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Jackie
Hello Nick - just a comment on the copper intake. How much do you take daily?
Do you also take supplemental zinc to help offset the copper? Copper is typically not something one should use much of if at all.
Copper is often included in eye health vitamins...but typically is offset by about 10 times as much zinc and the zinc needs to be in a highly-absorbable form.
That said, copper is known to stimulate activity in brain neurons and increase production of amyloid beta and 'glom' together so the brain's clearance mechanism doesn't function well; therefore, researchers are saying copper is a key contributor to Alzheimer's disease and are looking at all sources of exposure.
Just FYI.
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NickC,
Wow, I can't imagine not being able to feel A-fib via the carotid artery. I guess the pulse strength must vary quite a bit from individual to individual. When I was in A-fib, it was obvious without checking the pulse and clearly obvious when checking. What are your symptoms when you are in A-fib? How do you know? Shortness of breath is normal if doing much activity, but is there anything else?
Just curious.
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I think the AliveCor is wonderful. However, I've also used a $5 iPhone app, Stress Doctor. I wrote about it here: <[www.afibbers.org]
It uses the iPhone camera to generate a pulse wave from the pulse in your finger. You can see the afib in the pulse wave variability and in the pulse rate high variability.
I use a pulse point just in front of and slightly above the tragus on the ear. For me, this gives me a stronger signal that is easier to find than either the carotid artery or the wrist.
I usually have a "feeling" when I'm in afib. I check with my finger to verify. With the app or AliveCor (now Kardia) device, I have solid verification. I typically do this prior to taking flecainide to terminate the episode.
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AliveCor is on sale for the month of February. Reduced from $99 to $79.
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AliveCor is an excellent app, will almost always detect afib....However as I found out recently it can misinterpret PVC's as AFIB especially if you get them as trigeminy and bigeminy pattern. This however didn't fool Natale as he was able to read thru the noise and ordered up a 12 lead ecg which confirmed this. I've had a nasty run of these as of late.
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