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Uncle Feng is over 70 years old and still works in the fields.
During a field work, I felt chest tightness and chest pain, so I hurriedly asked my son to take me to the hospital.
The doctor examined that it was a myocardial infarction, and from the electrocardiogram ultrasound, the coronary artery was occluded by nearly 8 percent, so it was recommended that Uncle Feng have heart stent surgery.
But Uncle Feng heard that he was going to have heart stent surgery on himself, but he refused to do it, and it was useless to persuade his family, so he shouted: "I don't do it, I heard people say that if you have heart stent surgery, people will not work." ”
When the doctor heard this, he hurriedly persuaded the old man to calm down, explaining in detail that this was a suggestion based on his physical condition.
Uncle Feng was skeptical, and couldn't bear the persuasion of his family and doctors, and finally agreed to the operation.
Why did Uncle Feng have this idea? Does heart stent surgery save or harm people?
1. After heart bypass surgery, people can't do it?
Before discussing this, it is important to know a little about cardiac stents.
The professional term "stent" is very familiar to everyone, and the scientific name is coronary stent.
It is a medical device used in cardiac interventional surgery and plays a role in unblocking arterial blood vessels.
If you have an acute myocardial infarction or angina, your doctor may recommend a heart stent surgery.
Specifically, patients with left main lesions, three-vessel diffuse lesions, and concurrent acute myocardial infarction are candidates for cardiac stent surgery.
Among them, interventional surgery can be performed for the first two diseases, but the surgery is risky, so it is recommended to have a cardiac stent.
In the case of acute myocardial infarction, the heart is not suitable for interventional surgery at all, and cardiac stent treatment can only be chosen.
Like Uncle Feng, who suffers from acute myocardial infarction, the doctor's advice is in line with the routine.
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Uncle Feng was very resistant to the doctor wanting to give him a heart stent, and in his opinion, after stent surgery, he would not live long.
So, is it really as Uncle Feng said: Is it useless after heart bypass?
This statement is certainly not true.
As a medical device, it was produced to treat diseases and save lives, and now it is widely used in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, which is enough to show that cardiac stents are indeed useful.
As for many people who say that after surgery, many people do not live long, there should be more reasons.
If you have no other diseases, then you don't live long after surgery, probably because you don't have good recovery and follow-up maintenance.
If you have other diseases and are not in good health, the doctor will definitely inform you before the surgery that other diseases may be caused after the surgery.
In this way, the body that has not recovered well is naturally more damaged, and the life span is affected normally.
It can only be said that the operation itself does not affect the length of life, and the problem lies in the original physical health and whether the postoperative recovery and conditioning are good.
2. Is it true that cardiac stents are abused?
The claim that cardiac stents are being abused is inaccurate and one-sided.
Cardiac stenting is an effective treatment for coronary heart disease, especially in critical situations such as acute myocardial infarction, which can quickly open blocked blood vessels and save the patient's life.
Based on the patient's specific condition, the degree of vascular stenosis, symptoms, and a variety of test results, the doctor will make a comprehensive decision on whether a heart stent is needed.
In general, if the patient's coronary artery stenosis is severe, it affects the blood supply to the heart muscle.
If there is a poor response to medical therapy or there is a risk of acute myocardial infarction, cardiac stent placement is a necessary and reasonable treatment option.
However, there may be some individual cases where inappropriate use of cardiac stenting may occur due to differences in medical standards, errors in physician judgment, or other improper factors.
But this is only a rare case and is not representative of the whole.
For example, some hospitals may over-recommend patients to be placed with stents for economic gain, but this situation is gradually decreasing under strict medical supervision and norms.
To avoid unnecessary cardiac stenting, patients can consult with several specialists about different treatment options and recommendations before undergoing treatment.
At the same time, the medical industry is also constantly strengthening norms and supervision, improving the professional level and professional ethics of doctors to ensure that the use of cardiac stents is reasonable and necessary.
3. Not everything is fine after cardiac stent surgery
In order not to affect life after heart stent surgery, it is important to have cardiac rehabilitation after surgery.
Cardiac rehabilitation can help patients recover their heart function, avoid recurrence, and further improve their quality of life.
Specifically, in the postoperative rehabilitation of cardiac stent surgery, we must do a good job in 5 points:
The first point is to stick to medication.
After the heart stent surgery is completed, the doctor will generally prescribe some drugs to stabilize the body according to the actual situation of the patient.
For example, prescribing some aspirin tissues platelet clotting, thereby reducing the risk of blood clots; Prescribe some statin medications to lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of possible atherosclerosis.
The second point is to measure blood pressure and heart rate at regular intervals.
After the surgery, patients should not take it lightly and need to have their blood pressure and heart rate checked regularly.
Controlling blood pressure at normal values protects the heart and reduces the burden on the coronary arteries.
The heart rate needs to be maintained at an appropriate level, not too fast or too slow, so as not to have a negative impact on the heart.
The third point is to control the diet reasonably.
To restore heart health, be sure to control your diet.
After surgery, you should try to avoid eating foods that are high in cholesterol, fat, salt and sugar, and should eat more vegetables, fruits, whole grains and healthy fats.
A reasonable and balanced diet can prevent coronary arteriosclerosis in the body.
The fourth point is to exercise regularly.
After the wound has healed, moderate exercise is possible.
Communicate with your doctor before exercising, and you can properly carry out some aerobic exercises, such as swimming, jogging, and walking.
This type of exercise has a significant effect on improving heart function, strengthening the heart muscle, promoting blood circulation, and keeping weight and blood pressure at normal levels.
The fifth point is to provide corresponding psychological support.
After cardiac stent surgery, attention should be paid to both heart health and mental health recovery.
Patients may have some fear, depression and anxiety about the disease, and some psychological counseling should be arranged after the operation to provide them with corresponding psychological support.
Let the patient's feelings be appropriately improved, adjust the mood, so that the patient can have a positive attitude and promote the improvement of the quality of life.
Fourth, these words about heart stents are all misunderstandings!
The reason why patients such as Uncle Feng resist cardiac stent surgery is, on the one hand, because they are worried about the impact on their lifespan.
On the other hand, there is also a certain misunderstanding of the heart stent itself.
In fact, there are some misconceptions about heart stents in life, which are clarified one by one below.
The first misconception is that cardiac stents don't last long and need to be replaced with surgery every few years. This is a misconception.
Heart stents have no lifespan, and if the body is well maintained, it will be fine to use it in the heart for a lifetime.
If you do not listen to the doctor after the operation, and do not take medicine and recover according to the doctor's instructions, then the recurrence of the old disease will only result in the discontinuation of the stent.
The second misconception is that you recover after surgery, which is also a wrong perception.
Stent surgery is done to reduce the pressure on the blood vessels so that they are no longer narrow. If you think everything is fine after the operation, then it will be too much to separate!
After the operation, it is necessary to do a good job of health care, strictly control blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar, etc., and prevent blood clots.
The third misconception is that MRI cannot be done after surgery, which is also wrong.
If you want to have an MRI, you must wait until three months after surgery. It's not that you can't do it, you just need to wait.
Generally, before surgery, doctors will be very careful about the risks of surgery for patients with other physical diseases.
Avoid the need to treat other diseases after stent surgery, so as not to cause things like the need to wait for the body to recover and then take MRI resonance, which will delay the condition.
To solve these misunderstandings, I believe that everyone can correctly understand cardiac stent surgery, and no longer be misunderstood and resist surgery, which delays the condition.
epilogue
Cardiac stent surgery is a good choice for patients who need to treat their diseases!
Nowadays, the management of cardiac stent surgery is becoming more and more scientific and strict, compared with the previous 10 years, doctors have long been not based on more stents to make money, but on the actual needs of the condition.
Therefore, patients who need cardiac stents should not worry, there is no possibility of over-stenting.
At the same time, in the past 10 years, the price of cardiac stents has been relatively expensive, and some patients will give up treatment because of the price.
But now the price of cardiac stents has been lowered by medical insurance, so that more patients can withstand the financial pressure and thus receive practical treatment.
It is never medical devices that harm people, but people who seek personal interests and abuse medical devices.
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