What should people with heart disease pay attention to during Tet?

People with heart disease are prone to trouble during Tet holiday.

According to Dr. Truong Hong Son, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Applied Medicine, Deputy Secretary General of the Vietnam Medical Association, there are many reasons why people with heart disease have trouble during Tet, such as:

Due to weather factors: In the cold season, blood pressure often increases by about 5mmHg compared to the summer. The risk of stroke in people with cardiovascular disease often increases by 30% when the weather changes. During the Lunar New Year, the weather is often slightly cold to very cold, sometimes with drizzle, which further affects health, causing the blood vessel system to suddenly contract and dilate, causing atherosclerotic plaques to peel off, creating the risk of cerebral vascular occlusion.

Poor cerebral blood circulation also increases peripheral pressure, causing high blood pressure and the risk of cerebral blood vessel rupture. Cold weather also increases the red blood cell and platelet content in the blood, increasing blood viscosity and clotting, making it easier for blood clots to form and block cerebral blood vessels.

Because drinking a lot of alcohol and tobacco contains many bad stimulants, it is recommended not to be used by people with high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.

Due to forgetting to take medication: When people are busy having fun and going on spring trips, they can forget to take medication, leading to dangerous complications.

Warning signs of cardiovascular disease, need early examination

Therefore, when having the following signs, people need to pay attention to early examination to have a peaceful Tet holiday.

Excessive Fatigue: Feeling exhausted can be a sign of a serious health problem like heart disease. When fatigue is related to heart disease, you may feel unable to perform normal daily activities.

Angina: A feeling of pressure, heaviness, tightness, or pain in the chest, as if a heavy weight were sitting on it. This occurs due to reduced blood flow to the heart and is a symptom of coronary artery disease.

Rapid heartbeat: This symptom can appear when you are nervous, anxious, or exercising vigorously... but it is also a sign of a serious health problem, such as arrhythmia.

Shortness of breath: Your heart and lungs work together to deliver oxygen to your blood and tissues and remove carbon dioxide. If either of these organs isn’t working properly, you’ll have to breathe harder to get more oxygen in or move carbon dioxide out. Heart conditions that can cause shortness of breath include heart failure, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, endocarditis, pericarditis, or myocarditis.

Dizziness: This can also be a warning sign of cardiovascular disease, such as atrial fibrillation - causing irregular heartbeat, heart attack, fainting due to cardiac nerve or sudden drop in blood pressure...

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