Hey man, I certainly hope not! 19 y/o is certainly very early for someone to develop AFib although not impossible. If you are feeling episodes of either racing HR or irregular heart rhythms, while it could be AFib there are many other possibilities. The question really becomes: Where is the electricity coming from when my heart either speeds up or feels irregular? Is it my normal rhythm source in the roof of my heart that is supposed to be in control? Or is it an abnormal source of electricity that isn’t supposed to be there and is located in another wall of my heart and is making my heart go fast and/or irregular every time it wakes up? And if it is an abnormal heart rhythm, which one out of the possible 15 of them is it? Remember, AFib is not the only abnormal heart rhythm. There are 13-15 different abnormal heart rhythms you could possible develop and it is possible to have more than one abnormal rhythm (arrhythmia). The way to diagnose all of this is to catch your heart rhythm during a typical episode of fast heart rates by wearing an external heart rhythm monitor. They are called Event Monitors and can be worn for a day, a week, two weeks, or up to a month. For symptoms that are more infrequent than that and difficult to catch, there is a small device without wires called a Loop Recorder than can be surgically placed underneath your skin on your chest and it can record your heart rhythm for up to 3-4 years to make sure you catch the episode. There are also a number of screening devices available these days such as smartwatches or Kardia Mobile devices that can record your heart rhythm at the moment. This can all be evaluated by an ethical cardiac electrophysiologist. I hope this helps! Please see my videos “What is an Arrhythmia?” and “What is AFib?”
Bro im 19 and i think i have this shit
Hey man, I certainly hope not! 19 y/o is certainly very early for someone to develop AFib although not impossible. If you are feeling episodes of either racing HR or irregular heart rhythms, while it could be AFib there are many other possibilities. The question really becomes: Where is the electricity coming from when my heart either speeds up or feels irregular? Is it my normal rhythm source in the roof of my heart that is supposed to be in control? Or is it an abnormal source of electricity that isn’t supposed to be there and is located in another wall of my heart and is making my heart go fast and/or irregular every time it wakes up? And if it is an abnormal heart rhythm, which one out of the possible 15 of them is it? Remember, AFib is not the only abnormal heart rhythm. There are 13-15 different abnormal heart rhythms you could possible develop and it is possible to have more than one abnormal rhythm (arrhythmia). The way to diagnose all of this is to catch your heart rhythm during a typical episode of fast heart rates by wearing an external heart rhythm monitor. They are called Event Monitors and can be worn for a day, a week, two weeks, or up to a month. For symptoms that are more infrequent than that and difficult to catch, there is a small device without wires called a Loop Recorder than can be surgically placed underneath your skin on your chest and it can record your heart rhythm for up to 3-4 years to make sure you catch the episode. There are also a number of screening devices available these days such as smartwatches or Kardia Mobile devices that can record your heart rhythm at the moment. This can all be evaluated by an ethical cardiac electrophysiologist. I hope this helps! Please see my videos “What is an Arrhythmia?” and “What is AFib?”