Shortness of breath is one of the main symptoms of heart failure. This increase in the frequency and / or depth of breathing, which is accompanied by a sense of lack of air. This violation can bring considerable inconvenience to the patient. Therefore, when a symptom such as dyspnea appears, in case of heart failure, it is necessary to choose the appropriate treatment and, in severe cases of its manifestation, to provide the patient with first aid.
Treatment of dyspnea
If there was shortness of breath in heart failure, treatment should be comprehensive, that is, aimed at eliminating not only this symptom, but also the underlying disease. For this, the patient is prescribed such medicines:
- cardiac glycosides (Strofantan K, Digoxin or Corligicon);
- ACE inhibitors (Enalapril, Quinapril, Ramipril or Trandolapril);
- beta-blockers (Carvedipol, Methopropol, Propranolol or Celipropol):
- antagonists of aldosterone receptors (Eplerenone or Spironolactone).
For the treatment of dyspnea in heart failure, you can take medications that help reduce the tone of the vesicles and eliminate the burden on the heart:
- Nitroglycerine;
- Apressin;
- Isoket;
- Minoxidil;
- Nesiritide.
Or use the means that normalize the heart rate:
- Amiodarone;
- Sotaleks;
- Cardiodarone.
Prevent the formation of thrombi, facilitate the flow of blood through the vessels and reduce the frequency and / or depth of breathing drugs such as:
- Warfarin;
- Fragmin;
- Aspirin Cardio;
- Tyclid;
- Cardiomagnet ;
- Anistat;
- Fluvastatin.
If the medication is ineffective and the pills do not eliminate shortness of breath and other symptoms of heart failure, the patient is assigned a surgical procedure. It can be:
- elimination of valvular defect;
- staging a cardioverter-defibrillator or pacemaker;
- transplantation of artificial ventricles;
- enveloping the heart with an elastic mesh frame;
- heart transplantation.
Folk methods for the treatment of dyspnea
Treatment of dyspnea with heart failure folk remedies is quite effective. For example, the leaves of aloe have a bronchodilator effect, so you can make a good expectorant from them.
Recipe for infusion
Ingredients:
- leaflets of aloe - 50 g;
- vodka - 100 ml;
- honey - 1 tsp.
Preparation
Crush the leaves of aloe and pour them with vodka. After 10 days strain the infusion. Take it you need 1 tsp. a day, sweetening it with honey.
To treat shortness of breath and cough with heart failure, you can use a mixture of garlic and honey and lemon.
The recipe for the mixture
Ingredients:
- lemons - 10 pieces;
- garlic - 10 heads;
- honey - 1 liter.
Preparation
Make a gruel of lemons and garlic with a blender or meat grinder. Add a liter of honey to the mixture. After 7 days, you can take this drug for 4 teaspoons per day.
First aid for wheezing
With the development of a severe attack of dyspnea with heart failure, you need to call an ambulance and, before her arrival, give the patient first aid. To do this, perform the following actions:
- Help the patient to occupy a comfortable semi-sitting position with his legs lowered.
- Unbutton the tight-fitting clothes.
- Try to calm the patient and provide him with fresh air.
- If there are tablets Nitroglycerin, give them to him (1-2 tablets under the tongue, with an interval of 5-10 minutes).
- Make a hot foot bath.
- With high blood pressure, give the patient any antihypertensive drug.
If the onset of shortness of breath was recorded for the first time or accompanied by other urgent conditions ( hypertensive crisis , pulmonary edema, myocardial infarction, etc.), the patient is obligatorily hospitalized.