The full name of atrial fibrillation is atrial fibrillation, which is a common arrhythmia in the clinic.
Most of the reasons for this are heart-related diseases such as rheumatic or hypertensive heart disease, coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, and infective endocarditis.
In addition, atrial fibrillation can also occur with conditions such as hyperthyroidism or pulmonary artery embolism that lead to acute hypoxia in the heart and lungs, metabolic and blood disorders, or hypercapnia.
According to relevant statistics, most of the people who appear with atrial fibrillation are middle-aged and elderly, because the incidence of atrial fibrillation will increase with the age of people.
However, the prevalence of atrial fibrillation has increased in recent years, and after just 11 years, the incidence of atrial fibrillation has increased by about 20 times. There are still many young people in these atrial fibrillation patients, and many people do not understand why young people also have atrial fibrillation? Here are three reasons.
1. Heart disease
Clinically, atrial fibrillation mostly occurs in the elderly, but young people with heart disease may also develop atrial fibrillation because the heart disease cannot remain stable and the burden on the heart will increase.
Therefore, young heart disease patients should also follow the doctor's advice to treat heart disease, try to do a good job in the maintenance of the heart, and prevent ischemia and hypoxia in the heart to avoid atrial fibrillation.
2. Hyperthyroidism or pulmonary artery embolism
Some people suffer from hyperthyroidism or pulmonary artery embolism at a young age, and if the condition is not well controlled, it may cause the heart to be stimulated, which can cause atrial fibrillation. Therefore, patients with hyperthyroidism and pulmonary artery embolism should also actively cooperate with doctors to treat the primary disease, so that the disease can be effectively controlled and the incidence of atrial fibrillation is reduced.
3. Alcoholism
Many people have the habit of drinking, and drinking alcohol for a long time will lead to an increase in the body's blood pressure, causing more chronic damage to the heart and blood vessels after high blood pressure. In particular, after a large amount of alcoholism, the blood flow rate will be accelerated, so that the blood pressure will rise rapidly, and the burden on the heart will increase, resulting in atrial fibrillation.
If young people have the above three situations, it is also likely to cause atrial fibrillation, so we cannot take it lightly. If you find that the heart is uncomfortable, chest tightness, fatigue and other conditions, it is best to go to the hospital in time, and only after receiving treatment can you prevent the occurrence of atrial fibrillation. So, what is the effect of atrial fibrillation on the body?
Clinically, patients cannot completely pump out the blood in the atrium after the atrial contractile function is weakened, resulting in blood stasis in the atrium.
If the patient does not receive anticoagulation and remains in this state, the blood may slowly clot into a lump, forming a blood clot. Once a thrombosis occurs, it is possible to cause patients with myocardial infarction, pulmonary artery embolism, cerebral infarction and venous embolism of the lower extremities, which may cause local pain, affecting the normal walking function of the human body, and cause death.
Both young people and middle-aged and elderly people may have atrial fibrillation, because the cause of atrial fibrillation is not only aging, but also related to diseases and personal habits.
Therefore, young people should also try to protect their bodies and take measures to prevent atrial fibrillation. In order to avoid blood clots after the occurrence of atrial fibrillation, the blood vessels in the heart, lungs, lower limbs and brain parts are blocked, causing a series of complications, which seriously affects the health of the body.