Guest guest Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 Your Pilse should be regular, 1-2-3-4 etc. It can be regular and fast. It can miss bests, they are called ectopic beats. Iregular is what it means 12 345 678 9 10. It ccan be iregular and slow and iregular and fast. I could tell strat away when I was in AF, there are feeling you get. C Uk > >My question here is how does one know if they are in AF or just >having paplitaions, PVCS or PACS. Like sitting down my heartrate can >be like 95. It is not skipping beats or anything just beating >sometimes strong. So when people say they are going in and out of AF >does that mean they are having a floppy beat or just that their pulse >is a bit evelated? I am just so confused. There has been those days >that I have had that skipped beat or paused beat feeling like maybe 5 >per minute. Does that mean I am in AF? > >Thanks~ >Michele > > > >------------------------ Codling Hornchurch Essex England Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 A person in Normal Sinus Rhythm should have a steady pulse rate with the same or almost the same amount of time between each and every beat. A person in AFib will usually have a pulse that is not steady over a period of seconds or minutes, and it is usually elevated (in non-medicated people). In other words, one might have a series of steady beats followed by one that is not (not spaced evenly) followed by more steady beats followed by one that is not ... etc. Or you may have a larger number of uneven beats. Non-medicated AFibbers may have heart rates anywhere from 100-250 bpm. Also, a person in AFib can sometimes feel a " fluttery " feeling in the chest ... or a feeling like your heart is kinda jumping around a bit. Lastly, some people in AFib have other symptoms such as dizziness or lightheadedness. It is possible to have a skipped beat without being in AFib. But (others can correct me if I'm wrong) they should be few and far between. Any " skipping " of any regular nature indicates something else going on. The defining most certain way to tell is via ECG. Larry E. > My question here is how does one know if they are in AF or just > having paplitaions, PVCS or PACS. Like sitting down my heartrate can > be like 95. It is not skipping beats or anything just beating > sometimes strong. So when people say they are going in and out of AF > does that mean they are having a floppy beat or just that their pulse > is a bit evelated? I am just so confused. There has been those days > that I have had that skipped beat or paused beat feeling like maybe 5 > per minute. Does that mean I am in AF? > > Thanks~ > Michele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 > A person in Normal Sinus Rhythm should have a steady pulse rate with ....> > It is possible to have a skipped beat without being in AFib. But > (others can correct me if I'm wrong) they should be few and far > between. Any " skipping " of any regular nature indicates something > else going on. > Larry, it is possible to be in sinus (regular) rhythm and to have frequent ectopics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 > > A person in Normal Sinus Rhythm should have a steady pulse rate > with ....> > > It is possible to have a skipped beat without being in AFib. But > > (others can correct me if I'm wrong) they should be few and far > > between. Any " skipping " of any regular nature indicates something > > else going on. > > > > Larry, it is possible to be in sinus (regular) rhythm and to have > frequent ectopics. But Trudy ... if that is the case, then it should be checked out. Unless you know that you run frequent ectopics ... in which case, you'll know that it may not be AFib. I think for most people who have a history of AFib, if one has " frequent " irregular heartbeats ... one knows they are in AFib. Larry E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 > > > > Larry, it is possible to be in sinus (regular) rhythm and to have > > frequent ectopics. > > But Trudy ... if that is the case, then it should be checked out. > Unless you know that you run frequent ectopics ... in which case, > you'll know that it may not be AFib. I think for most people who > have a history of AFib, if one has " frequent " irregular > heartbeats ... one knows I have been checked out numerous times, and do get into situations of multiple ectopics a minute but not afib, vs. actual afib situations. I think this is not uncommon. Depending on how far apart they are and how long this lasts, I may go into my doc's office to have them verify what is happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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