Atrial Fibrillation And Sleeping On Left Side

In contrast when you are on your left side the heart is pulled to the chest wall and you may feel every irregular beat of your heart.

Atrial fibrillation and sleeping on left side.

At first i couldn t sleep on my left side but it seems now that i can without a problem although i am a right side sleeper. Also eating a lot of food before going to bed is a trigger for me. So i don t sleep on my left side because of its effect on afib. Two telltale signs you could be in atrial fibrillation or afib that means your heart is beating out of sync.

Come to think of it afib has a mind of it s own and comes and goes on it s own schedule. Ive had my pacemaker on my left side for about a year and a half. While many atrial fibrillation patients have noted that they have fewer arrhythmias when sleeping on the right side i could find no studies supporting this finding. We are all different.

Though it s not necessarily harmful by itself having afib increases your risk for. I have a long list of af triggers for my heart. I can t sleep on my stomach because the apnea dental device falls out if i m face down cpap users can t sleep face down either so now i m down to sleeping on my right side. I m guessing the left side thing happens because the vagus nerve can be stimulated in that position.

Gregory marcus of the university of california san francisco tracked data from millions of patients to assess the link between poor sleep and atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation also known as afib or af is an electrical disorder of the upper chambers of the heart. As weird or scary as an episode may feel. I have skipped dinner many times when i felt that vulnerable to another af attack.

In one study a team led by dr. A quivery heartbeat or flutter in your chest. Anyway the sleep apnea doctors say not to sleep on your back to sleep on your side. Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and often rapid heart rate that can increase your risk of strokes heart failure and other heart related complications.

I ve suffered with atrial fibrillation attacks for 12 years.