Guest guest Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 I posted a message on sunday the 3/10/04..message no:31354 and not one person replied to it, when I read all the other messages on this group I get the feeling that " what a knowledgeable lot you are....or maybe not. Did I say something wrong, did I mention Pee instead of urinate or Jerk instead of remind....I bet I will get an answer to this message !!!!! bootsie82. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 I found the info explaining the reason for frequent urination while in AFIB. The atrium releases a peptide when stretched, called " Atrial Natriuretic peptide " which has the effect of a diuretic and reduces blood volume. " Atrial Natriuretic Peptide is a hormone that is released from the atrial cells in the heart in response to overstretch of the atrial cardiac muscle cells. Specific volume receptors in the atria detect an increase in plasma volume due to stretching beyond a certain threshold or limit (Rector, 1987). This peptide is released in response to stimuli that increase blood volume in the body, such as a blood transfusion or an increased salt and water intake and ultimately this peptide controls these changes by increasing the urinary volume excretion through several different mechanisms. " ..... " This vasodilation causes an increase in capillary pressure, thus an increase in glomerular filtration rate, causing an increase in urinary volume excretion. In response to an increase in blood volume and thus blood pressure, this will cause the blood volume to directly drop (pressure diuresis) " - jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 > > Can anyone jerk my memory as to why and how the big pee comes > about,I have changed drugs from sotalol to rythmol and this is > happening more frequently. I take it you mean the busting urge to urinate about an hour after you've gone into Afib ? I get it.... but sorry don't know. I've always wondered that myself. Alan In NSR Kent UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 This is common in afibbers and is due to a protein which is released when afib starts. I think it's the body's way of avoiding stretching the atria too much--your body thinks there's a lot of fluid on the way Brenta Re: the big pee > > > >> >> Can anyone jerk my memory as to why and how the big pee comes >> about,I have changed drugs from sotalol to rythmol and this is >> happening more frequently. > > I take it you mean the busting urge to urinate about an hour after > you've gone into Afib ? > > I get it.... but sorry don't know. I've always wondered that myself. > > Alan > In NSR > Kent > UK. > > > > > > > > Web Page - http://www.afibsupport.com > List owner: AFIBsupport-owner > For help on how to use the group, including how to drive it via email, > send a blank email to AFIBsupport-help > > Nothing in this message should be considered as medical advice, or should > be acted upon without consultation with one's physician. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 > I posted a message on sunday the 3/10/04..message no:31354 and not > one person replied to it, when I read all the other messages on this > group I get the feeling that " what a knowledgeable lot you > are....or maybe not. > > Did I say something wrong, did I mention Pee instead of urinate or > Jerk instead of remind....I bet I will get an answer to this > message !!!!! > > > bootsie82. > does nobody check our links section ... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIBsupport/links/Types_of_Afib_00098398240\ 1/ or our database section http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIBsupport/database?method=reportRows & tbl=\ 17 and if yahoo had a good search engine you could search our archive for the very many times it's been discussed before a google search (www.google.com) for " Atrial Natriuretic Peptide " " atrial fibrillation " will get lots of hits as will a pubmed search (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed) search for " Atrial Natriuretic Peptide " AND " atrial fibrillation " -- D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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