Palpitations vs. Fibrillation?

[Guest guest]

I am relatively new to the list, so this question may have been covered many

times already! I¹ve been told by a friend that she is being treated by an

internist and cardiologist for high cholesterol and that she has violent

palpitations, but evidently is not being treated for them. Is it possible

to have palpitations that are ³benign?² I¹m trying to figure out what the

difference is between her palpitations and mine! Thanks.

Kathleen Stept

[Guest guest]

Kathleen Stept wrote:

<<Is it possible to have palpitations that are ³benign?²>>

Of course! Most of them that most people experience are. It is just

that, in an A-Fibber, premature beats that arise in the atrium

(Premature Atrial Contractions) can start up A-Fib. So the same palp

that is benign for someone else is not benign for us.

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[Guest guest]

> It is just that, in an A-Fibber, premature beats that arise in the atrium

> (Premature Atrial Contractions) can start up A-Fib. So the same palp that is

> benign for someone else is not benign for us.

>

>

Thanks, ! That makes things much clearer. Kathleen

[Guest guest]

> It is just that, in an A-Fibber, premature beats that arise in the atrium

> (Premature Atrial Contractions) can start up A-Fib. So the same palp that is

> benign for someone else is not benign for us.

>

>

Thanks, ! That makes things much clearer. Kathleen

[Guest guest]

> I am relatively new to the list, so this question may have been

covered many

> times already! I¹ve been told by a friend that she is being

treated by an

> internist and cardiologist for high cholesterol and that she has

violent

> palpitations, but evidently is not being treated for them.

I've never seen a concrete definition of palpitations. That is, is

it tachycardia? afib? ectopics?

If they are " violent " they would seem to be causing her some

distress. It may be that the docs are not paying enough attention to

how much they bother her, and haven't checked this out. Even if they

are not afib, it may be possible to make her more comfortable via a

beta blocker, etc.

Perhaps she needs to discuss this more with them.

[Guest guest]

> I am curious about something. I have been reading

> here about people that do exercise when AF. Is there

> a specific reason why and does it depend on what

> causes that particular type of AF? It makes me think

> of my first event and how they had me bear down and

> that put me back into NSR. Is there any association.

> Of course, the bad part for me is that bearing down

> now has no effect now.

Kat, my understanding is that exercise can pop people with vagal afib

back into sinus. For people with adrenergic afib, it can make the

afib worse.

As far as I know bearing down can break people out of svt, but not

afib.