What can I expect after Difibrilation from an ICD.?
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I've been shocked 13 times. It's a traumatic experience and that may have some impact on how you feel. I only felt odd after the shock for the remainder of the day. I took it very easy. Being shocked once does not have a bearing on being shocked again. It goes off when your rhythm is out. However, if you are having a problem, it may be subject to firing if you meet the criteria.
Call your cardiologist and inform him of the firing right away. He will most likely want to do a download to see what happened. It will also record any non-sustained events. They take it seriously.
Meanwhile, don't play with light sockets.
Before you left the hospital, your doctor should have covered what to do if and when the device triggered and delivered a shock. Obviously you have a rythym problem, which is why you have the ICD in the first place. It is supposed to correct the irrythmia automatically when it's detected, before it becomes a critical problem. You may not realize the problem is occuring before that. The first thing you need to do is contact your cardiologist, and tell him/her that you have had a shock. I don't imagine it will be the last time you get one, although that depends on what it is that causes the arrythmia to occur. In the meantime, don't sweat it. It obviously worked as it was supposed to, which is good news for you. You are probably just more accutely aware of the heart now, which is why you feel rather odd. But you need to see and speak with your cardiologist, now, to get an informed evaluation and opinion. Then you can get the answers to your questions, and directions for the future.
You may have damaged the heart wiring, and now suffering from atrial fib.
Stay away from sugars and sugar substitutes for a while.
An ICD is meant to deliver a shock to your heart when needed to restore regular rythym.
Immediately following my ICD firing, i tend to feel a bit shaky inside. Weak in the legs to. After a couple of hours, that goes away and i'm fine.
If the after affects have been going on for days, I think you need to go back to your cardio.
AS for can it shock you again, yes, of course. An ICD has a pacemaker attachment. Whenever your heart rythym is dangerously out of sinc, the ICD will fire, thats its job. To shock your heart back into rythym and avoid sudden death.
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