What does Afib feel like? September is atrial fibrillations (Afib) awareness month. My pal and fellow professional speaker Patrick Henry partnered with StopAfib.org to create an entertaining video about the symptoms of the most common abnormal heart rhythm. Many people with Afib report feeling like their is a fish flopping around in their chest or…
Atrial Fibrillation is the most common abnormal heart rhythm. More than 5.1 million Americans are living with Atrial Fibrillation (Afib). As the Baby Boomers age, these numbers will increase and are expected to reach nearly 16 million by 2050. September is Afib awareness month, take a few moments to learn about the symptoms and risk…
The most recent post from the Embrace Your Heart Blog, “Are You Your Own Doormat?” is featured in today’s Heart Daily from StopAfib.org. StopAfib.org is an excellent resource for people with Atrial Fibrillation and the people who care for them. StopAfib’s Heart Daily is a concise listing of the day’s top stories about heart health.…
September has been declared Atrial Fibrillation Month to raise awareness of this life-threatening heart condition. Embrace Your Heart’s Medical Interpreter and founder of the patient resource StopAfib.org Mellanie True Hills, provides some great information: Commonly known as afib, atrial fibrillation is a misfiring of the electrical signals of the heart involving rapid or irregular heartbeats…
Visit The Patient’s Perspective page on the Embrace Your Heart Website to download the latest Patient’s Perspective Magazine edition: Women Living With Atrial Fibrillation or listen to the recorded teleconference. The Atrial Fibrillation edition was produce in collaboration with the patient resource StopAfib.org and its founder Mellanie True Hills. Visit the Patient’s Perspective Archive to…
Mellanie True Hills felt as if her heart was jumping out of her chest. Patty Borkowski didn’t have any symptoms at all. How would you know if you have the most common irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation? Atrial Fibrillation causes the upper chambers of the heart to quiver, which can cause the heart to overwork itself…
A medical intern changed the course of Patty Borkowski’s life. During a routine check up she was examined by “an intern who was raring to go and practice being a doctor. He kept listening to my heart beat and didn’t look happy. I thought it was just the over-active intern trying to find something wrong…
Fear is common for heart disease survivors, but for women diagnosed with atrial fibrillation the fear can be overwhelming. “You are scared, your family is scared, and you just don’t know if something else is going to happen,” explains Mellanie True Hills, founder of the American Foundation for Women’s Health and the atrial fibrillation patient…
Understanding what triggers your atrial fibrillation episodes can help keep them under control. “We are in our infancy in learning what causes and what triggers afib,” explains Mellanie True Hills, founder of the American Foundation for Women’s Health and the atrial fibrillation patient resource StopAfib.org. But paying attention to your body can help shed light…
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