Shortly after Eivind Henriksen secured a bronze medal in the World Cup final in sledge throw, he shared the message that he struggled with heart fibrillation. He has struggled with this since he was 13 years old, but the incident during the final turned out to be more dramatic than that. – Usually the heart rhythm returns to normal after a few hours, but when I woke up the next morning it was still going, Henriksen writes on his Instagram profile. After conversations with the team doctor, the road led to the hospital. There he received good treatment. – After 23 hours since it first started, the heart rate returned to normal, he writes further. Dramatic day It was during the sledge throw final on Sunday night that Henriksen understood that a new heart fibrillation episode was underway. This is heart fibrillation (atrial fibrillation) Atrial fibrillation is a disorder of the heart rhythm where the heart beats irregularly. The patient may feel that the heart is “running wild”. The most common symptoms of atrial fibrillation are palpitations, difficulty breathing, chest discomfort, fatigue and dizziness. Atrial fibrillation is diagnosed by a heart rhythm test (ECG). Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder in the world and has an incidence of about 1 percent in the adult population. The most common causes of atrial fibrillation are high blood pressure, heart failure and heart valve failure. Other factors that increase the risk can be diabetes, high alcohol consumption, lung diseases and high metabolism. Atrial fibrillation increases the risk of having a stroke, and it is estimated that 1 in 4 strokes is due to atrial fibrillation. Men are more likely to have atrial fibrillation than women. According to the National Association for Public Health, around 100,000 Norwegians have been diagnosed with heart fibrillation. In addition, the National Association for Heart and Lung Disease (LHL) claims that around 50,000 Norwegians have heart fibrillation without being aware of it. Source: hjertflimmer.no, LHL and the National Association for Public Health He felt a roar all over his body, and after a quick look at his watch, he understood that it was happening again. – I had atrial fibrillation throughout the competition. It’s weird that it happened on the biggest stage, but I’m really happy that I got a good throw that secured a medal, he writes further. Here you can see the cast that secured the bronze: Must operate When news spoke with Henriksen after Sunday’s final, he shared more details about the problems. – It feels a bit «shaky». I feel my heart beating a little arrhythmically. I get to lie down and relax a bit. I have tablets for that if it should persist, then we will see if it calms down, he said then. – How do you follow up on this? – It is the first time it has happened this year, I had it during two competitions last year. It was the first time in competition. So I was on some checks last year. I have actually planned an operation after the European Championships, so we will see if it may have to be done, Henriksen told news after the final. Now it has been decided that surgery is needed. – It will hopefully put an end to these episodes, he concludes in the post.
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