Is cor pulmonale serious? You should know these things

Cor pulmonale is a disease caused by disease of the pulmonary artery. Many people want to know whether cor pulmonale is serious. Generally, cor pulmonale itself is not serious, but it can cause many serious complications. Cor pulmonale can also be said to be a heart disease, and treatment must be timely.

1. Cor pulmonale itself is not a very serious disease, but when pulmonary hypertension occurs, special attention is generally required. Usually, you need to pay attention to reducing the possibility of severe damage to cardiopulmonary function caused by cold infections, and regularly infuse ligustrazine injection to reduce pulmonary hypertension.

2. Cor pulmonale is a condition in which chronic lesions of the pulmonary artery lead to a persistent increase in pulmonary artery pressure that eventually exceeds the normal value. At the same time, the right ventricle becomes enlarged, and sometimes the patient may suffer from right heart failure. Its full name is "cor pulmonale". As the name suggests, this disease is caused by some problems with the lungs.

3. Cor pulmonale is a relatively serious type of heart disease. At first, the patient will cough and expectorate repeatedly, and may also have wheezing when breathing, which manifests as difficulty breathing and general weakness, causing great trouble to the patient's life. If it is not completely cured at this time, the disease will further develop and respiratory failure and heart failure will occur. Patients will feel obvious dizziness and chest tightness, which is caused by hypoxia and carbon dioxide retention. When the respiratory function is impaired, carbon dioxide accumulates more and more in the body, affecting the normal gas exchange. If the condition further deteriorates into pulmonary encephalopathy, the patient will have headaches, shortness of breath, irritability and even nausea. There will be certain speech barriers, slurred speech and inability to express normally. In severe cases, the patient may even suffer from mental confusion and hallucinations. When heart failure occurs, the patient will have ascites and edema in the legs, and in more serious cases, the whole body will have edema.