AFib - Covid19

[Paula Watt]

I am 52 years old.  At the end of September 2022 I got covid and 3 weeks later I went into AFib every day for a month and then it was every other day until I had my ablation in February 2023.  I have had a second ablation, 4 weeks ago because I had a remaining trigger outside the pulmonary vein.  I have bradycardia so i could not tolerate a beta blocker and I couldn't handle Flecanide. Prior to Covid I had one episode of afib 2 years prior.  I am very healthy, I eat well and I live an active lifestyle.  I am afraid of getting sick just in case it brings it on again.  I avoid big crowds and socialize in small groups.  

My question is, since I have had 2 ablations, do I need to live in fear of getting sick and having it trigger more episodes?

[toofargone]

We share this in common...I never had AFIB til covid came around and its gotten progressively worse. I took have had an ablation February 2022.. it was barely successful. I ve grown used to sometimes going a few days at a time AFIB free ,then go into AFIB for 36 hrs. I'm 52 also, high BP, obese, yet also active and somewhat athletic, I take fleicaneid , metaprolol and eliquis .100 mg/100mg/5 mg... Fleicaneid I take 100mg twice a day. I've told my e.p that it doesn't work anymore but the docs are utterly worthless. 80% of the time, I gulp a cold drink, or burp or even stomach growl can put me in AFIb. I only sleep on my right side. My next move is another stupid ablation, since they won't find another anti arrythmic for me to replace fleicaneid. It's fruitless I feel cuz I can go a whole week good but then burp and go into AFIB. Seems vagus nerve to me but the docs refuse to even look there. I've changed docs twice now.. I feel totally screwed ..

[KACLM]

My husband never had A-Fib until after he received his first and only Covid shot. Was it a coincidence we don't know? I asked our cardiologist, and he said at first he highly recommended the covid shot, however over the last couple years he has seen so many young people that took the shot and shortly after developed A-Fib.  He says Covid and A-fib go hand in hand.