If you have this disease, drinking water will kill you immediately.

As the saying goes, "Drink more water, get sick less." In life, when people are sick, they always habitually drink more water, thinking that this will help them recover sooner. Of course, there is some truth in this statement. Drinking water when you have a cold can promote the excretion of viruses and metabolites; drinking water when you have a fever can help lower your body temperature; drinking water when you are short of breath can relax smooth muscles and help expel phlegm; drinking water when you are constipated can soften your stool... However, for some diseases, drinking water will not only not promote recovery, but will aggravate the condition, and in severe cases it can be life-threatening. Heart failure is the most typical disease.

I once worked in the cardiology department of a hospital for a period of time. The biggest feeling I had was not the fragility of life and the helplessness in the face of death, but people’s lack and ignorance of general medical knowledge. Many times, the patient's life not only depends on whether the doctor's treatment is appropriate, but the care work of nurses and family members is also crucial, especially the care of patients with heart failure.

I once met a patient who was diagnosed with coronary heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia, frequent ventricular premature beats, and heart function level IV. Perhaps many people do not quite understand the meaning of these professional medical terms, but everyone should understand the word failure. The heart is like the "engine" of the human body. Once it breaks down or even runs out of fuel, do you think it can still work normally?

Heart failure refers to a disease caused by myocardial damage due to myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, hemodynamic overload, inflammation, etc., which results in changes in myocardial structure and function and ultimately leads to poor ventricular pumping or filling function. Generally, left heart failure is more common, and patients will have symptoms such as dyspnea, orthopnea, chest tightness, fatigue and edema, oliguria, cough and sputum. Then, many family members will find that an essential treatment measure prescribed by the doctor is: diuresis! ! ! ! !

That’s right, it’s diuresis. For patients with heart failure, diuresis is an important treatment measure, which can effectively reduce the patient’s heart pressure, promote urination, and thus relieve clinical symptoms. Such as torsemide, furosemide, etc. Even some patients will be advised by doctors to take oral diuretics regularly after being discharged from the hospital. You can imagine the importance of diuretics.

Treatment is important, but care is equally important. When facing heart failure, especially patients with severe heart failure, doctors and nurses will advise them to drink as little water as possible, or avoid drinking if possible, so as not to increase the burden on the heart and affect the treatment results. However, many patients and their families do not care at all and do things according to their own ideas, not realizing that they are playing with the patients' lives. This is the case with the patient I mentioned above. He ignored the doctor's advice at all and thought that "drink more water when you are sick", which eventually led to the tragedy.

Remember, patients with heart failure should limit their water intake! ! ! !