Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman J.J. Watt tweeted Sunday that his heart had to be shocked back into rhythm late last week after it went into atrial fibrillation (A-fib).
Watt’s tweet came just hours before the team was set to play the Carolina Panthers Sunday afternoon.
“I was just told somebody leaked some personal information about me and it’s going to be reported on today,” he wrote on Twitter. “I went into A-Fib on Wednesday, had my heart shocked back into rhythm on Thursday and I’m playing today. That’s it.”
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday that the All-Pro defensive player saw a doctor last week because he was not feeling good.
Former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III responded to the news by tweeting at Watt: “Life is bigger than football. Glad you are OK.”
“The morning of Dirk’s retirement game, (4/21/19) after being in AFib for more than 24hrs,” Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban responded. “A record for me. They hit me with the paddles and zapped me into rhythm. My ❤️ has been in rhythm since. Not the same as playing football, but you got this @JJWatt.”
The Mayo Clinic says that A-fib is often a very fast heart rhythm that can lead to blood clots in the heart and increases the risk of stroke, heart failure, and other heart conditions.
“During atrial fibrillation, the heart’s upper chambers (the atria) beat chaotically and irregularly — out of sync with the lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart,” the Mayo Clinic said. “For many people, A-fib may have no symptoms. However, A-fib may cause a fast, pounding heartbeat (palpitations), shortness of breath or weakness.”
The Mayo Clinic added that while A-fib is usually not life-threatening, people diagnosed with the condition need to take it seriously and get it treated properly to prevent other medical complications from developing.
My wife had the same thing after having the first booster shot!!! It could have been the end. One thing for sure that ended is no more shots!!!!!!!!
Those Shots are nothing but poison and People still keep on taking them
Heyyyy…a temp. save…VAXX didn’t quite do the job…Yet!!
again … !!!!!!! same story line same response … he is only important because he is a human being.
The fact that he’s an NFL football player doesn’t warrant him any more attention than the other people who have gone through this.
What is a human being? Do you mean human bean?
So this guy has A-fib and undergoes cardioversion ( which means his symptoms were really bad and or medication failed) he is placed on blood thinners which is standard of care and then allowed to go back to playing football? Hope the doctor that treated him has really good liability insurance.
Knowing the trend in Healthcare this guy was probably not put on Coumadin but put on another blood thinners which if injured and bleeding it takes a couple of weeks for the bleeding to stop. One good hit to the head and this guy is dead or a vegetable. Good luck man…
I wonder who violated HIPAA and “leaked” his medical information?