As has been mentioned in the past, hypoglycemia (with or without diabetes) can be a trigger for Afib.
While recently helping a person with this aspect of potential triggers, I found this report which supports what
I found to be true in the early stages of my afib saga. While not diabetic, my stress level and adrenal
function was causing hypoglycemia in the middle of the night… anywhere from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.
My Family Practice MD at the time told me to be sure to eat a protein snack before bed to help prevent
the low blood glucose. That worked and mostly eliminated those events while sleeping.
Had I also focused on supplementing with magnesium and adding more at bedtime, the long-term effects would probably have been different but I didn't find this forum until 7 years later... and, of course, the myriad of doctors I saw up until that point never mentioned magnesium and the role a deficiency plays in arrhythmia.
Unfortunately, it did not blunt the eventual progress of the daytime events as you know from my history, but
hypoglycemia is certainly worth assessment for anyone with afib while sleeping.
Here's the link to the report: [
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Jackie