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AICD "Pacemaker with Defibulator"

AICD "Pacemaker with Defibulator"

I have been living for 14 months with complete Heart ablation 100% reliant on pacemaker. Doc says I need a new unit (AICD) apparently with defibulator. my question is, Does it hurt alot when a defibulator kicks in?
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Sorry you haven't gotten a response, I know we have active members who could answer form their own experience.

From what I've read, the defibrillator action can range from uncomfortable to painful.  I knon when I have had a defibrillator applied externally to kick AFib back to NSR, I have been put totally under an anesthetic - the normal procedure.     That said, the discomfort (what the medical profession likely calls it) is far better than entering a dangerous fibrillation in the ventricle(s).  
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Jerry is right the higher the power the more you feel it. I have been shocked at 35 joules it was not fun but was over quickly.
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