My heartbeat is more than 120 beats per minute
My heartbeat is a bit fast. Do I need to go to the hospital?
Is it myocarditis? "
"It's the fourth day that I've had Yang. My heartbeat suddenly accelerated today.
I feel easily flustered when I move. Do I need medical attention? "
Experts said that after infection with the new coronavirus, cardiovascular diseases such as myocarditis may occur at a high rate, and the affected people are mainly children or young and middle-aged people under the age of 40.
Patients with mild symptoms are not at all Symptoms may also include palpitations, chest tightness, chest pain, fatigue, limited activity, and in severe cases, heart failure or even cardiogenic shock, which makes many people feel scared. ml2
What is viral myocarditis?
The so-called viral myocarditis actually refers to the human body being infected with cardiophagic virus, which causes non-specific interstitial inflammation of the myocardium. The condition may be localized or diffuse, and the course may be acute, subacute, or chronic.
Most patients with acute viral myocarditis can completely return to normal. Sudden death rarely occurs, and chronically developing viral myocarditis can evolve into cardiomyopathy.
Some patients will have sequelae after obvious myocardial scar formation. To a certain extent, the heart will be enlarged, the heart function will be reduced, arrhythmia or the electrocardiogram will continue to be abnormal. Most patients recover after appropriate treatment, and a very small number of severely ill patients die, perhaps because they were not diagnosed and treated in time. At this time, more attention should be paid to death.
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Stages of viral myocarditis
Acute stage - This situation is more of a cardiac disease. During long-term examination, the positive findings are obvious and more frequent, and the general course of the disease will be within half a year.
Delayed period - This situation will appear repeatedly in clinical practice. The objective indicators are delayed and the disease course is usually more than half a year. on.
Chronic phase - This situation is more likely to be progressive heart enlargement, repeated heart failure, or arrhythmia. When the condition is relatively mild, it can be taken seriously for more than one year.
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Principles of treatment of viral myocarditis
The treatment of myocarditis mainly focuses on two aspects; on the one hand, it is myocardial inflammation, and on the other hand, it is viral infection.
For primary viral infections, it is mainly proposed to use interferon or interferon inducers to prevent and treat myocarditis. Some Chinese herbal medicines can also be used, such as Forsythia suspensa, Daqingye isatis root, etc. Preliminary experiments have shown that they have certain curative effects on viral infections.
Furthermore, patients with myocarditis should rest in bed and eat something that is easy to digest and absorb. Foods rich in vitamins and proteins, as well as effective comprehensive measures combined with the patient's condition, can make most patients recover and improve. Most patients recover without leaving any symptoms or signs after appropriate treatment. A few patients die from severe arrhythmia, heart failure or cardiogenic shock in the acute stage.
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Be careful about viral myocarditis after passing the test, and how to prevent it?
The first step is to enhance your own immunity, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, ensure a comprehensive nutritional balance, and ensure adequate sleep.
Secondly, even if you are not infected by the virus, you should also pay attention to protection, wash your hands frequently, and ventilate frequently.
Finally, if you are already infected with the virus, try not to do any strenuous exercise. After a week, if you feel that your physical strength has recovered, you can choose soothing exercise, such as walking, to protect yourself and avoid secondary infection.
No matter when and where you feel unwell, you must go to the hospital for examination in time. Don't delay, don't carry it, and don't do strenuous exercise within a month. It's best to do less physical work, otherwise it will easily cause myocarditis. The key is to refuse to stay up late.
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