If a person has slowed blood circulation, then chronic oxygen starvation of organs and tissues develops. Due to this pathology, there is a phenomenon such as shortness of breath - difficulty in trying to get air into the lungs, insufficient filling. Often the main cause of this is pulmonary heart failure, which is characterized by a decrease in the contractility of the muscles of the heart and increasing the load on it.
Shortness of breath with heart failure - symptoms
At the very beginning of this pathology, a feeling of lack of air arises solely with strong physical exertion and is often ignored. With the passage of time and the development of the disease there are difficulties with breathing at rest, as well as their appearance in those cases when a person assumes a horizontal position (orthopnea). In some cases, there is so much dyspnea in heart failure that the patient is even forced to sleep in a sedentary or semi-sitting position. In addition, the victim must avoid prolonged stay in one position, as this further slows down the blood flow and, as a result, disrupts oxygen exchange.
Dyspnea with heart failure has the following symptoms:
- tachypnea (rapid breathing);
- cyanotic shade of the skin of the palms and feet, nails;
- increased blood pressure ;
- impaired brain activity;
- fast fatigue, weakness closer to night time.
The pathology under consideration underlies the subdivision of types of heart failure into functional subclasses:
- First - the daily activity of a person is not violated. In rare cases, weakness in the muscles of the body is observed, dyspnea only with intense physical exertion, for example, a rapid ascent to the stairs.
- The second - the daily activity is slightly limited, since the symptoms of heart failure are manifested even under moderate loads (walking, doing housework). In a state of rest, no signs of illness are noted.
- The third - even insignificant physical activity causes the patient acute attacks of dyspnea, a feeling of lack of air and other symptoms of the disease.
- Fourth - there is difficulty in breathing in a calm state, both in horizontal and vertical. Any additional physical effort, even a change in the position of the body, increases the signs of pulmonary-cardiac failure. A person can not fall asleep in a comfortable position, when trying to lie, feels a lump in the throat or in the region of the chest.
Treatment of dyspnea with heart failure
First of all, it is necessary to conduct therapy of the underlying disease, because the pathology of breathing in this case is only a secondary sign. Complex measures to reduce the load on the heart muscle and increase its contractility should be developed by an experienced cardiologist.
To prevent unpleasant complications of dyspnea in heart failure prescribed drugs such as Pumpan or Eltacin. In addition, care should be taken to prevent such a violation of breathing - to provide free access to air, do not wear too tight clothes. Well and help extracts, tinctures of medicinal plants, for example, hawthorn, sage, valerian and mint.
Effective pills for wheezing with heart failure:
- Cardiophyte;
- Cordevit;
- Kralonin;
- Cardio-gran;
- Cratched;
- Homoviocoryne;
- Cardonat;
- Tricardine;
- Doppelgerz energotonik.
Zelenin drops are also considered to be an effective drug.