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Atrial fibrillation is an irregular, sometimes racing, heartbeat detectable using a pulse check.
Left undiscovered, atrial fibrillation can lead to severe medical problems, including a stroke.
When diagnosed by a healthcare provider, effective treatment for atrial fibrillation is available.

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Put your fingers on the inside of your wrist
Call it the pulse check, do it like this
Count the beat for 30 seconds don't miss
Pay attention to the rhythm could be Afib

A lot of people around the nation
Dealing with atrial fibrillation
Some of us are confident, very optimistic
Go see a doctor, don't be a statistic

When it comes to the heart, don't really know where to start
It's so important to the body, I’m talking about every part
A special vital organ right here deep inside
Pumping blood through our bodies to help keep us alive

Atrial fibrillation, Afib for short
Four heart chambers beating as one
Two at the bottom two at the top
Heartbeat irregular, causes a blood clot

Please take it serious, it’s not a game
Clot can cause a stroke if it travels to your brain
Some people notice it, some people don't
Some people live from it, some people won't

We inject this information deep into your mind to protect it,
Please respect it
Atrial fibrillation, check this
It can happen to anybody, don't neglect this

I need the heart to go (like this)
not time to wait, no time to wait
I don't need it to go (not like this)
not time to wait, no time to wait
We need the heart to go (like this)
not time to wait, no time to wait
We don't need it to go (not like this)
Just letting you know, if it does you need your heart checked

Now when it comes to that Afib thing
There's a whole lot of symptoms that that Afib bring, let me talk about it
Fatigue, shortness of breath, let me talk about it
Palpitations in your chest, yeah, talk about it

Some symptoms you may not notice
That's why you got to stay focused
Gotta get check ups for the diagnosis
It can lead to other things
You know what a stroke is (yeeaaa)

It can lead to heart attacks too (true)
Some of us don't really have a clue (do)
You know everything that it will do
If you don’t then pay attention cause it can happen to you

They saying that age don’t matter
High blood pressure risk factor
Some of us are confident very optimistic
Go and see a doctor don't be a statistic

I need the heart to go (like this)
no time to wait, no time to wait
I don't need it to go (not like this)
no time to wait, no time to wait
We need the heart to go (like this)
no time to wait, no time to wait
We don't need it to go (not like this)
Just letting you know, if it does you need your heart checked

Put your fingers on the inside of your wrist
Call it the pulse check, do it like this
Count the beats for 30 seconds don't miss
Pay attention to the rhythm could be Afib
A lot of people around the nation dealing with atrial fibrillation
Some of us are confident very optimistic
Go see a doctor don't be a statistic

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