AURICULAR FIBRILACIÓN

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AURICULAR FIBRILACIÓN

Auricular Fibrilación

Totally irregular heart rate.

Fibrilación means disordered contraction of fibers of the cardiac muscle.

One takes place in the auricles, cameras of reception of the blood to the heart, usually when dilating.

Sex

It affects to adults without preferences by no sex.

Complications

Acute pulmonary Edema.

Arterial Trombosis or embolia.

Congestivo cardiac failure.

Cardiac shutdown.

Prognosis

The normal heart rate can be restored with electrocardioversión in 50% of the cases, although if the fibrilación is long play, usually it reappears.

In other 50%, certain symptoms can be controlled with medication.

The patients who restore the normal heart rate have unites greater life expectancy, more force and energy than those that suffer of continuous auricular fibrilación.

Causes

Whatever it expands the auricles, or it damages the conduction weave, like:

Cardiac disease caused by rheumatic fever.

Ateroesclerosis, with or without previous cardiac attack.

Hipertiroidismo.

Congestivo cardiac failure.

Signs and symptoms

Sometimes there are no symptoms.

Continuous irregular pulsations in which the beats do not last the same force and.

Weakness, I navigate or fading (sometimes).

Factors of risk

Stress.

Affection of the cardiac valves.

Recent cardiac surgery.

Electrolyte disorders, specially low potassium level.

Pulmonary Embolia.

Excessive use of some drugs like hormones of thyroid, caffein and others.

Tabaquismo.

Excessive alcohol consumption.

Obesity.

Prevention

Avoid the factors of risk of ateroesclerosis and disease of the coronary artery.

Rigorously follow the treatment for the affections cardiac that have prescribed to him.

Diagnosis and treatment

DIAGNOSIS: File and physical examination by a doctor.

Electrocardiography.

Analysis of blood to determine the levels of drugs used in the treatment.

TREATMENT:

Medical treatment.

Hospitalization (sometimes).

Electroshock (electrocardioversión), to try to restore the normal heart rate.

General measures

Ask its relatives and friends who learn the resuscitation techniques to cardiopulmonar in case he has a cardiac failure.

It does not smoke, it uses drugs that alter the mind or drinks more than 1 or 2 spirits to the day.

Learn to take the pulse (beats for minute) and to verify its regularity.

Call to the doctor if there is any change.

Reduce stress.

Medication

His doctor can prescribe to him:

Medication for the heart like:

digitalis,

quinidina,

bloqueantes of calcium channels or

bloqueantes beta-adrene'rgicos, to regulate the heart rate.

Plaquetarios Anticoagulantes or Antiagregantes to prevent clots with blood.

Activity

Return to its normal activities as soon as they improve the symptoms.

Consult to its doctor before resuming the sexual relations.

Diet

If he is obese will have to lose weight, but it does not use suppresors of the appetite, could make worse the disorders of the heart rate.

Primary the coronary affection can need a low diet in salt and fats and supplements potassium.

Warn its medico if

It happens the following thing during the treatment:

Changes of the rate and cardiac force.

Pain in the chest, sweats and weakness.

Difficulty to breathe or swelling of feet and ankles.

Pain in pantorrillas when it walks.

They appear inexplicable new symptoms. The drugs used in the treatment can produce indirect effect.

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