lone afib

[Mitch1213]

I was diagnosed with exercise induced lone paroxysmal afib 6 weeks ago.

Is there any merit to "rest" or taking certain supplements in order to reverse or cure afib or is ablation the only way out?

Any comments on ablation procedures would be helpful to.

Thanks for your help!

[CFS56]

I also have lone afib.  I just take a beta blocker and aspirin.  My EP has not even suggested ablation for me at this point since the meds have worked well so far.

[cindy707]

The first thing to recognize is that atrial fib is electrical based in our bodies and misfires randomly so there is no homepathic "cure" for atrial fib other than correction .  So basically the ablation or similar procedure is a cure where a medication like a beta blocker and i agree w. Jerry on this one is a "treatment" of the symtoms associated with atrial fib.  I had an ablation four years ago for mine...was a no brainer...the doc did cryo or freezing which is now the way to go and the atrial fib is pretty much a memory.  You may want to remember that your heart is beating on an average of over 100,000 beats in a 24 hour period so you have to decide how much you can tolerate and like Jerry says ask yourself if it is changing the quality of your life....i mean you did have lone parox. atrial fib so if it were me i would wait and see what the heck happens...it could have been a random misfire and may never happen again w. that diagnosis....however if you do have some issues that appear to be popping up then i would look at options.  Anything external can also cause a random run of a fib...dietary intake, stress, even vibrations.....your decision...

[Jerry_NJ]

First with lone afib you may be able to get along fine with a low dose beta blocker, the "do all" for a starting point.  

The two main point/considerations in my mind are:
1) take something to reduce clot risk, a simple aspirin may be enough, ask your doctor.
2) actions are dictated by consideration of risk/benefit

So, if the benefit is low, i.e., the symptoms are mild (no sure how it affects your exercise), then a simple beta blocker, or nothing.  If the symptoms are troubling, painful, debilitating... then stronger and more risky actions are warranted.

As far as an Ablation is concerned, I'd put that at the high risk end of you options, and not appropriate unless the paroxysmal AFib is really hurting your quality of life.  That's the advice I have been given concerning my now permanent AFib.