Cold should be the most common disease. Data shows that adults catch colds on average 2 to 6 times a year, and children 6 to 8 times a day. But, do you know? There may also be a deadly ghost behind the cold - fulminant myocarditis.
The patient, Xiao Chen, is 27 years old and is working as a courier. The work is very hard. Two weeks ago, after catching a cold, he developed symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, and nasal congestion after catching a cold, which happened to be on the "Double Eleven". There was too much work. Xiao Chen relied on his youth and strength to take this cold seriously and did not even take the medicine. Three days later, he began to have a fever and gradually felt chest tightness in , , and it was difficult to get up and down the stairs. Then, he went to the hospital under the persuasion of his colleagues. However, the condition took a sharp turn. When Xiao Chen transferred from the emergency room to the cardiology department, he had become tossing and turning, irritable, unwilling to answer questions, pale complexion, wet and cold all over, and his pulse could not be felt and his blood pressure could not be measured. This is a manifestation of shock !
Xiao Chen was sent to the hospital and immediately rescued. At this time, the electrocardiogram monitoring prompted sudden ventricular fibrillation, which was a fatal malignant arrhythmia, and the electrodefibrillation was corrected immediately. The bedside echocardiography prompts that the heart has expanded a little and the heart function has been significantly reduced. The emergency room called and said that the marker of myocardial injury that had just been examined for represents cardiomyocyte necrosis increased by hundreds of times! At this time, the diagnosis of "full myocarditis" has been initially formed. After 3 days and 3 nights of full treatment, Xiao Chen's condition finally stabilized and has now been transferred to the general ward for rehabilitation treatment.
You must ask, isn’t it just a cold? How could it be so serious? What exactly is fulminant myocarditis? Fulking myocarditis is indeed the most serious type of myocarditis . Most of them are inflammatory damage to cardiac myocarditis caused by cold virus or enterovirus, resulting in impaired heart function. The incidence rate of this disease is not high, but it has a rapid onset, the condition progresses very rapidly, and the early mortality rate is very high.
The following passage is a bit brain-burning! Fulking myocarditis is often accompanied by a cold, and it occurs in winter and spring, and is more common in young and middle-aged people who have been healthy in the past. This is because the virus cannot divide and proliferate by itself, but needs to invade other cells for replication and expansion. When the virus invades myocardial cells, in addition to directly causing cardiomyocyte damage, the body's immune system will also recognize diseased cardiomyocytes as foreign antigens, thereby attacking and causing more serious damage.
study also found that after infection with the virus, the risk of developing viral myocarditis will be greater. Young and middle-aged people have stronger immune systems and do not pay attention to rest after infection, which is why they have a high probability of getting sick.
So, how to identify fulminant myocarditis from the common cold? A survey in Europe showed that more than 70% of patients with fulminant myocarditis had difficulty breathing, 30% of patients had chest pain and 20% of patients had palpitations.
Therefore, if you experience symptoms such as shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, chest tightness, chest pain or palpitations after a cold, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible. Some patients with colds are treated. In addition to checking blood, the doctor may also ask you to do electrocardiogram and myocardial injury marker examination. This is also to detect myocarditis in a timely manner and avoid delayed treatment.
Experts suggest that
fulminant myocarditis
Cold virus and enterovirus may cause fulminant myocarditis, which is a complication with a low probability of occurrence but very serious condition. If you experience symptoms such as shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, chest tightness, chest pain or palpitations during a cold, you should go to the hospital for examination and confirmation. For fulminant myocarditis, prevention is more important than treatment. First, prevent cold virus infection. Once you catch a cold, you should pay attention to sufficient rest to avoid excessive fatigue. Colds are very common and can often be cured quickly, but we must also be wary of possible complications. The ancients said: Be careful to sail a thousand-year-old ship.
People's Health Press published "Talking about the "heart" - About the heart's medicine, health and lifestyle"
Book author: Liu Jian
(Human health)
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