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Ever heard of vomiting to caude atrial fibrillation?

So at the age of 23 i vomited and it caused me to immediately go into afib, after spending 10 hours or so in the hospital my heart returned to normal rhythm, fast forward 2 years age 25 it happened again and once again in the hospital 10 or so hours and back to normal rhythm, both times i spent 2 to 3 days on a EKG, and both times i had na echocardiogram, no hypertension, amd no other abnormalities foubd and was told not to worry because my heart looks fine. This slightly affects me, i tend to worry at times especially when feeling nauseated, i did however vomit early this year due to the stomach virus and it did not happen this time around. For the past like 8 years ive had heart palpitations like flutters skips pounding beats daily but the doctors brush it off because i appear to have a structurally normal heart, im well aware there is some sort of electrical issue here, but i just hope the docs aren't ignoring something. Heart palpitations run deep in my family but has necer caused and issues, most people in my family that have passed away all died of different causes as far as i am aware. Palpitations have always caused me tons of anxiety and afib was the icing on the cake.

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    Lv 6
    3 years ago

    This is interesting because just the opposite happened to me.

    I was sitting at my computer and started afib after what I can describe as a major palpitation. I didn't do anything about it for a few days - not until I started sweating and feeling clammy.

    I went to the ER and after diagnosing it, gave me several medications to stop it. The medications weren't working, but they caused an upset stomach. When I heaved, it was the compression of the chest that stopped it.

  • 3 years ago

    Vomiting is a very extreme physical reaction that causes an instantaneous increase in BP and compression of the rib cage and diaphragm. The vomiting reflex also involves the same nerve that influences the heart beat (vagus nerve). There is a clear physiological pathway where over stimulation of the vagus nerve could affect the electrical activity in the heart. Maybe you have some type of dysfunction in the vagus nerve.

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