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18/11/2025

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Treatment for atrial fibrillation

If you have been diagnosed with AF, you will have regular check-ups to make sure your symptoms are under control. You may be given medicines to:
• Control the rate and rhythm of your heart, such as beta blockers
• Lower the risk of blood clots or stroke (anticoagulants).
Other possible treatments include:
• Surgery to burn or freeze a section of the heart (ablation)
• Using electricity to reset your heart rhythm (electrical cardioversion)
• Having a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator fitted.
There are things that you can do yourself to help with atrial fibrillation and lower the chances of complications:
• Avoid triggers such as caffeine, spicy food, stress and dehydration
• Try to keep to a healthy weight
• Eat a balanced diet
• Exercise regularly-aim to do at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week, like walking, bike riding or gardening.
• Don’t smoke
• Don’t drink too much alcohol
• Don’t exercise too hard.

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Causes of atrial fibrillation

You are more likely to get AF if:
• You are over 55
• You are a man
• You are overweight
• You smoke
• You take certain medicines
• You do endurance sports like long distance running.
AF can also be caused by high blood pressure, heart conditions, chronic kidney disease, overactive thyroid, diabetes, sleep apnoea.

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When to See Your GP

You may need to see your GP if you think you may have symptoms of atrial fibrillation, you have palpitations that keep happening or are getting worse, you have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and treatment is not helping your symptoms.
You need to call 999 if you have a fast or irregular heartbeat and any of these symptoms:
• Chest pain
• Shortness of breath
• Sweating
• Feeling or being sick
• Fainting, feeling dizzy or falling over
• A severe headache
• Weakness or numbness on one side of you face or body
• Blurred vision or loss of sight
• Confusion or difficulty speaking

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What is Atrial Fibrillation?

It is a type of heart rhythm problem where your heartbeat is not steady. The symptoms are:
• An irregular heartbeat, where your pulse is not steady
• Suddenly feeling like your heart is pounding, racing, fluttering, skipping a beat- this may last for a few seconds up to a few minutes
• A heartbeat faster than 100 beats per minute
• Feeling very tired
• Finding it harder to exercise
• Chest pain or tightness
• Feeling short of breath, lightheaded, dizzy or like you might faint
Sometimes there are no symptoms, and atrial fibrillation is found as part of a routine check-up or when you are having tests for something else. If you get symptoms, they may stop and start on their own (paroxysmal atrial fibrillation) or stop after treatment (persistent atrial fibrillation). Over time you may always have symptoms (permanent atrial fibrillation).

21/10/2025

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Quiz & Answers

Q1. Why are vaccines important?
A1. They are the best thing we can do to protect ourselves against ill health.
Q2. What diseases do they protect against?
A2. Since vaccines were introduced into the UK diseases like smallpox, polio and tetanus that used to kill or disable millions of people have gone away or are very rarely seen.
Q3. What happens if people stop having vaccines?
A3. It’s possible infectious diseases will quickly spread.
Q4. Why are measles and mumps starting to appear in England?
A4. Because less children are getting the MMR vaccination.
Q5. What percentage of children need to be vaccinated with the MMR to stop measles spreading completely?
A5. 95%.
Q6. How do vaccines work?
A6. Vaccines teach your immune system how to create antibodies that protect you from diseases.
Q7. Are vaccines safe?
A7. All vaccines are thoroughly tested to make sure they will not harm you or your child.
Q8. Who cannot have vaccines?
A8. People who’ve had a serious allergic reaction to a previous dose of vaccine, people with a weakened immune system.
Q9. What side effects are there?
A9. The most common side effects include: the injection site feeling a bit sore for 2-3 days, feeling a bit unwell or having a high temperature for 1-2 days, older children and adults may feel faint, feeling tired, having a headache, mild fever or flu-like symptoms.
Q10. What’s in a vaccine?
A10. Most vaccines contain a small amount of bacteria, virus or toxin that’s been weakened or destroyed in a laboratory first.

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Quiz

Q1. Why are vaccines important?
Q2. What diseases do they protect against?
Q3. What happens if people stop having vaccines?
Q4. Why are measles and mumps starting to appear in England?
Q5. What percentage of children need to be vaccinated with the MMR to stop measles spreading completely?
Q6. How do vaccines work?
Q7. Are vaccines safe?
Q8. Who cannot have vaccines?
Q9. What side effects are there?
Q10. What’s in a vaccine?

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Friday	9am - 7pm
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