Cardiac neuropathy: What you need to know

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Cardiac neuropathy is a benign pathology, which does not endanger the patient's life. When patients have cardiac neurological disorders, patients often have symptoms such as fast or slow heartbeat, or palpitations, dizziness, dizziness.

1. What is a neurocardiogenic disorder?


“Nervous heart” This is the phrase used to refer to the “vegetative nervous system”. The autonomic nervous system is a nervous system that plays a very important role in the normal physiological activities of the body, it controls the activities of the organs in the body automatically, regardless of the brain. heart, blood vessels, stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys, bladder, heart rate, blood pressure,...
Cardiac neuropathy is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system related to phenomena such as the heart. Fast or slow heartbeat, easy nervousness, dizziness, dizziness, fainting or arrhythmia, increased blood pressure ... In addition, patients may also feel fatigue, pain, sharp pain in the heart area. or chest area,...

Thần kinh thực vật bị rối loạn khiến bệnh nhân đau nhói vùng tim
Thần kinh thực vật bị rối loạn khiến bệnh nhân đau nhói vùng tim

Cardiac neuropathy is not an organic heart disease, which means that the patient's heart is healthy, without any damage to the heart, this is why when going for a cardiac exam, During tests such as an electrocardiogram, an echocardiogram, the doctor usually does not find any abnormalities or pathological damage to the heart.

2. Causes of cardiac nerve disorders


Causes of neurological disorders include:
Psychological trauma, stress, anxiety disorders, emotional changes such as anger, fear, grief, ... are among the causes. cardiac neurological disorder. Patients with myocardial ion concentration disorder: This usually occurs when the patient has fever, dehydration or side effects of medication. Lack of physical activity, using a lot of stimulants such as alcohol, tobacco, strong tea, coffee... are also the causes of cardiac neuropathy. Due to the impact of dust, the living environment is polluted.

Trắc nghiệm: Huyết áp của bạn có đang thực sự tốt?

Huyết áp cao hay thấp đều ảnh hưởng đến tình trạng sức khỏe con người. Để biết tình trạng huyết áp của bạn có thực sự tốt không, hãy làm bài trắc nghiệm sau đây để đánh giá.

3. Common symptoms of cardiac neuropathy


Cardiac neuropathy is a disease without physical damage to the heart, but its symptoms are similar to those of most cardiovascular diseases. Cardiac neuropathy has the following symptoms:
Shortness of breath: Cardiac nerve disorders cause the patient's thoracic diaphragm to dysfunction and spasm, which makes the patient feel unable to breathe get a full breath and patients tend to sit near a window to get some fresh air. Patients often feel unusually tired, exhausted, and often difficult to recover from even after rest. Chest pain: This is a symptom that can occur at any age. Patients with cardiac neuropathy often have a dull throbbing pain in the chest, this pain can be acute, come and go quickly, but can also be chronic. Palpitations : This is one of the common symptoms of cardiac nerve disorders. When stressed or exerted, patients often feel that the heart beats abnormally and rapidly. Abnormal breathing: Patients often breathe quickly and deeply, always feel like they can't get enough air into their lungs, and want to pass out. "Can cardiac neuropathy increase blood pressure" is a question that many people are interested in, especially in elderly patients. The autonomic nervous system is disturbed, causing the patient's blood pressure to rise. At this time, the patient will feel dizzy, light-headed, dizzy, unsteady or want to faint.

Rối loạn thần kinh tim có thể khiến người bệnh chóng mặt choáng váng
Rối loạn thần kinh tim có thể khiến người bệnh chóng mặt choáng váng

4. How are neurocardiogenic disorders treated?


Non-drug treatment: Patients need to change their lifestyle in a positive way:
Minimize the use of stimulants such as alcohol, tobacco, solid tea, coffee.... Physical activity : Physical training significantly improves psychological and health problems for patients with neurocardiogenic disorders. When suffering from cardiac neurological disorders, patients should exercise regularly, when exercising, they should choose gentle and moderate exercises such as walking, yoga, swimming,... Cigarette smoke is 1 In order to prevent and treat the disease, patients should not smoke and should advise their family members to give up smoking as soon as possible. Control your emotions well, don't get too emotional and stressed. Think positive, keep a relaxed mood, avoid stress, anxiety. Drug therapy: The drugs of choice for the treatment of cardiac neuropathy are beta-blockers, sometimes with sedation. When using these drugs, patients need to follow the doctor's instructions because these drugs, if used at the wrong dose or overdose, will make the patient's tachycardia arrhythmia worse. . Note that this class of drugs is contraindicated in patients with bronchial asthma and other respiratory diseases because it increases the risk of bronchospasm.
Cardiomyopathy is a benign disease and can be treated. A healthy lifestyle can help prevent and relieve symptoms caused by the disease. If the above treatments do not work, the patient should soon go to the medical center for examination and treatment.
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