I would definitely make an appointment with a cardio-vascular specialist at the best medical facility you can. One of the issues I have had since my heart failure (diagnosed at 45, I'm now 47) is I can't stand for very long, my legs get tired & heavy and do occassional tingle, but I can walk, ride a bike and go to the gym 3 days a week. No diagnosis other than an "it happens". It could be circulation related if not neurologically related but definitely go get checked. As far as the intestinal issues it could just be a reflex to the uncomfortable feeling you are getting but get that checked out as well. Stress does strange things to the body.
I've been reading with much interest. Sounds like we have many simular symptoms after heart problems. I should back up and say I'm a 59 year old male. Until I had a-fib in Feb (4 months ago), all my life, I've never had amy medical problems at all, NONE!!. I've very seldon took an aspern.
The night of the a-fib I went to the e-room where I was there for 12 hours, they were doing tests, gave me pills, finally after 12 hours they decided medicine wasn't going to put my heart back in rythum. After all the medicane my heart went into E-flutter. With about 12 different MD's, nurses, resperatory person, and several other different specility perople, thats when they shocked me. After I contracted up and made a few comments like Wow, Oh my, They all started saying "SORRY we thought you were out" Sorry, Sorry.
Since my legs feel tingly and tired, they did a circulation test on both legs with blood pressure type bands where we could hear the blood in the vains. Pressure was the same compared to my arms. They said it was perfect. They did many other tests also. I've got more tests coming up in the future.
As far as intestines, I think they are working as absorbsion of food, but they just don't contract any more. I truely beleive it was the shock treatment that did something to the nearves in my lower half. Before the shock, everything worked perfect.
You've referred to a pair of rhythm disturbances in the upper chambers (atria) of the heart. Atrial fibrillation, or a-fib, is when these two chambers quiver in an uncoordinated manner rather than beating normally. Atrial flutter, or a-flutter, is when the atria beat in an inefficient, fast but rhythmic manner. Both conditions can be quite uncomfortable but are rarely in themselves life threatening. The shock you got actually stops the atria from beating momentarily so that your heart's natural pacemaker can begin coordinating heartbeats normally.
Keep in mind that one of the more important logic mistakes we try to avoid in medicine is "Post hoc ergo propter hoc," which means "After this therefore because of this." While the cause of your new onset of leg weakness is certainly worth pursuing, don't be surprised if it's not directly related to the cardioversion.
Hope all turns out well.
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