What to do if you feel dizzy or have heart discomfort

Some people find that they often experience dizziness and heart discomfort, and worry that they may be caused by heart disease. In fact, there are many such situations. In addition to common heart diseases, they may also be caused by other factors. Therefore, patients need to go to the hospital in time to check and find the cause before targeted treatment can be given. So, what should you do when you feel dizzy or have heart discomfort?

Types of dizziness

1. Otogenic dizziness. Otogenic dizziness is true vertigo, and its dizziness symptoms are often more severe. There are generally no symptoms of cranial nerve and brain parenchyma damage, only manifestations such as dizziness due to ear damage. Common causes of ear-related dizziness include: external ear lesions, such as bite compression, foreign body obstruction, etc.; middle ear lesions, such as middle ear moxibustion, tympanic membrane retraction or calcification, otosclerosis, Eustachian tube obstruction, etc.; inner ear lesions, such as labyrinthitis, motion sickness, labyrinth trauma, positional vertigo, allergic reaction, inner ear vascular disease (anterior chamber stroke), vestibular poisoning, special inner ear infection, etc.

2. Dizziness due to neuronal disease. Dizziness caused by neuronal diseases is mostly due to damage to intracranial nerves or brain parenchyma. The dizziness is generally severe and the symptoms last longer. Common causes include: inflammatory diseases, such as vestibular neuronitis, brainstem, cerebellum, meningitis, etc.; vascular diseases, such as thrombosis of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery, vertebral-basilar artery blood supply obstruction, cervical vascular nerve compression syndrome, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebellar hemorrhage, etc.; in addition, brain tumors compressing neurons, intracranial hypertension, etc. can cause dizziness and even some craniocerebral trauma, such as craniocerebral trauma, brainstem, small intestine injury, petrous bone fracture, etc. can also cause neuron damage and cause dizziness symptoms.

3. Dizziness caused by systemic diseases. Dizziness caused by systemic diseases usually does not cause a sense of visual rotation, and is often manifested as dizziness and unsteady standing, and is accompanied by physical illness. Common diseases that cause dizziness include: cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, hypotension, arteriosclerosis, heart disease, vasculitis and carotid sinus syndrome; systemic infections and poisoning diseases, such as fever, cholecystitis, lung infection, carbon monoxide poisoning, etc.; endocrine and metabolic diseases: such as hyperlipidemia, diabetes, hypoglycemia, abnormal thyroid function, menopausal syndrome; blood diseases, such as polycythemia, hypercoagulability, anemia, etc.; and other diseases such as chronic cerebral hypoxia caused by various reasons, migraine, tumors, etc.

What to do if you feel dizzy and nauseous

1. If you suddenly feel dizzy and nauseous, it is best to measure your body temperature to see if it is normal before taking any action. Many people feel dizzy, nauseous, headache and fatigue when their body temperature is high. These may be adverse symptoms caused by fever. It is recommended to use a thermometer to measure whether the body temperature is normal. If there are indeed symptoms of fever, you can take fever medicine in moderation, rest more, drink more warm water, eat liquid food, replenish the nutrients and water needed by the body, and ventilate the room properly. When you have a high fever, you can take a warm bath, wipe your body and sweat with a cold or warm towel to achieve the effect of physical cooling.

2. If you suddenly feel dizzy and nauseous outdoors, it may be caused by the weather and temperature. It is best to go indoors and rest for a while before taking corresponding measures. If you suddenly feel dizzy and nauseous outdoors, it may be due to the temperature or weather, causing symptoms of heat stroke or insufficient blood supply to the brain. It is recommended that patients with heatstroke should go to a ventilated and cool place to rest, apply ice packs or cold towels to the head and armpits, and drink more salt-containing water; patients with insufficient blood supply to the brain due to cold weather should pay attention to keeping warm, exercise more, and improve their daily diet and living habits.

3. If you usually feel dizzy, nauseous, out of spirits, poor sleep quality, fatigue, chills and coldness, it may be caused by qi and blood deficiency, which can be appropriately adjusted through diet and Chinese medicine. Patients who suffer from dizziness and nausea due to insufficient qi and blood should do some exercises such as Tai Chi and yoga to relieve nerves and physical fatigue, and eat appropriate amounts of medicated food or soups that replenish qi and blood, such as black chicken soup, beef bone soup, ginseng chicken soup, etc. If necessary, you need to go to a regular Chinese medicine hospital for acupuncture treatment, or take appropriate amounts of Chinese medicine prepared by a Chinese medicine physician.

4. When you feel dizzy and nauseous, you can try to measure your blood pressure to see if it is normal, and then take appropriate targeted medications and adjust your blood pressure. It is recommended that when you feel dizzy and nauseous, you try to measure your blood pressure with a blood pressure bracelet or a home blood pressure monitor, or go to the hospital for measurement. If you find that your blood pressure is too high or too low, you can take appropriate amounts of targeted medications prescribed by your doctor and make adjustments. People with high blood pressure should quit smoking and drinking, eat less salt, do more healthy exercise and take appropriate calcium supplements; people with low blood pressure can drink moderate amounts of tea and low-alcohol wine, and also do appropriate exercise to accelerate and improve blood circulation.

5. If you suddenly feel dizzy, nauseous, or have cervical pain, it may be caused by cervical spondylosis. If you not only feel dizzy and nauseous, but also feel unbearable pain in the cervical spine, it is possible that you suffer from cervical spondylosis due to bad habits such as long-term sitting, incorrect sleeping posture, working with your head down for a long time, playing with mobile phone, etc. It is recommended to correct bad posture and habits as soon as possible. If you really feel serious discomfort, you can go to a Chinese medicine hospital for professional massage or physical therapy. You need to move your neck appropriately, try to relax your neck muscles and take deep breaths to relieve the symptoms.

6. Feeling dizzy and nauseous may also be caused by gastroenteritis due to improper diet, or anemia due to malnutrition, so you should pay more attention to adjusting and improving your diet. If dizziness and nausea are caused by stomach problems, it is recommended to take targeted medications or antiemetic and antidiarrheal drugs in appropriate amounts, eat more light and nutritious liquid food, drink more warm water, eat less spicy or other irritating food in the near future, and slowly recuperate; if anemia, dizziness and nausea are caused by malnutrition, it is recommended to eat more red dates, pork liver, kelp, fungus, brown sugar, wolfberry, beans and soy products, etc. Do not be picky about food, just supplement the required nutrients and trace elements.

7. Sudden dizziness and nausea may be caused by poor mental state, so you should adjust your emotions and mentality more often. When our nerves are overly tense and we have negative emotions such as anxiety, depression, and irritability, we often feel dizzy and nauseous. Therefore, it is recommended that we pay more attention to adjusting our mentality and emotions, be more open-minded, and not argue with others over trivial matters. We can also relax our brain nerves through deep breathing, meditation, listening to slow music, etc. When we are in a bad mood, we can also reduce stress and relieve symptoms of dizziness and nausea by diverting our attention and comforting ourselves.

8. If you cannot determine why you feel dizzy and nauseous, or if the symptoms are too severe, it is best to go to a relevant regular medical clinic to receive examination and treatment from a professional. If you really don't know what causes your dizziness and nausea, do not take medicine indiscriminately. It is best to go to a regular hospital for relevant examinations first. If the symptoms of dizziness and nausea are too severe, you need to call your family and ask them to accompany you to the hospital for examination and medication or injection treatment.

What are the symptoms of heart discomfort?

1. The fat in the blood vessels continues to deposit in the blood vessels, which not only makes the blood vessels narrower but also increases the tension of the blood vessels, making the blood vessels very fragile. If the fat deposits rupture, the blood will form a coagulation mechanism and form a blood clot. In about 2 minutes, the blood clot can block the blood vessels, causing ischemia in the distal organs.

2. When a blood vessel bifurcates, a large blood pool will be formed due to the diversion of blood. The blood pool will constantly impact the blood vessel wall, causing the blood vessel wall to gradually become thinner and more brittle. Atherosclerosis often causes blood clots or bleeding at the bifurcation of blood vessels.

3. After the blood vessels become thinner, the lumen narrows by about 50%, but because the inner wall of the blood vessels is too thin, the inner wall of the tiny blood vessels ruptures and forms blood clots. Blood clots are substances that constrict blood vessels and induce vasospasm. The area near the heart suddenly feels tight and painful, and the pain that can be relieved by a few minutes of quietness is a precursor to myocardial infarction.

4. Palpitations: Some of the myocardial muscle filaments degenerate quickly, while others degenerate slowly. The degree of myocardial degeneration is different, and when an electric current passes through the middle, a loop will be formed, which will cause a throbbing feeling. This is a manifestation of premature heart beats, which is palpitations. Most elderly people over 70 years old suffer from palpitations. This is the same principle as eyelid twitching and leg cramps, and will not affect your health.

5. Chest pain: The heart's nervous system is surrounded by the spine's nervous system. The pain caused by the heart can be transmitted to many places, causing pain in a large area rather than pain at a certain point.

6. Edema: The heart can cause edema. Wherever low in the body, the swelling occurs. People who have been bedridden for a long time have swollen buttocks, while normal people have edema in the lower limbs. The kidneys can also cause edema. The eyelids swell first and then the lower limbs. Malnutrition causes edema, especially in the elderly over 80 years old, and malnutrition is more or less caused by poor digestion and absorption.

7. Syncope: Accompanied by a brief loss of consciousness, the patient usually wakes up within a few minutes. Fainting caused by the heart is mostly due to sudden arrhythmia caused by coronary heart disease or cardiomyopathy, which results in the heart not pumping blood.

Treatments for heart problems

The main reason why the heart is always uncomfortable is palpitations: when people are anxious and nervous, uneasy, fearful, or other emotionally excited, it is easy to cause palpitations. Palpitations can also occur after a period of intense exercise. Drinking too much coffee, tea, and eating too much chocolate. 4. Accidentally taking some illegal drugs such as *, etc. People with anemia, hypoglycemia, electric shock, and dehydration are all prone to palpitations.

1. Drink less coffee on a regular basis. Even if you need to refresh yourself, you can use other healthier methods.

2. Develop good habits and don’t smoke or drink.

3. Exercise regularly to improve your physical fitness.

4. Take less medicine that can cause palpitations

5. Relax and take deep breaths frequently to reduce mental stress and relieve anxiety.

6. After strenuous exercise, pay attention to relieving fatigue in the correct way.