Can viral myocarditis be cured? How to cure it?

Viral myocarditis is an infectious myocarditis caused by a viral infection, and patients often experience symptoms such as rapid heartbeat. Many people want to know whether viral myocarditis can be cured. Generally speaking, in addition to basic treatment, viral myocarditis also requires attention to rest.

1. Viral myocarditis refers to localized or diffuse myocardial inflammation caused by viral infection. It is an infectious myocardial disease. Viral myocarditis is divided into acute myocarditis and chronic myocarditis according to the severity of the disease. Most patients with viral myocarditis can recover after appropriate treatment.

2. Most patients with viral myocarditis have a good prognosis if they are diagnosed and treated early; a very small number of patients die from severe arrhythmias, heart failure or cardiogenic shock. Since there is no effective method to completely cure viral infection, and due to individual reaction differences, a small number of patients may develop dilated cardiomyopathy. Patients who have developed dilated cardiomyopathy should receive standardized treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy.

3. It is generally believed that there is no specific medicine for the treatment of viral myocarditis. It is mainly symptomatic treatment, adequate rest, improvement of myocardial nutrition, control of heart failure and correction of arrhythmia, avoidance of colds, prevention of secondary infection, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment still has a good effect, and many patients can be cured, but the shortest course of treatment in the acute stage is more than three months.

4. Once the disease is diagnosed, you should immediately rest in bed and eat easily digestible foods rich in vitamins and proteins. The purpose of rest is to reduce the burden on the heart and prevent it from enlarging. If the heart has enlarged, most of it can shrink after a long period of strict bed rest. Failure to pay attention to bed rest in the early stage may lead to progressive enlargement of the heart and bring sequelae, which is not worth the gain. Excessive fatigue can increase the burden on the heart on the one hand, and induce heart failure and arrhythmia, and even sudden death on the other hand. Bed rest should be extended until the symptoms disappear and the electrocardiogram returns to normal, which usually takes about 3 months. For those with enlarged hearts or those who have had heart failure, the period should be extended to half a year until the heart no longer shrinks and the symptoms of heart failure disappear. Under close observation, gradually increase the amount of activity, and during the recovery period, activity should still be appropriately restricted for 3 to 6 months.