For people with heart problems, what kind of first aid medicine should be kept on hand at home for emergency self-help?

A friend told Huazi that a few days ago, one of his neighbors had a sudden heart attack and was taken away by an ambulance and never came back, which scared him a lot. He said that his heart was not good either. If he had a sudden illness, what medicine should he prepare at home to save his life?

Hua Zi said that there are many types of heart disease, the most common ones are coronary heart disease, arrhythmia and heart failure. However, in the event of an acute heart attack, only coronary heart disease can take certain self-help methods. For arrhythmia and heart failure, it is not recommended to take medicine on your own, and you need to go to the hospital for treatment in time.

1. Oxygen inhalation is useful for all heart diseases

Huazi gives a suggestion to all people with heart problems: you can always have a home oxygen device at home, such as an oxygen bag or an oxygen concentrator. For people with coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries causes vascular stenosis, which reduces the heart's blood and oxygen supply capacity, causing myocardial cell dysfunction and even necrosis.

In fact, all heart attacks will basically cause myocardial hypoxia. Oxygen inhalation at this time can reduce myocardial damage and reduce heart risks. Therefore, it is recommended that people with poor heart health always have an oxygen inhalation device at home so that they can immediately inhale oxygen when they experience chest tightness, shortness of breath, and difficulty breathing.

2. People with angina pectoris should choose nitroglycerin as the first choice

Many people have asked Huazi, nitroglycerin, quick-acting heart-saving pills and aspirin are all commonly used drugs for heart patients, which one should they choose? Huazi said that among common heart diseases, only patients with coronary heart disease are suitable for self-medication when angina pectoris occurs, while other heart disease patients are not suitable for self-medication.

When treating angina pectoris, nitroglycerin is more effective than other drugs. It can effectively dilate coronary arteries, improve myocardial ischemia, and relieve angina pectoris. However, nitroglycerin can cause a decrease in blood pressure, so it is not suitable for people with low blood pressure.

Those who are unable to use nitroglycerin can use quick-acting heart-saving pills when angina pectoris occurs, and it will not lower blood pressure.

Aspirin is an antiplatelet drug that can prevent myocardial infarction and can also be used to rescue acute myocardial infarction. However, ordinary people cannot judge whether it is myocardial infarction based on chest pain symptoms, so self-medication can only be used for prevention, not emergency treatment.

3. Daily preventive medication is more important

In fact, people with heart problems need to pay more attention to daily prevention. For example, people with coronary heart disease need to use statins to increase the stability of plaques and avoid rupture; use aspirin to prevent platelets and prevent thrombosis. Use loral drugs and dihydrotestosterone drugs to reduce cardiac oxygen consumption and prevent angina attacks.

If there is arrhythmia, antiarrhythmic drugs are needed, or electrical stimulation, ablation, etc. are used to convert the heart to normal rhythm. If there is atrial fibrillation and it cannot be eliminated, anticoagulants are needed to prevent thrombosis.

If you have heart failure, you need to use pril drugs or sartan drugs to reverse ventricular remodeling, and use diuretics to reduce water and sodium retention. When treating the disease, you should also pay attention to the treatment of the underlying disease. For many chronic diseases, as long as you insist on taking medicine regularly, you can prevent the occurrence of serious complications.

In addition to taking medication regularly, you should also pay attention to a healthy lifestyle. Limit salt (3-5 grams per day), oil (25 grams per day), and sugar (no more than 50 grams of added sugar per day), quit smoking and drinking, exercise within your ability, keep your emotions stable, and avoid overwork, which can prevent acute heart attacks.

To sum up, among heart diseases, only angina pectoris caused by coronary heart disease can be treated with self-medication, and both nitroglycerin and quick-acting heart-saving pills can be used. For heart diseases in other situations, it is not suitable to use self-medication for emergency treatment, and timely medical treatment is the correct way to deal with it. The selection and use of drugs need to be carried out under the guidance of a doctor. If you have any questions about medication, please consult a doctor or pharmacist. I am pharmacist Huazi, welcome to follow me and share more health knowledge.