What are the symptoms of alcohol-induced atrial fibrillation?
In situations with unusually high alcohol consumption, atrial fibrillation can develop spontaneously. In addition, chronically increased alcohol consumption significantly increases the risk of developing atrial fibrillation. The symptoms of alcohol-induced atrial fibrillation are no different from other atrial fibrillations.
In many cases, alcohol-induced atrial fibrillation is also such that it is not noticed at all. Especially episodes caused by a fast and unusually high alcohol consumption only last for a short time and then disappear again, so that they are often neither noticed by the affected person nor recorded by an ECG. More rarely, however, the typical symptoms such as palpitations, dizziness, increased sweating, anxiety and shortness of breath may occur.
