Recently, the topic of the weakening of the pathogenicity of Omickron mutant strain has attracted social attention. Are there serious risks of cardiovascular disease patients after infection? How can patients with chronic diseases represented by cardiovascular disease and diabetes resist the epidemic? The State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism organizes relevant experts to provide authoritative answers.
01 Cardiovascular patients should focus on controlling underlying diseases
The weather is cold in autumn and winter. If people are tired, excited, and have a full meal, the incidence of cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease , hypertension will increase, and even worsen the condition.
"If a cardiovascular disease occurs, don't be afraid or anxious, and be sure to take medicine in time." , Beijing Anzhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, , executive vice president and executive deputy director of Beijing Cardiovascular and Pulmonary and Vascular Research Institute, said that patients with cardiovascular disease should keep antihypertensive drugs at home. When blood pressure rises, don’t be afraid. Take the medicine on time and do not stop it in the middle. In addition, if myocardial infarction occurs, you should go to the hospital in time to receive interventional treatment .
"We found that patients with cardiovascular disease in have controlled the underlying disease, and the risk did not increase after being infected with the Omickron mutant strain. " Zhou Yujie said that in clinical treatment, except for the infected person with fever, patients without fever may have an impact on the body, asymptomatic infected person with are the same as those with other asymptomatic infected persons of . Therefore, patients with cardiovascular disease should not be afraid of the new coronavirus, but should focus on controlling underlying diseases.
Zhou Yujie said that preventing cardiovascular diseases is better than treating them. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is the best way to prevent it. First of all, you need to have a reasonable diet, not a large amount of oil, salt, and high cholesterol, diet; secondly, quit smoking and limit alcohol; thirdly, exercise moderately, walk around at home or in open places, you can also do some anaerobic exercise to exercise the muscles of your arms and legs, which is beneficial to your cardiovascular system; finally, keep a balanced mind and don’t be anxious.
Will infection with the new coronavirus affect the effectiveness of antihypertensive drugs? Zhou Yujie said that has not been found to have an impact on antihypertensive drugs.
02 Diabetic patients should avoid blood sugar disorders
"diabetic patients resist the epidemic, and the most important thing is to control their blood sugar well. " Guo Lixin, director and chief physician of the Endocrinology Department of the National Geriatric Medical Center of Beijing Hospital, said that, first, the overall blood sugar level is stable, and strive to ensure that glycated hemoglobin control meets the standards, and second, reduce blood sugar fluctuations.
To achieve these two things, on the one hand, you must have a reasonable diet, that is, according to the healthy diet guided by the doctor to diabetic patients, a reasonable diet, appropriate nutrition, and increase high-quality protein intake; on the other hand, you must exercise moderately, such as jogging and brisk walking, and also undergo certain strength training. At the same time, blood sugar should be monitored regularly, including fasting blood sugar and postprandial blood sugar. Once diabetic patients have symptoms of hypoglycemia, they should check their blood sugar at any time, eat carbohydrate appropriately, adjust their medications and lifestyle, and keep their blood sugar stable as much as possible. At the same time, we should pay attention to dyslipidemia , blood pressure abnormalities and other metabolic abnormalities combined with diabetes. This will enhance the resistance of and to survive the epidemic smoothly.
Diabetic patients should stick to taking medication. Guo Lixin said that diabetes is a lifelong disease. Although some diabetic patients can be clinically relieved to a certain extent, lifestyle intervention and drug treatment are still needed in the end. Patients should choose appropriate drugs and adjust the treatment plan in a timely manner by monitoring blood sugar. It should be noted that even if has good blood sugar control, it cannot be stopped at will, because once the medicine is stopped, blood sugar fluctuations will occur, increasing the risk of infection.
Diabetic patients should avoid anxiety. Guo Lixin said that once diabetic patients are anxious, especially long-term anxiety, they will have an increase in the levels of various "stress hormones". Stress hormone antagonizes the hypoglycemia effect of insulin , causing hormone secretion imbalance in the body, which can easily aggravate abnormal blood sugar. In addition, anxiety can easily lead to insomnia and sleep structural disorders, further aggravating blood sugar disorders. Therefore, diabetic patients should maintain a calm mind and control their blood sugar to a relatively good level.
Source: People's Daily, National Healthy Lifestyle Action
Editor: Wen Jialin Xu Rumeng
Editor: Chen Guangtai
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