Exaggerated and untrue reports on the Internet are almost pervasive, especially in the medical field, such as the relatively widely used "pacemaker". Many patients come to seek medical treatment with all kinds of "unwarranted" misunderstandings.
"Heart Yikang" sorted out the 4 questions and answers of two doctors of the Armed Police General Hospital about "pacemaker", so that everyone could better understand the pacemaker.
Chinese Liu Huiliang, chief physician of the Armed Police General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army Chinese Zhao Xuyan, attending physician of the Armed Police General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army
Liu Huiliang, chief physician of the Armed Police General Hospital
Zhao Xuyan: No. It is necessary to analyze it on a case-by-case basis.
If the cause of the slow heartbeat can be corrected, there is no need to install a pacemaker. Like what
1. Drug causes. The patient takes certain drugs that cause the heartbeat to slow down, and after stopping the drug the heartbeat resumes, there is no need to install a pacemaker;
2. Other causes of diseases. If the heart rate is slowed by certain diseases, and the slow heartbeat is corrected after treatment of the disease, a pacemaker is not required. For example, hypothyroidism, acute myocardial infarction.....
3. Reasons for one's own occupation. Under normal circumstances, the heartbeat is slow, but the heartbeat is normal during activity, and if the body's needs can be met, a pacemaker does not need to be installed. For example, athletes....
Liu Huiliang: Three groups of people need to install pacemakers.
The first is that the headquarters sinus knot is no longer working, and the heart is not beating.
Second, although the headquarters sinus node can issue instructions, the cardiac excitation signal in the network system cannot be formed, or the signal is formed but the transmission is blocked, the former is called sick sinus node syndrome, and the latter is called conduction block.
Third, the heart becomes larger and the heart is dysfunctional, resulting in uncoordinated contraction of the left and right ventricles, such as slow contraction of the left ventricle and contraction of the right ventricle first, so that the heart cannot effectively ejaculate blood, and a pacemaker needs to be installed.
Zhao Xuyan: Inaccurate.
It is difficult to determine whether a patient needs to press a pacemaker based on symptoms. Some patients have atypical symptoms, dizziness, fatigue, love to sleep, etc. Some patients experience syncope, loss of consciousness, and episodes of angina.
Liu Huiliang:
You can use the single device normally, but do not consciously place the electronic device above the chest of the pacemaker. If the pacemaker is implanted in the left chest wall and hits the phone with the right hand, the normal high-quality pacemaker is not affected by the signal.
Zhao Xuyan:
1. Postoperative rejection is very small. The pacemaker is cast with titanium alloy, and the rejection of the titanium alloy human body is very small.
2. Other diseases still need to be treated with medicine. Pacemakers only solve the problem of arrhythmias, in addition to arrhythmias but also other diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, coronary heart disease, etc., still need to follow the doctor's medical advice, or continue to take relevant drugs under the guidance of the doctor.
3. Moderate drinking is OK, excessive drinking will inevitably cause other health problems.
4. Implant the pacemaker three months earlier must avoid the implant side last week vigorous activity, shaking action. General walking, jogging is OK. It can be freely moved for three months, but for repeated upper limbs such as push-ups and hanging horizontal bars, it may cause the electrode to break or shift.
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