Overview
A disease of the heart characterized by irregular and often faster heartbeat.
Symptoms
If you’re experiencing new, severe, or persistent symptoms, contact a health care provider.
Most people with atrial fibrillation show no symptoms. Some of the noted symptoms include:
- Heart palpitations feeling of the heart racing or beating irregularly
- Shortness of breath
- Weakness
- Tiredness
- Reduced ability to be physically active
- Lightheadedness and dizziness
- Confusion
- Chest pain
→ Common treatment options
→ How is this diagnosed?
Causes
– The major cause for the AF is damaged heart’s electrical system and other causes include:
- Family history
- Abnormal or damaged structure of the heart either at birth or during the life time
- Improper functioning of the heart’s natural pacemaker, the sinus node
- High blood pressure
- Heart attacks
- Coronary heart disease or disease of blood vessels of the heart
- Abnormal heart valves
- Metabolic disorders such as overactive thyroid gland, diabetes
- Exposure to stimulants including certain medications and tobacco
- Previous heart surgeries
- Stress
- Sleep apnea or Sleep disorders
- Lung and kidney diseases
- Viral infections
- Obesity
- Alcohol consumption
– Risk factors include:
- Age older the age higher the risk
- Uncontrolled high blood pressure
- Heart diseases
- Alcohol consumption
- Obesity
- Hereditary
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