How to alleviate and treat heart failure?

The symptoms of acute heart failure are dangerous and the condition is urgent. If it is not rescued in time, it will often be life-threatening. Oxygen should be inhaled immediately. When conditions permit, oxygen can be inhaled through 20% ~ 30% ethanol (alcohol) solution. Coma patients should be given oxygen under pressure through masks, and hyperbaric oxygen chamber is more ideal for treatment. In ordinary families, patients should rest in a sitting or semi-lying position first, with their feet hanging over the bed. If acute left heart failure can be diagnosed clearly, when patients are accompanied by restlessness, a small amount of morphine or dolantin should be given priority (used with caution in the elderly). Choosing rapid cardiotonic drugs (azadirachtin K or cedilanid) and vasodilators (phentolamine, sodium nitroprusside or prazosin, indomethacin, etc.) is an emergency rescue measure. ) and diuretics (furosemide, diuretic sodium or dihydrogram urine plug, etc. Causes of heart failure (such as hypertension and arrhythmia). ) should not be ignored, but should also be given active treatment. Emergency rescue should be based on the local conditions at that time, as far as possible to give emergency treatment. The patient's condition is slightly stable, and he should be transferred to a better medical unit as safely as possible. However, when the condition is unstable, try to invite doctors from nearby medical units for home visits.

The treatment of chronic heart failure is mainly to try to reduce the burden on the heart and enhance the working ability of the myocardium. In order to have good rest conditions for the family, it is necessary to rest in a high pillow or semi-recumbent position, reasonable diet and treatment. Effectively treat the etiology of chronic heart failure, and control rheumatic activities if there are rheumatic diseases; Excessive blood pressure fluctuation requires antihypertensive treatment; Patients with hyperthyroidism and anemia should also be treated accordingly. Only in this way can we ensure the therapeutic effect of chronic heart failure. Cardiotonic agents, diuretics and vasodilators are usually used for special treatments. Digitalis drugs are generally taken orally in small doses, and prazosin is often the first choice among vasodilators. In addition, we should also actively prevent emotional excitement, fatigue, various infections and arrhythmia and other incentives that aggravate heart failure.