When the heart load is aggravated or muscle is damaged, its blood pumping function is reduced, the output blood can not meet the needs of organs and tissues, and the blood in them can not flow back to the heart smoothly. This state is called heart failure, which is referred to as "heart failure" for short. If some of the following symptoms appear, it may indicate impaired cardiac function.
Nine manifestations of bad heart
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I get short of breath when I lie down. The patient has shortness of breath after lying flat for a few minutes, and it can only be slightly relieved after sitting up. At this time, the patient may have heart failure. This is due to the increase of cardiac blood volume when lying down, which leads to the increase of airway resistance and shortness of breath in patients. At this time, you should go to the cardiology department in time and rule out the possibility of pulmonary diseases.
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The chest is as heavy as a stone. It is commonly referred to as "chest tightness". If emotional factors and changes in other organs such as respiratory system function are excluded, the patient may have myocardial ischemia at this time. If the chest tightness cannot be relieved for several minutes, or even severe chest pain occurs, angina pectoris or even acute myocardial infarction (referred to as "myocardial infarction") is likely to occur. You should call 120 as soon as possible and rush to the nearest hospital. If possible, you can take nitroglycerin tablets or quick-acting jiuxin pills yourself.
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Clothes and shoes suddenly tightened. When clothes and shoes become tight, many people’s first reaction may be that they are fat, but for patients with heart disease, it may indicate that their heart function is damaged. This is due to the decrease of cardiac output (total blood output per minute from the ventricle), the decrease of renal blood flow, the decrease of water excreted from the body, edema of lower limbs and weight gain (especially the increase of more than 2 kg in 3 days), which requires timely medical treatment.
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Loss of appetite. Patients with impaired heart function may have symptoms such as abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting, constipation, epigastric pain, etc., which are mostly caused by right heart failure and gastrointestinal congestion.
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Dizziness, dizziness. Dizziness is common in daily life, and poor sleep, cervical spondylosis and high blood pressure are the more common reasons. However, dizziness accompanied by obviously low blood pressure may be caused by impaired cardiac function, and in severe cases, life-threatening situations such as syncope and cardiogenic shock may occur. At this time, you should seek medical attention quickly.
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Anxious. The anxiety of normal people is mostly related to emotions, while some people still feel palpitation, palpitation and fidgeting when their emotions are stable, which depends on whether there is a heart disease. Increased heart rate and arrhythmia are common causes of palpitation and anxiety, which are mostly caused by functional or organic changes in the heart. Early intervention should be taken to prevent further aggravation of symptoms.
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I can’t stop coughing. Most people will have cough, fever and other symptoms when they catch a cold, and cough will not be very different during the day and night. However, some people don’t have fever and other similar cold symptoms, but they can’t stop coughing, which is more at night, and it is more obvious when lying down than when sitting up. At this time, we should be alert to whether the heart function is damaged. This may be that the airway is stimulated by pulmonary congestion, which may be accompanied by coughing up white foam sputum and bloodshot sputum, and even pink foam-like sputum may appear during acute attack.
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Easily tired or tired all day. Many patients with heart disease begin with fatigue or fatigue, mostly due to impaired left ventricular function and decreased cardiac output, which can not meet the needs of peripheral tissue perfusion.
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Oliguria and edema of lower limbs. Oliguria and edema of lower limbs appear, and many people often think that there is something wrong with the kidney. In fact, impaired cardiac function will lead to insufficient renal blood flow or high systemic venous pressure, and oliguria and edema of lower limbs often occur. Long-term renal ischemia can lead to the deterioration of renal function, proteinuria, increased serum creatinine and a vicious circle of aggravated heart failure.
Anger once hurts the heart! Seven reasons why people need to stay calm.
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Put the heart at great risk. A study by clinical psychiatrists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in the United States found that within one or two hours after an angry attack, the chance of a heart attack would double. Therefore, in order to protect the heart, we should learn how to control our emotions before they get out of control.
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Increase the risk of stroke. Studies have shown that within two hours after the outbreak of anger, the risk of stroke in the brain due to blood clots or bleeding is three times higher. For patients with cerebral aneurysms, the risk of aneurysm rupture increases six times after anger. Experts in psychiatry and psychology at Ohio State University advise people to take a deep breath or leave before they want to get angry, so as to change their environment.
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Weaken the function of immune system. People who are often angry are more likely to get sick. Scientists at Harvard University in the United States have found that healthy people can reduce the content of antibody immunoglobulin A just by recalling past anger experiences, and they are the first line of defense for cells to resist infection.
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Make anxiety more serious. Anxiety and anger often appear together. The research results show that anger will aggravate the symptoms of generalized anxiety, and this excessive and out-of-control worry will disrupt people’s daily lives and enhance hostility when getting along with others.
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Causing depression. Many studies have shown that depression is related to aggressive behavior and anger, especially in men. Psychiatrist’s advice is: when you are busy, such as playing golf and cycling, they can enrich your mind, so there is not so much room to think about chores.
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Hurt the lungs. Even if you don’t smoke, people who are often angry generally have poor lung function. Scientists at Harvard University conducted an eight-year follow-up survey of 670 men and found that the lung capacity of angry people decreased significantly, which increased their risk of respiratory diseases. Researchers believe that anger can cause the secretion of stress hormones to increase, resulting in airway inflammation.
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Easy to lose life. Happy people really live a long life, because stress is closely related to overall health, and frequent anger will shorten life. A 17-year follow-up survey by researchers at the University of Michigan in the United States found that couples with good feelings live longer than those who often quarrel.
Sleeping for seven hours every day is the best for the heart.
A meta-analysis conducted by researchers from Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the School of Public Health of the University of Iowa suggests that people who sleep too much or too little have an increased risk of death or cardiovascular events, and those who sleep for about 7 hours a day have the lowest risk.
The researchers systematically searched the relevant prospective cohort studies published before December 1, 2016 in several professional biomedical related databases to investigate the correlation between sleep time and the consequences of four cardiovascular events in the overall healthy population. The results of data analysis show that there is a U-shaped correlation between sleep time and the consequences of four cardiovascular events. Specifically, compared with people who sleep for 7 hours a day, for every hour of sleep shortening, the risk of all-cause death and cardiovascular disease increases by 6%, the risk of coronary heart disease increases by 7%, and the risk of stroke increases by 5%. Every hour of prolonged sleep time increases the risk of death by 13%, cardiovascular disease by 12%, coronary heart disease by 5% and stroke by 18%.
The heart also has emotions.
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Hi. Some people will say that the heart is beating all the time. Do you still like sports when you are tired? Yes, from the time when the heart is formed (in the mother’s body, in the fetal stage), it begins to beat until the end of life, and there is no need to worry that it will be exhausted. Every time it beats, it will have a rest during the intermission of heartbeat. At the same time, it is constantly beating and growing up, becoming solid and powerful.
When the human body is exercising or doing physical activities, all organs of the whole body have been exercised, among which the heart is the most beneficial. Because the human body does more work, it requires the heart to pump more blood, increase the workload and improve work efficiency, which is the best exercise in itself. A national survey in the United States found that many people attribute the neglect of heart health to lack of time. In fact, as long as you take 10 to 20 minutes to walk quickly every day and stick to it for a long time, it is a kind of care for your heart.
After a five-year observation, researchers at Curie University in France found that brisk walking can increase "good cholesterol" (high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) in the body, which is a scavenger of blood vessels. Dr. White, the founder of the American Heart Association, even wrote walking into the prescription for heart patients. However, we should also pay attention to the degree of control. If we exercise excessively, the risk of abnormal heart rhythm such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular enlargement and myocardial fibrosis will increase.
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Anger. Bad mood is the enemy of the heart, and depression bears the brunt. Because depression is usually accompanied by anxiety, the quality of sleep at night will be poor, and the heart will not rest, which will increase blood pressure and heart rate, which is very bad for heart health. It is suggested to communicate with family and friends when you have difficulties, avoid anger, great sorrow and great joy, and control your emotions. Some people have tested the hearts of people who are in a rage, and found that their hearts beat rapidly, and some of them became irregular. It is not uncommon for people with unhealthy hearts to suddenly stop beating and die in a rage.
It can be seen that angry emotions are very harmful to the heart. Not only that, but any bad emotions, such as extreme or persistent tension, depression or anxiety, grief and sorrow, will endanger the health of the heart. If these bad emotions appear or recur for a long time, they often become the cause of arrhythmia or heart attack.
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Sad. Excessive indulgence in life will increase the burden on the heart and disturb and destroy its regular and rhythmic "life". Let it appear "sad" mood, improper diet, often cause arteriosclerosis, and the evil consequence of coronary atherosclerosis is coronary heart disease. Smoking and drinking alcohol for a long time can directly damage myocardium and blood vessels, which is an important factor of arteriosclerosis and the most dangerous enemy of the heart. Similar living environment and lifestyle problems are often ignored by people, but they have long damaged the cardiovascular system and made the heart miserable.
If you want to lighten the burden on your heart, you can take some Chinese patent medicines, such as Buchang Guanxin Shutong Capsule, which has the function of adjusting and improving cardiovascular function. It can prevent acute myocardial infarction and improve the symptoms of chest pain, chest tightness, palpitation and shortness of breath in patients with coronary heart disease and angina pectoris by softening blood vessels, protecting endothelium and stabilizing atherosclerotic plaques. Take three capsules three times a day after meals for four weeks.
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Music. A study in the United States found that heart patients are 40% less likely to laugh when faced with a certain situation than ordinary people. Lack of humor may cause a series of inflammatory reactions, leading to the accumulation of fat and cholesterol in coronary arteries, and eventually lead to a heart attack. The results of this study also show that patients with heart disease have less sense of humor, or they are less likely to use humor to save themselves in the face of embarrassing scenes. These people seldom laugh even when they are happy.
In short, when people feel comfortable, the function of the heart will be in a stable state, and the functional activities of the cardiovascular regulation system will become more coordinated, which is conducive to heart health.
Original title: "[Health Science] The heart is good, you will know after reading it."
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