Hubei Daily News (reporter Yu Jinyi, correspondent Cui Yi) An elderly man in Wuhan was repeatedly hospitalized due to a variety of diseases, sodium water retention in the body, resulting in stubborn heart failure. With the help of new equipment, Wuhan Wuchang Hospital filtered out 4500ml of liquid from the elderly,300 percent, rapidly improving the symptoms of heart failure in the elderly and ending the "hospitalization run" of the elderly.
Yi Daddy, 68, suffers from a variety of diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and sequelae of cerebral infarction. Three years ago, Due to illness, the internal and external fluid exchange was out of balance, sodium water retention, repeated chest tightness, panting, and even inability to lie flat, and the whole body was edematous, and he was diagnosed with refractory heart failure. For this reason, Yi Daddy is almost hospitalized for a long time and needs a variety of intravenous diuretics for intensive treatment. Unfortunately, his symptoms of edema did not improve. Frequent onset of illness and hospitalization, a long "hospital run", seriously affected the quality of life of Yi Daddy.
On November 23, Daddy Yi came to Wuhan Wuchang Hospital to be hospitalized in the second ward of the Department of Cardiology. "90% of these patients with chronic heart failure are due to sodium water retention. Fluid buildup leads to pulmonary congestion and elevated ventricular filling pressure, and patients experience dyspnea, fatigue, edema, and congestion of the digestive tract. Severe patients, even when sitting still, can be breathless. Although diuretics partially relieve symptoms, they do not adequately correct fluid retention. With long-term application of diuretics, patients gradually have poor response to drugs, causing refractory heart failure. Rao Lingzhang, director of the second ward of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, said that nearly half of the patients still had different degrees of lung congestion in their bodies when they were discharged from the hospital, which was the main reason for their repeated hospitalizations.
After discussing with the cardiovascular medicine team, Rao Lingzhang decided to take a new type of heart failure ultrafiltration dehydration treatment for Yi Daddy. "This is a simple ultrafiltration dehydration device specifically for heart failure, which can quickly improve the symptoms of heart failure in a short period of time by puncturing the veins, pumping out the blood, and then going through a special blood filter to remove the salt and water, and finally sending the blood back into the body." Rao Lingzhang explained.
With the joint efforts of the Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, the medical staff successfully filtered out 4500ml of liquid from Daddy Yi's body, which is equivalent to 9 bottles of mineral water. At present, Yi Daddy's vital signs are stable, and the symptoms of heart failure have improved rapidly.
Rao Lingzhang said that the device can control the removal of excess body fluids according to the degree of fluid retention of patients, without dialysis replacement solution, and can quickly remove excessive water from the body. In a short period of time, symptoms such as dyspnea can be quickly alleviated. It can shorten the length of hospital stay for patients, improve the quality of life, and reduce the rate of re-hospitalization.
She reminded that winter is a high incidence of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular disease patients, in order to prevent recurrence, usually should pay attention to keep warm, avoid cold induction, but also need to maintain emotional stability, regular work and rest, low-salt diet to prevent water and sodium retention.