Nursing and complications of coronary heart disease, attention should be paid to methods

Although coronary heart disease is a well-known and relatively familiar disease, not many people really understand it. Their knowledge is only superficial, and they don't know much about the symptoms and care of coronary heart disease, which can easily endanger our lives. But it doesn't matter if you don't know, let's learn about it together below.

Complications of Coronary Heart Disease

In our lives, I believe many of us know that many diseases have complications, and coronary heart disease also has complications. So what are the complications of coronary heart disease? Let’s take a look at them below.

1. Heart rupture

It often occurs within 1 week of myocardial infarction, mostly due to rupture of the ventricular free wall, resulting in pericardial effusion, acute cardiac tamponade and sudden death.

2. Embolism

It is caused by the detachment of thrombus attached to the left ventricle wall, leading to embolism of arteries such as the brain, kidneys, spleen, or limbs.

3. Ventricular aneurysm

This symptom mainly occurs in the left ventricle, and when examined, it will be found that the left heart border becomes larger and the fluctuation range of the heart gradually increases.

4. Post-myocardial infarction syndrome

It occurs within weeks to months after myocardial infarction and may recur, manifesting as pericarditis, pleurisy or pneumonia, with symptoms such as fever and chest pain. It may be an allergic reaction of the body to necrotic substances.

2. Nursing measures

1. When angina pectoris occurs, you must stay in bed and rest, be closely monitored, and keep the environment quiet.

2. Understand the patient's psychological state, eliminate negative emotions, avoid various inducements, and strengthen daily care.

3. When angina pectoris occurs, stop activity immediately and take nitroglycerin sublingually. Observe the adverse reactions of anti-anginal drugs. For example, the use of nitrites often causes symptoms of vasodilation such as headache, head swelling, flushing, and dizziness. People who are sensitive to this drug are prone to orthostatic hypotension.

4. Patients with coronary heart disease cannot smoke or drink. In terms of diet, they should pay attention to eating foods that are low in fat, low in cholesterol and high in vitamins. They should eat light foods and not eat too much at one time.

5. The room temperature should not be too cold or too hot, because cold and heat will increase the burden on the heart and make angina pectoris more likely to occur.

6. Give oxygen inhalation, 3-4 L/min.

7. After the pain stabilizes, you can do appropriate physical activities.