Panic, shortness of breath, and chest tightness are among the more common symptoms, especially when staying up too late, malnutrition or emotional agitation.
However, as long as you rest properly and pay attention to nutritional and emotional conditioning, these discomforts will be alleviated in a short period of time. If symptoms of palpitation, shortness of breath, and chest tightness often occur, then it is necessary to cause a high degree of vigilance, which is most likely related to atrial fibrillation.
So, what exactly is atrial fibrillation? Below, let's take a closer look at it.
What is atrial fibrillation?
1. Definition of disease
Atrial fibrillation is a disorder of atrial electrical activity, so atrial fibrillation, also known as atrial fibrillation, is a very common arrhythmia. The incidence is very high and is on the rise year by year. Especially for the elderly male population, the probability of atrial fibrillation will be very high.
Atrial fibrillation is generally divided into paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, persistent atrial fibrillation, and long-term persistent atrial fibrillation and permanent atrial fibrillation, each of which causes a variety of discomforts in patients, and atrial fibrillation is also a major cause of thromboembolism, heart failure, and stroke.
Second, the cause of the disease
The causes of atrial fibrillation are generally related to a series of cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, chronic pulmonary heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, infectious endocardial inflammatory diseases, etc.
In addition, if there is hyperthyroidism or pulmonary artery embolism, as well as metabolism, acute hypoxia, and hypercapnia, it can also cause the appearance of atrial fibrillation.
3. Symptoms of the disease
If paroxysmal atrial fibrillation is a, patients occasionally experience a heart beat, as well as shortness of breath, fatigue, irritability, polyuria, and low blood pressure.
If it is a persistent atrial fibrillation, then the patient will have persistent palpitations, increased heart rate after activity, and shortness of breath in daily life.
In addition, when atrial fibrillation occurs, the atrium loses its systolic function, and a large amount of blood will form a blood clot in the atrium.
Once these clots fall off, they circulate into the cerebral arteries, leading to cerebral artery embolism. It will cause patients to have dizziness and headache, or symptoms such as coma, impaired consciousness, cough, and hemiplegia.
If pulmonary artery embolism, mesenteric artery embolism, and renal artery embolism and limb artery embolism are caused, a series of abnormalities will occur in these areas. In severe cases, it can even threaten the patient's life.
So, what exactly should patients do when they have atrial fibrillation?
What should I do if I have atrial fibrillation?
1. Symptomatic treatment
After the illness, the patient must be admitted to the hospital as soon as possible, and a personalized treatment plan is formulated according to the cause of atrial fibrillation, the degree of the disease, and the patient's own constitution.
In general, some anticoagulant drugs, or drugs to control the ventricle rate, can be taken appropriately. If the condition is severe, surgery is required promptly.
2. Daily care
No matter which method of treatment is adopted, it is necessary to do a good job of daily nursing work. The diet should increase the intake of vegetables, fruits and fungal foods, and also appropriately match some milk, lean meat, protein and other foods.
In addition, patients must pay attention to rest and cannot have exertion behavior. It is even more important to maintain a relaxed and pleasant attitude and avoid being in negative emotions.
All in all, if the symptoms of palpitation, shortness of breath, and chest tightness occur repeatedly in daily life, it is generally caused by atrial fibrillation.
Atrial fibrillation is a relatively common arrhythmia, which is caused by some cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and other factors.
Once suffering from atrial fibrillation, patients will experience repeated palpitations, fatigue, chest tightness, dizziness and other symptoms. If there is no early treatment, the probability of heart failure and stroke in the later stages will be particularly high.
Therefore, after the illness, it is necessary to receive medication or surgical treatment and do a good job of daily nursing work in order to effectively maintain the health of patients.