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Depression and long-term stress are one of the causes that increase the risk of heart attack, heart failure. Therefore, stress management plays an important role in reducing the risk of stroke for patients.
1. What is depression?
Depression (English name: Depression) is a medical condition characterized by psychological disturbances. It is estimated that about 3-5% have a significant depressive disorder. The lifetime risk of a person developing depression is 15-20%. This syndrome is common in people with unhappy marriages, unemployment,...
Depression has a negative impact on the patient's feelings, thoughts or behavior. Patients often have depressed mood, sadness, insomnia, decreased interest, ... persistent. Besides, depression is also linked to many other health problems, typically cardiovascular disease.
Trầm cảm gây ảnh hưởng đến chất lượng cuộc sống của người bệnh
2. Depression, prolonged stress can increase the risk of heart failure
Depression is a disease that increases the risk of a heart attack that causes a broken heart. Heart rupture is when a patient has a myocardial infarction, causing necrosis of the heart muscle wall, rupture of the heart muscle wall at points where the heart muscle is weakened by necrosis. Heart rupture causes bleeding, cardiogenic shock, and severe heart failure with a mortality rate of up to 50-60%.
According to doctors, external factors such as psychological trauma in life, stress due to life pressure, work, ... cause great effects on the heart. Long-term depression and stress directly affect the nervous system, respiratory system, circulatory system. Psychological pressure can cause depression, high blood pressure, heart attack, even heart failure due to stress, etc. Thus, the risk of depression causing heart rupture can completely occur.
Cardiologists assess that prolonged stress is the cause of chest pain, heart attack. As a result, a heart attack can lead to heart failure. At the same time, depression was also a factor that increased the risk of death by 2 times in cardiovascular patients compared with the group of people with heart disease without depression.
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3. Measures to prevent the risk of cardiovascular events caused by depression
When suffering from cardiovascular disease and depression, in addition to following the correct treatment methods, the patient also needs to try to maintain a suitable lifestyle. Specifically:
Do not isolate yourself, so you should regularly communicate and integrate with people around; Learn how to relax psychologically, manage stress; Increase physical activity and actively practice sports. Exercise helps the brain to increase the secretion of effective anti-depressant hormones such as Endorphins, Serotonin,...; Eat enough nutrients, do not skip meals to avoid weakening the body and increasing fatigue; Reasonable rest, enough sleep; Do not smoke, do not drink alcohol; When you have unusual symptoms that warn of a health problem, you need to see a doctor immediately.
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Depression is a disease that causes negative effects on health in general, cardiovascular disease in particular, and can even increase the risk of heart failure. Therefore, as soon as they see signs of depression or manifestations of cardiovascular disease, patients should immediately go to the doctor, receive full treatment and continuous monitoring. Cardiovascular Center - Vinmec International General Hospital is one of the leading centers in the country for examination, diagnosis, screening and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. With the convergence of a team of experienced, reputable experts in the field of surgery, internal medicine, interventional cardiac catheterization and the application of advanced techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Cardiovascular management, along with a system of modern equipment, on par with the most prestigious hospitals in the world such as: 3 Tesla MRI machine (Siemens), 640 CT machine (Toshiba), other equipment EVIS EXERA III advanced endoscope (Japan Olympiad), Avace high-end anesthesia system, Hybrid operating room according to international standards... The Cardiovascular Center at Vinmec International General Hospital has achieved many successes. work and gain the trust of a large number of patients.
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