| Name | Ella |
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| Location | BC Canada |
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| Age | 63 |
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| Diagnosed condition | LAF |
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| Years with condition | 12 |
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| Frequency of episodes | weekly now |
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| Duration of episodes | 2 - 12 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | toxic overload, paint fumes ect. |
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| General health | good health, smoker, non drinker |
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| Current state | anxiety and agoraphobia, from too many afib episodes outside (HBM 300+) |
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| Triggers | MSG, Nitrate, Gluten, any chemicals ingested of from fumes
ie. household cleaners, pestisides, perfumes ect. and on
and on and on..... and stress is a major trigger |
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| Preventions | stay calm with deep and slow breathing, and stay away from triggers.
I have found taking extra magnesium helps shorten the duration of episodes |
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| Current medications/side effects | Alprazolam (Xanax) for anxiety
side effect confusion and memory loss |
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| Past medications/side effects | Rythmol, worked for 2 years and then made it worse, would get afib after taking tablet;
Verapamil.
Lanoxin/ lost 16 pounds in 3 weeks, and turned zombie like
Sotalol/ tired and confused, after a year increased frequencies of AFib attacks, took 10 days to wean of them.
took 2 tablets of Amioderone and trembled for 3 days. |
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| History of surgery | none |
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| Future plans | under care of Naturopathic Doctor, looking for virus in nervous system |
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| Personal comments | went for ablation, but no extra pathways was found.
Cardiologist suggested pacemaker, but I chickened out.
I take fish oils/ flax oils/ kyolic garlic/ gingko biloba
instead of warfarin.
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| Check list |  acebutolol | amiodarone (cordarone,pacerone) | anisindione (miradon) | | atenolol (tenormin) | aspirin | azimilide | | bepridil | betaxolol | bisoprolol (monocor,emconcor) | | bretylium | bucindolol | carvedilol | | cibenzoline | dicumarol | digitoxin | | digoxin (lanoxin) | diltiazem (cardizem) | diphenylhydantoin | | disopyramide (norpace) | dofetilide (tikosyn) | dronedarone | | encainide | esmolol (brevibloc) | ersentilide | | flecainide (tambocor) | gallopamil | ibutilide (corvert) | | lidocaine | mibefradil | metoprolol (lopressor,toprol xl) | | mexiletine | moricizine | nadolol | | phenytoin | procainamide | propafanone (rythmol) | | propranolol (inderal) | quinapril (accupril) | quinidine (quinaglute) | | sotalol (betapace) | tedisamil | timolol | | tocainide | trandolapril (mavik) | valsartan (diovan) | | verapamil (calan,isoptin) | warfarin (coumadin) | asthma | | diabetes | GERD/acid reflux | hypertension | | hypotension | hyperthyroidism | hypothyroidism |  adrenergic | vagal | familial | | idiopathic/lone | paroxysmal | permanent/chronic | | atrial flutter | cardiomyopathy | CHF | | PAC | PVC | SVT | | syncope | bradycardia | tachycardia | | heart block | myocardial infarction | rheumatic heart diease | | sick sinus syndrome | stroke | WPW | | electrical cardioversion | defibrillator | pacemaker | | ablation | bypass | maze | | Male | Female | |
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