Hi RLR.
Thanks for your quick answer.
Yes, I do realize that Hans Larsen is a lay person, but still I found it interesting that he mentioned that:
"... Frequent urination (every 20 minutes or so) often occurs during the early phase of an episode and is due to the release of atrial natriuretic peptide from the fibrillating atria ..." (I don't know what his source of this is, is this not true?)
Although I have absolutely no reason to believe that I suffer from atrial fibrillation, the question that came up to me was: Could the mentioned natriuretic peptide as well as by a-fib be released due to certain benign palpitation events, some of which are induced into the atria? That was where I saw a possible association.
And I have "experienced" this association many times, because it certainly feels like this: 1: An extra beat or two occur. 2: I have to go to the toilet 4 times an hour for the next hour or two. And that is due to the fact that a lot of urine is being produced, not just a "nervous feeling". That I know
And it is a quite annoying thing, especially if it happens while you are in public transport, busses, airplanes and so on ...
(Fortunately the frequent urination episodes only happen maybe 1 out of 10 times I get palpitations, and mostly if these feel "strong").
Can the stretch-receptors you mention really cause such a sudden and big rise in urineproduction?
Of course this could be due to a common factor lying behind: the trapped air in the lumen of the intestines, I understand that, but strangely enough the frequent urination-thing ONLY appear following or at the same time as palpitations, never "by itself". Whereas the palps easily can occur without any frequent toilet-running.
Anyway, enjoy your weekend!