Hello everyone, I'm Dr. Zhang. In winter, the cardiology wards all over the country are full, and the queue is half a day to stay, and doctors often have to work overtime until after 10 o'clock at night for surgery. So today, I want to remind everyone that there are these types of people, and they must pay more attention to keeping warm than others in winter to prevent sudden heart attacks.
The first is people who have coronary heart disease
In fact, there is no need to say more, if the blood vessels of your heart are narrowed by 50% or 70%, it is coronary heart disease, but it has not yet reached the point of putting a stent. At this time, if there is a sudden cold stimulus, the blood vessels may constrict and spasm, and it may cause a heart attack. In fact, simple freezing is fine, people slowly get used to it, the most afraid is that the heating at home is turned on very sufficiently, and then suddenly go out, this cold and hot to the blood vessels are particularly stimulated.
The second group is people who are at high risk of heart disease
Over 40 years old, smoking and staying up late, high work pressure, high blood pressure, high blood lipids, diabetes, and parents at home had a heart attack or even sudden death when they were young, these few arbitrarily account for more than 3, it belongs to the high-risk group of cardiovascular disease, and you must be careful in winter. If you suddenly have chest pain when you go out, and it lasts for more than half an hour, you must go to the emergency department of the hospital to have a look.
The third group is people with lung problems
In fact, respiratory diseases are often overflowing in winter. Because it is easy to get infected with a cold, if you have chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the infection will be aggravated. The heart is one of the organs with the largest oxygen demand after the brain. So sometimes, there is a problem with lung function, and oxygen is not available, which may also cause heart symptoms.
Is there any way to avoid sudden blockage of blood vessels in winter?
Many people think that it would be safer for me to go to the infusion to maintain and dredge the blood vessels and soften them when the seasons changeBut there are currently no infusions that can soften or unclog blood vessels. Therefore, going to the infusion has almost no meaning for the average person to prevent cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Cheung actually has three suggestions in this regard.
The first is to strengthen immunity。Winter is the outbreak season of epidemic diseases, and influenza and pneumonia are particularly common. As I said earlier, pneumonia is actually a big cause of heart disease in winter, so avoiding the new crown, flu and pneumonia is the top priority. Then to avoid getting sick, you have to improve your immunity, eat more protein, ensure sleep, don't be so stressed, it's almost the end of the year, arrange everything, don't wait for the New Year to be in a hurry, the pressure is particularly high.
Second, exerciseIt's an eternal topic. Exercise more to promote blood circulation, but in winter, you can choose some indoor exercises, such as jumping and gymnastics at home, using a rowing machine, such as outdoors, you can do some warm-up exercises, don't run out on a whim to exercise, people suddenly inhale a lot of cold air, in fact, you can't stand it.
Third, blood pressure will increase after blood vessel constriction in winter, so it is important to pay attention to monitoring blood pressureIf it continues to be high, then you should take medicine to control it, you have to remember that the blood vessels in winter are more fragile than in other seasons.
Finally, now we don't want to go out in winter, eat and drink at home, especially eat a lot of saturated fat, pork belly, big fatty meat, say it is cold, the amount of activity in winter is small, and if you eat more, you will definitely get fat, and the result will only become more and more unhealthy.
Finally, I hope that we can all spend this winter in good health and have a festive Spring Festival.
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