On the social network platform, a topic #春节168hours# attracted widespread attention and received 3.24 billion views. How to eat, drink and play in Tesco during the Spring Festival? There are detailed strategies here, no wonder everyone is so enthusiastic about participating. However, although some people have "sunshot" during the Spring Festival, the impact of the new coronavirus on the body has not dissipated. Everyone still needs to take precautions while eating well, drinking and having fun.
There was such a case a few days ago. A 27-year-old man developed sudden chest pain one week after being infected with the new coronavirus. It manifested as burning pain behind the sternum, radiated to the pharynx, and gradually worsened, accompanied by symptoms such as breathlessness and nausea. After a cardiac MRI examination, the man was diagnosed with acute myocarditis and myocardial edema. He later recovered after treatment in the hospital.
The new coronavirus can cause damage to the heart, and you should still be alert to the occurrence of cardiovascular disease after being exposed to the sun.
The above-mentioned cases are not isolated cases. Multiple studies at home and abroad have confirmed that infection with the new coronavirus will increase people’s risk of cardiovascular disease. Even after the new coronavirus patient has been cured for several months, the risk of cardiovascular disease still exists. According to Caixin.com, 60-day follow-up results show that about 20% of people infected with COVID-19 still have chest pain in the later stages. More than 2 months after being diagnosed with COVID-19, cardiac magnetic resonance examinations found that 60% of patients had myocardial inflammation.
In addition, as early as the first half of 2022, an article published by the authoritative medical magazine "Nature Medicine" also showed that regardless of gender, age, race, and whether there are underlying diseases, as long as you are infected with the new coronavirus, there will be a potential risk of heart damage. Within the first month to one year after being infected with COVID-19, patients' risk of cardiovascular complications such as coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure increases significantly.
This means that turning negative from COVID-19 infection does not mean recovery. Excessive mental stress and prolonged sedentary life will further increase people's cardiovascular burden, and everyone still needs to be vigilant.
Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are more likely to develop critical illness, and it is recommended to strengthen protection
Obviously, when the new coronavirus launches an "attack" on the heart, people with original cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases will face a higher risk of critical illness than ordinary infected people. A latest study by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that elderly people and patients with COVID-19 infection who had underlying diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes are more likely to develop severe or critical illness. This shows that during this special period, patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases need to take good personal protection while also strengthening the prevention and treatment of their original diseases to avoid complications and dangers.
Taking patients with coronary heart disease as an example, the top priority in their prevention and treatment work is to adhere to regular medication and not to stop taking medication without authorization. In terms of medication, it is necessary to choose drugs with both efficacy and safety to control risk factors, protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and relieve symptoms such as chest tightness and shortness of breath. Professor Lin Qian, deputy director of Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, previously reminded that patients with a history of coronary heart disease, patients who have undergone stent or bypass surgery, or patients who usually have angina pectoris attacks can prepare some drugs such as Tongxinluo Capsules to control angina pectoris at home.
It is understood that Tongxinluo Capsule can not only lower lipids and anti-inflammation, stabilize plaques, and unblock blood vessels, but also increase blood oxygen concentration and hypoxia tolerance, improve symptoms such as chest tightness, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness, and headaches. It also protects vascular endothelium and prevents thrombosis. It is a commonly used drug for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, and cerebral infarction.
In recent years, Tongxinluo Capsule has carried out a series of evidence-based medical research and accumulated a large amount of evidence-based evidence. It has been recommended by more than 20 cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease guidelines/consensus recommendations, including the "Guidelines for Rational Medication in Coronary Heart Disease (2nd Edition)", "Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction by Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine", and "Expert Consensus for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Atherosclerosis by Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine". At the same time, the research project "Construction of TCM Choroid Theory and Its Guidance for the Prevention and Treatment of Microvascular Disease", which takes research related to Tongxinluo's treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases as an important component, also won the first prize of the 2019 National Science and Technology Progress Award.
At present, people all over the country are celebrating the Spring Festival happily. I hope that when everyone is reunited with their families, they will not forget to take precautions against the epidemic and be alert to the damage caused by the new coronavirus to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, especially patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease. They should actively prevent and treat the disease and not take it lightly.
