of Afib, and that fact that I found out I had Afib was a fluke. While waiting for breakfast one morning, I was playing with my new Apple watch, and it showed a heart rate of 220 beats a minute. Long story short, called my doctor, was referred to a cardiologist and after about three trips to the ER, I was diagnosed with AFib, which has been very well controlled. Jump to this past July, I had my annually checkup, which included wearing a Holter monitor for two weeks, to monitor my heart, it showed no signs of Afib. On Agust 9th I got my first Covid shot, 12 hours later, I had the worst case of Afib I have ever had. When I was being diagnosed, I was able to drive myself to the ER, not this time, there was no way I could drive myself, called for an ambulance, while waiting for the ambulance, did a search for “Can Covid vaccine trigger AFib?”. The first four returns talked about how it can, and it was a know issue, based on the VAERS website. I really thought I was going to die before I got to the hospital, fortunately, the ambulance medic had called ahead to the ER, and got the orders to treat me in route, within minutes of getting an IV, my heart had slowed down. I have been in the ER twice since then with AFib, and this is after my AFib medications had been doubled, and a third added. Even after the increase in the medication, I would go into AFib about twice a week. The result all of this was my being exhausted all of the time. I would come home from work, and be in bed between 3 and 5 in the afternoon, and sleep until the alarm went off at 4:50 the next morning. On weekends, it was not uncommon for me to sleep 20 hours a day. I was told by my Cardiologist that I needed an Ablation, pretty routine, only a 1% risk of it going south. The question that couldn’t be answered, was “if the vaccine caused my uncontrollable AFib, was it going to continue to cause problems, thereby nullifying the Ablation? No one could give me an answer. Had the Ablation last week, we'll see how it goes.

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Thank you so much for sharing this. I am wishing you the very best.