My Hubby had a Heath scare last night / this morning Can’t stay waiting in a call from the local hospital regarding my husbands health …he’s OK ..but he had a heap of warnings come up on his APLLE WATCH he’d have several attacks of atrial fibrillation I know of it but not sure exactly what it is apart from the oblivious . He’s normally got a pulse of around high 50’s but his was 95 and his BP was up as well that normally sits fairly low he only takes 1/2 of. 4 mg tablet for BP I called an ambulance after I got up and he showed me his watch had popped up that he’d had 4 alerts during the night and 2 after getting up I calmly phoned the ambulance and spoke to,the operator who advised it would be a good idea for him to get checked out by the ambulance and to go to the hospital for a further check up He just turned 75. Copied from online …. However, atrial fibrillation can lead to other serious complications, so it needs to be treated promptly and monitored closely. During atrial fibrillation, the heart's two upper chambers (atria) beat chaotically and irregularly, out of coordination with the two lower chambers (ventricles). Because of the uncoordinated heartbeat it produces, atrial fibrillation causes your heart to pump less effectively than normal. The result is that the heart sends less blood out to your body with each beat. This can cause a variety of symptoms, including decreased blood pressure, light-headedness, weakness and shortness of breath.
How's your husband, Kate? I hope he's all right. Thank goodness this was caught before he felt any symptoms. I wore a monitor for a month when my doctor was testing for A-Fib. If they find nothing at the hospital, perhaps they will have him do this.
He’s still at the hospital he was taken there about 8 am this morning ..that’s about 3 hours ago Thanks @John Brunner @Beth Gallagher
Prayers for both you and your husband, @Kate Ellery , and hoping that the doctors will be able to do tests and see what is going on with your husband’s heart. I love my Apple Watch and depend on it to keep me informed about how my heart is doing. When I went back into aifib around Christmas, I was getting all sorts of alerts on my watch so I called my cardiologist and they re-programmed my pacemaker and stopped the fibrillation. If this is the first time for your husband, it is wonderful that they are finding it so soon, and that he had the Apple Watch to alert you. Keep us updated on how he is doing, and what they find out, please.
This is the first time he’s had any alerts on his watch @Yvonne Smith he’s still at the hospital Think it’s about 2 years since we bought ours Actually the ladies who attended to him ( ambulance) questioned if the watch was accurate ?? …I said yes ..I’d trust mine and his 100% …..no ….one should be without one IMO especially so , us seniors or anyone with Heath issues
I've been talking about this issue and hearing how Important DEEP BREATHING is, and especially for those with afib issues. I do D.B. work every morning and often during the day. I don't have heart issues and do all to prevent any. I would not put my health decisions in a watch. Hope he will improve and I can remember the 2 times i was in hospitals for hip surgery and knee mess, they kept giving me the contraptions to do the deep breathing, and I said I'll do it on my own and continue to do D.B. work all the time. Deep long breath in thru nose and deep long breath out thru mouth, and I do maybe 10-15 of these when I do them. I know my oxygen levels are good doing this work.
I mentioned the monitors I wore (small portable things as I did my daily life.) A-Fib is easy enough to find, if that's what's going on. The hospital goofed up my first subscription to the monitor service and set it for 2 weeks instead of a month, but the doctor said he was satisfied that the 2 week's of data showed no A-Fib. Then the next guy made me do another month. Let us know how things are, Kate.
Hubby has an appointment with our GP on Tuesday ( long weekend here ) He spent 6 hours at the hospital yesterday. The dr at the hospital advised him to go see the GP stating NOT next month but ASAP . he was OK overnight no more health alerts on his watch , so I’d think our GP will refer him to a cardiologist on Tuesday to get it sorted out what’s going on. Thanks @John Brunner
I wasn’t allowed to go there only patients are permitted in the hospital. When I asked hubby what the dr said, it was to make sure he seen our GP asap and there WAS a reason to be concerned, however the Dr didn’t mention what his concerns were, if I’d been there I would have questioned him more but hubby doesn’t like to do that. All we can do is wait till he speaks to our GP on Tuesday @John Brunner
The hospital only let him home because he has someone to be here with him , but he’s OK today but keeps saying he’s got a “thick head” apart from that he’s OK ,he cleaned out our slow combustion wood heater a while ago and stoked it up to be lit again latter . The day before he had washed our really filthy car, from the rain and going to the city , chopped wood that was to wide for the heater ( logs that were cut to size but to big around for the heater) as well as other odd jobs as well as going for a walk ( we are both reasonably fit) the day before we did quite a few of our dances out in a hall 20 km from home, so who knows why all of a sudden he’s had this happen @John Brunner
Who knows? There are lots of things that can cause a racing heartbeat. With the state of affairs these days, it's a wonder we're not all having panic attacks and flopping down in the street. And we are not always aware of that which stresses us. What surprised me the most in your comments was his "normal" resting heart rate in the 50s. Mine used to be that low when I was biking 100+ miles a week and playing racquetball, but that was when I'd take it immediately upon awakening in the morning...and I was in my 20s and 30s! If his rate is that low and he can do that type of work and not get light-headed (and his BP is under control), I can't think of someone I'd be worried about less. That sounds like someone who's in pretty good cardio shape. You've not talked about how he actually feels, aside from maybe being panicked at having this happen. You realize the requirement that someone "be at home with him" may just as much be driven by lawyers as by medical professionals, huh? So...this made me decide to turn on my watch's heart monitoring, not that I'm concerned or have risk factors (other than a case of Terminal Sloth.) Now I gotta pick a different time to charge it so I can sleep with it on...I usually charge it overnight.
Agree with you about all that stuff …TBH we don’t do talk much about how we feel about stuff or health issues maybe it’s our age group ..who knows …I’ve never been a big talker which I believe came from being told to speak when your spoken to as a kid and young adult ….and even up till I was in my 40’s and and then one day our now deceased neighbour ( in the city) said to me Kate ….stand up for yourself it sorta opened my eyes Ron my husband was up 15 mins before me, this morning of course I asked him how he felt / was he OK as soon I greeted him ,he was just turning on the cooktop to cook our morning porridge that I prepare before going to bed that’s when he said he had a thick head, I’ve since asked if he’s still OK only he can tell me …but yesterday he was clammy yet his hands were freezing …and as white as a sheet . I have high BP issues and had a stress test in March which was good and I did what they expect a 50 yo to do on-the treadmill . However the day we both had the 4 th Covid jab and the flu shot on the same day which was a month ago .. I was sitting on the lounge reading emails when my heart rate shot up to 105 …normally around 65 it’s happened again 3 more times since waking me up on one occasion…..now it’s got me wondering if Ron’s issue is related to the Covid Jab / flu as well as my spikes recorded by the watch. I was sick for 3 days after the Jabs. we had The Pfizer for the 4 th Covid so we’ve had 3 different types + the flu shot @John Brunner We are both reasonably fit ,I did a 3 km walk on Thursday ( Saturday today) got caught in-the rain it was freezing so it made me walk faster to get back home.