Tim: WE ARE TAKING YOUR
HEALTH TO HEART HERE ON
"ciLIVING" AT THE CITY CENTER.
A VERY SPECIAL PREPARATION THIS
AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
AND PART OF TAKING OUR HEALTH
INTO CONSIDERATION, IS LEARNING
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF
THE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT CAN
AFFECT OUR BODIES.
AND THERE'S ONE SPECIFICALLY
THAT CAN CAUSE YOU TO BE SHORT
OF BREATH.
THAT CAN EVEN CAUSE ENOUGH PAIN
TO SEND YOU TO THE EMERGENCY
ROOM.
IT'S ATREEIAL -- ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION, AFIB.
IT'S A GOAL TO BRING IN PEOPLE
SMARTER THAN ME, WHICH IS EASY.
ANY GUEST IS ABLE TO COME ON THE
SHOW.
TELL US WHAT AFIB IS AND HOW IT
CAN AFFECT THE EVERY DAY PERSON.
Guest: AFIB IS A COMMON
ARRHYTHMIA.
NORMALLY, OUR HEART BEATS IN A
REGULAR FASHION LIKE A CLOCK
BEATS.
WHEN THE HEART HAS ABNORMAL
RHYTHM, WE CALL IT ARRHYTHMIA.
AFIB IS ONE TYPE OF ARRHYTHMIA.
YOUR TOP CHAMBER BEATS AT 400
BEATS A MINUTE AND CAN MAKE YOUR
BOTTOM CHAMBER BEAT FAST AND
UNREGULAR FROM 60-200 BEATS PER
MINUTE.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T FEEL IT.
IT'S COMMON ARRHYTHMIA.
ABOUT 3 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY AT LEAST HAVE IT.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE
THAT HAVE IT.
Tim: SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT
THE AVERAGE PERSON?
IF YOU DON'T FEEL IT BEATING
THAT FAST, WHAT EFFECT IS THAT
HAVING ON YOUR BODY?
Guest: THE BIGGEST RISK FOR
THIS ARRHYTHMIA, WHEN YOUR TOP
CHAMBERS DON'T BEAT BUT QUIVERS
SO FAST THAT THE BLOOD POOLS
AROUND LIKE A POND.
THE EDGES ARE MUDDY.
IT CAN CAUSE STROKE.
IF YOUR HEART BEATS TOO FAST, IT
CAN CAUSE HEART FAILURE WHERE
YOUR HEART GETS WEAK.
PEOPLE CAN HAVE SHORTNESS OF
BREATH AND TIRED OR MAY NOT FEEL
ANYTHING OR FEELS THEIR PULSE IS
IRREGULAR.
Tim: TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SORT OF
BATTLE THAT ONCE YOU KNOW YOU
HAVE IT?
AND I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION
WOULD BE, HOW CAN YOU KEEP FROM
GETTING IT?
LET'S START WITH THE FIRST ONE.
IF YOU HAVE AFIB, WHAT DO YOU
DO?
Guest: SO FIRST OF ALL, YOU
HAVE TO DIAGNOSE.
A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE DON'T
FEEL IT.
NOWADAYS, PEOPLE HAVE
SMARTPHONES, APPS, WHICH CAN
DEFECT AFIBRILLATION.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN FEEL THE
PULSE IS IRREGULAR.
Tim: THERE'S AN APP FOR
THAT?
Guest: YES, YOU CAN HAVE AN
APP AND PUT YOUR FINGERS OR
SMART WATCH.
OR GO TO YOUR DOCTOR AND DO AN
E.K.G.
THROUGH THAT WE DETECT AFIB.
WHAT IS THE OTHER QUESTION?
IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, HOW CAN
YOU PREVENT?
Guest: YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE
RISK FACTORS.
THE MOST COMMON RISK FACTOR IS
AGING.
YOU CANNOT PREVENT.
Tim: THAT WOULD BE BREAKING
NEWS HERE ON "ciLIVING" IF YOU
HAD A WAY TO BATTLE THAT.
Guest: THEN, YOU LOOK AT THE
HARD CAUSES RELATED TO THE HEART
LIKE HEART ATTACK OR WEAK HEART
MUSCLE OR VALUE OF ISSUES.
NONHEART RELATED IS DIABETES AND
OBESITY.
THE MOST COMMON IS SLEEP APNEA,
WHERE THEY STOP BREATHING AT
NIGHT OR ALCOHOL.
THAT CAN CAUSE.
PEOPLE AT RISK FROM THAT, SHOULD
BE MORE CAREFUL.
Tim: DIET AND EXERCISE, DO
THOSE PLAY INTO IT?
Guest: OBESITY PLAYS A ROLE,
SLEEP APNEA, DIABETES.
IT'S A SYMPTOM OF A LOT OF
DISEASES.
Tim: WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE
INFORMATION.
I KNOW WE HAD TO GO THROUGH A
COMPLEX SITUATION QUICKLY.
BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB
EXPLAINING.
Guest: NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU.
Tim: THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
Tim: WE'LL CONNECT YOU WITH
THE DETAILS YOU MIGHT NEED IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT AFIB ON