Prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease

Unit: Puning Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Department of Internal Medicine Name: Wu Qiujin

Coronary heart disease is a heart disease caused by insufficient blood supply to the heart due to stenosis or blockage of the coronary arteries. It is one of the common cardiovascular diseases in my country. With the aging of the population, changes in lifestyle, bad eating habits and the increase of social pressure, the prevalence of coronary heart disease has increased year by year, showing a trend of younger people, posing a serious threat to people's health. Coronary heart disease is one of the most common diseases in the world, especially in developed countries. According to statistics, tens of millions of people die from coronary heart disease every year, and this number continues to increase. Coronary heart disease has a serious impact on the patient's health, quality of life and family finances. Coronary heart disease requires long-term treatment and management, including drug treatment, surgical treatment and regular medical examinations. These medical expenses may become a major burden on the family, especially for families without medical insurance or insufficient insurance coverage. When patients with coronary heart disease need to be hospitalized due to acute cardiac events or the need for interventional treatment, the cost of hospitalization may be very expensive, including medical expenses, hospitalization fees, surgical fees, etc., which will impose a heavy financial burden on the family. Patients with coronary heart disease may need additional family care and nursing, including purchasing special foods, paying for family caregivers, etc., and these expenses will also increase the family's financial burden. It can be seen that understanding the pathogenesis, clinical symptoms and prognosis of coronary heart disease will help provide better treatment plans and preventive measures.

Reasonable prevention of coronary heart disease

1. Eat a balanced diet

In the face of coronary heart disease, controlling the patient's diet is crucial to preventing coronary heart disease. In this process, high fiber, low fat, and moderate protein are the golden rules of specific diets. A diet rich in whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables can not only provide people with rich vitamins and minerals, but also promote gastrointestinal motility and lower cholesterol; olive oil and deep-sea fish oil are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which are very beneficial to cardiovascular health; but everyone also needs to pay attention to the intake of high-cholesterol foods such as red meat and animal offal, so as not to accelerate the process of atherosclerosis. In addition, although a moderate amount of alcohol is helpful for cardiovascular health, the premise is that it is moderate. The intake of alcohol in preventing coronary heart disease should follow the principle of "moderation".

2. Physical Exercise

In addition to diet, regular physical exercise is also very important. It can often effectively strengthen people's heart function, improve blood lipid levels, lower blood pressure, increase insulin sensitivity, and reduce the risk of obesity, thereby effectively preventing coronary heart disease. According to current medical research, a certain degree of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise such as walking, jogging, and cycling every week is very helpful in preventing cardiovascular disease. However, everyone needs to pay attention to the need to integrate these exercises into their daily lives. Don't do intense exercise occasionally. This will not only not be good for the body, but will also cause greater stimulation to the body and affect health.

3. Mental Health

As a common health killer in modern society, long-term psychological stress often leads to chronic stress reactions in people, which indirectly causes a series of cardiovascular problems. Therefore, maintaining one's own psychological balance and health is crucial to preventing coronary heart disease. For example, deep breathing, meditation, yoga, and enjoyable social activities can effectively release self-stress and maintain mental health. At the same time, some current clinical medical studies have also found that an optimistic attitude often indirectly affects one's physical changes and can make the body healthier. Therefore, cultivating a positive and optimistic attitude, learning to face stress and releasing it reasonably, is an effective intervention method to prevent coronary heart disease through psychology.

4. Drug prevention

In addition, for people with cardiovascular disease risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes, reasonable drug treatment is also one of the very important preventive measures. Such as antihypertensive drugs, lipid-lowering drugs, antiplatelet drugs, etc., but the application of such drugs should be used reasonably under the guidance of doctors and regularly reviewed, which can effectively reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease in patients, improve the quality of life of patients, and reduce the economic burden. However, everyone also needs to pay attention that drug treatment should not become an indulgence of bad living habits. Measures such as reasonable diet and adequate exercise are still the cornerstone of preventing coronary heart disease.

Effective treatment for coronary heart disease

If you are still unfortunately suffering from coronary heart disease in your life, then timely and effective treatment is the key to saving the patient's life. At present, with the development of medicine, both Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine have made great progress. The treatment of coronary heart disease should be tailored to the individual and the place, and every second counts. We should strive for the best quality of life for patients and formulate effective treatment plans.

1. TCM treatment of coronary heart disease

In the TCM system of treating coronary heart disease, Chinese medicine, acupuncture and other methods are often used to adjust the body and optimize the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular environment. Among them, for example, Tongxinluo can be used to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and dredge the coronary arteries. Danshen dripping pills can increase coronary flow, improve myocardial hypoxia, angina pectoris, etc. Acupuncture and massage can stimulate specific acupoints, regulate qi and blood, balance yin and yang, and have a certain effect on relieving symptoms such as angina pectoris. For example, specific acupoints such as Neiguan and Shenmen have obvious benefits in regulating heart function and reducing mental stress.

2. Western medicine treatment of coronary heart disease

In the Western medical treatment system, a variety of methods are often used, including drug therapy, interventional therapy and surgical treatment. Among them, drug therapy can be said to be the most commonly used and indispensable means of treating coronary heart disease in the initial stage, such as antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin to reduce the risk of thrombosis, beta-blockers to reduce the burden on the heart, etc. In addition to drug therapy, interventional treatment methods such as percutaneous coronary balloon angioplasty and coronary artery stent implantation are also important means of treating coronary heart disease. In addition, compared with interventional therapy, cardiac surgery is a more radical treatment method suitable for critically ill patients. It can bypass diseased blood vessels by establishing new blood supply pathways to provide sufficient blood flow to the myocardium.

3. Complementary treatment of Chinese and Western medicine

In the treatment model of combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine, patients can use traditional Chinese medicine conditioning, acupuncture and other therapies while taking basic Western medicine treatments such as drugs, interventions or surgery, in order to achieve better treatment results. With the assistance of traditional Chinese medicine, the overall quality of the patient's body can be better improved and the side effects of drugs can be reduced, while acupuncture, massage, etc. can help improve the patient's physical and psychological state and promote postoperative recovery.

4. Personalized treatment plan

Therefore, in the specific comprehensive treatment, not only the precise treatment of Western medicine is needed, but also the Chinese medicine treatment needs to be adjusted according to the specific conditions of the patient to form a personalized treatment plan. This requires doctors to not only have a solid foundation in Western medicine, but also have a deep understanding of the principles of Chinese medicine treatment, so that they can accurately assess the patient's constitution, fully mobilize the participation of both doctors and patients, and achieve the goal of efficient treatment.

In summary, the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease is a process involving many aspects, from a healthy lifestyle to the application of modern medicine, each step requires doctors and patients to make meticulous considerations and precise execution. In this regard, I hope everyone can believe that with the development of modern medicine, the continuous deepening of understanding of this disease and the continuous improvement of treatment methods, people will be able to better control coronary heart disease, diagnose and treat it early and in time, so that a healthy heart can become the solid foundation of everyone's life.