atrial is kicking on its own, not coordinated and the blood doesn't get to the right places.result you're at a high risk of getting stroke fourfold and two times fold risk of getting death from atrial fibrillation. 60% of the patients, 2.7 million people who have afib may not have symptoms but you may have shortness of breath, you may be dizzy and tired and all of the symptoms. check with your doctor. your heart may be racing. >> how do you get it? >> age, famently history, smoking diabetes, high blood pressure, all the enemies that we have. you get an ekg and the whole rhythm is out of sync. cue coumadin and blood medication reduces the risk. >> the northern part of the heart, the atrial irregular heartbeat. irregular heart beat. i look at an ekg and see spikes and they are irregular. i want to control the rate. i want to slow the rate. with afib most of the time it's too fast. viewer wrote in what if the rate is 30 or 40. he or she may be on something to lower his rate but sometimes it lowers it too much and if it lowers it too much they will black out from that. i may have

breath didn't work and his hiccups got so bad he went to the hospital where he was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, afib, abnormal heart rhythm. >> it was affecting my breathing and did get scary. >> not a typical symptoms. >> reporter: philip, a cardiologist at jefferson university hospital who treated big daddy says typical symptoms of afib are fatigue, shortness of breath and chest pain but not hiccups. so what is going on with big daddy. >> hiccups can be precipitated by various stresses and say can atrial fibrillation. whatever set off one and set off other but they are not necessarily related. >> reporter: big daddy a's hiccups episode are better but not gone. he is used to dealing with health issues that included back surgery, throat cancer, and now a fib. >> they are saving my life, a little water little pills, you know the routine. >> you know the routine. >> he is a character. >> big daddy wanted to let everybody know he is back to work on the radio tomorrow morning bright and early and doing his stand up again with a big gig this weekend, at the tropicana. we have a link ab

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he received a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, which is an abnormal heart rhythm. hiccups are not normally a symptom of the condition. big daddy s hiccup episodes have not stopped entirely, but have improved. lost and found! how one guy authorities in spain have seized 20 thousand uniforms and supplies for an army of jihadi fighters. the operation targeted a business network that officials say supplied military equipment to terrorists. spain s interior ministry says the uniforms were being shipped to areas controlled by isis and al-nusra in iraq and syria. the shipping containers were labeled as second-hand clothes. a florida medical examiner kristina brown )s death today. the late daughter of whitney houston died from drug intoxication and immersion in water. in january of last year-- brown was found unconscious in a bathtub in her atlanta home. seven months later-- she died in hospice care. it was not determined whether brown s death was intentional or accidental. ahead at 4: a new clothing line that gives everyone the opportunity to be stylish a new jersey mom w

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heart attack on stroke but also may increase their risk for developing rhythm disturbances such a as atrial fibril as a goes and is a regular rhythm disturbance of the heart to increase your risk for having a stroke or even actually heart failure awell. >> kristi: and cardiologist said most adults should be getting at least seven hours of uninterrupted sleep every single night. now, if you find yourself struggling to get the recommended amount of sleep, and a lot of us do, it y be time is on tee a sleep specialist to rule the any underlying conditions. you also might be able to come up with natural approaches to getting a good night's res >> janine: sound good. tonight is the big night here on prompt we're talking about "the bachelor" and the star of this season is revealing who he will puck during the season finale. 27-year-old ben hinges has told lauren bushnell and jojo fletcher that he loss of them both, and on last week's episode of the "the bachelor" the women tell all. higgins said he was sure he had found the one for him. who will he choose? find out right here on local10. the seaso

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