Cardiac neurosis has almost all the symptoms of heart disease, such as palpitation, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and chest pain. Most of them also have a variety of other discomforts, such as: palpitations, back pain, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, Fatigue, dizziness, insomnia, dreaminess, panic, sore throat, throat swelling, etc. There are no abnormalities in almost all examinations, such as cardiac color ultrasound, ECG and blood pressure testing, coronary CT, coronary angiography, cardiac electrophysiological examination, etc., all of which are basically normal. Big hospitals say "no disease"! This is "cardiac neurosis."
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The heart has four major tissues: nerves, blood vessels, valves, and muscles. 1. Nerves are the conduction system that gives orders, responsible for electrical discharge, allowing the heart to beat normally, and are the headquarters; 2. Blood vessels transport nutrients, and are the logistics department; 3. Myocardium is responsible for contraction, and is the work force, and is the fighting force; 4 , the valve prevents blood from refluxing, allowing blood to flow to the whole body when the myocardium contracts, instead of refluxing, and is the supervisory team; these four major tissues are all important, but the nerves are more important. Correspondingly, heart disease is divided into: cardiac neuropathy, cardiovascular disease, cardiomyopathy (cardiomyopathy) and valvular heart disease.
Symptoms of cardiac neurosis 1. Palpitation: The patient feels that the heart beats abnormally, the heartbeat increases, and he feels palpitation. Sometimes he feels his heart beat suddenly, followed by a brief palpitation. During the examination, it was found that the heartbeat was too fast and the apex of the heart was beating strongly. 2. Difficulty breathing: The patient always feels that the inhaled air is not enough, or feels that the chest is tight, so he needs to take a deep breath or breathe like a long sigh. Due to the increased depth and frequency of breathing, hyperventilation may easily occur over time and cause respiratory alkalosis, such as dizziness, numbness of limbs, convulsions, etc. 3. Precordial pain: often stabbing or knife-like pain in the apex of the heart and under the left breast. Sometimes it is chest tightness and dull pain. The pain can be long or short, sometimes only a few seconds, sometimes as long as several hours. It has nothing to do with whether you do physical activity, and most of them occur when you are quiet. Sometimes they can last for several days or longer after stressful or emotional work. 4. Symptoms of autonomic nerve dysfunction: excessive sweating, cold hands and feet, tremors of both hands, upper abdominal distension, abdominal pain, frequent urination, increased stool frequency or constipation, etc. In addition, there are also insomnia, anxiety, fear, etc.
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The headquarters of the heart is the nerves. The heart's heartbeat requires nerve discharge, which is a kind of bioelectricity. If the discharge is fast, the heart will beat faster, and people will feel panic. If the discharge is disordered, the heart will beat randomly, which is arrhythmia. Chest tightness, palpitation, shortness of breath, etc. are all caused by abnormal nerves in the heart. The autonomic nerves of the heart are divided into sympathetic nerves and vagus nerves. Excessive sympathetic nerve excitement can cause: palpitations, precordial pain, shortness of breath and fatigue, temporary increase in blood pressure, increased heart rate, occasional premature beats, etc.; vagus nerve excitement can cause nausea, vomiting, and cold sweats (sympathetic nerve excitement can also cause sweating, such as The palms of the hands sweat due to nervousness, while vagus nerve tension causes the whole body to sweat profusely and coldly, which is different). Because the human internal organs are all connected, nerve abnormalities in the heart are usually accompanied by neurological abnormalities in other organs. For example, abnormal autonomic nerves in the gastrointestinal tract will cause abdominal distension and an unwillingness to eat; such as urinary tract abnormalities Nervous abnormalities, abnormal urination, etc. may occur. Because the patient is very uncomfortable and cannot seek medical treatment everywhere, he becomes afraid, anxious, and depressed, and cannot sleep, so he suffers from insomnia. Therefore, patients with cardiac neurosis are often accompanied by symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, sweating, insomnia, dreaminess, and anxiety.
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The cause of cardiac neurosis is abnormally increased excitability of cardiac sympathetic nerves! The human body is innervated by nerves. Those that control the arms and legs are called motor nerves; those that control the heart, brain, kidneys, gastrointestinal and other internal organs are called autonomic nerves; the autonomic nerves are divided into sympathetic nerves and vagus nerves. We can lift our legs if we want to, and clench our fists if we want to, because our subjective consciousness can control the motor nerves. But autonomic nerves are not controlled by our subjective consciousness. If you want your heart to stop beating, you can't do it. If you want your intestines to move faster, you can't do it.
Because we cannot control the autonomic nerve, we usually don’t pay attention to it, but all internal organs are affected by the autonomic nerve, so the autonomic nerve of the heart is very, very important.
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What are the reasons that cause the abnormal increase in the sympathetic nerve excitability of the heart? When you are angry, your heart beats faster, which is an increase in sympathetic nerve excitability; when you want to fight, your palms sweat, this is an abnormal increase in sympathetic nerve excitability; when you win the lottery, you are so happy that you can't eat, this is a sympathetic nervous system. The excitability is abnormally increased. If you stay up late and work overtime and drink coffee while feeling sleepy, you may feel tired but very excited. This is also an abnormal increase in sympathetic nerve excitability! ...So, Chinese medicine teaches that the seven emotions and six desires, such as joy, anger, worry, sadness, fear, greed, anger, and ignorance, etc., will all cause an abnormal increase in sympathetic nerve excitability! It is inevitable for people to have emotions and desires, so many people get this disease without any obvious reason. Young people are angry and stay up late, so this disease is more common in young and middle-aged people. Women tend to be overwhelmed, so it is more common in women. Qi and blood are very important to women, and normal menstruation is very important to women's health. Menopausal women begin to have abnormal menstruation, and Qi and blood are imbalanced, so menopausal women are more likely to get this disease!
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The harm of cardiac neurosis is endless, mainly reflected in the following four aspects: 1. Patients are troubled by the disease and are very painful. These patients often suffer from chest tightness and shortness of breath that are difficult to relieve. , chest pain, which can be accompanied by fatigue, dizziness, insomnia, dreaminess, panic, sore throat, throat swelling, etc., which seriously affects work and life, and many people lose their ability to work. 2. Cardiac neurosis can increase the risk of coronary heart disease and myocardial ischemia. Cardiac neurosis and coronary heart disease often exist in a syndromic manner, that is, they occur in the same patient at the same time. Severe symptoms of cardiac neurosis can stimulate myocardial ischemia attacks and aggravate myocardial ischemia. 3. Increase medical burden. Patients with cardiac neurosis usually seek medical treatment continuously and go to many hospitals. After arriving at the hospital, in order to find out the cause of the cardiac neurosis, the doctor will give a full set of examinations, and usually perform a rapid coronary angiography at each hospital. This increases medical expenditures from both the patient family and the national medical insurance. 4. Increase social problems. First of all, let me explain: Cardiac neurosis is not a mental illness, but at the same time, because the patient's disease cannot be effectively treated, anxiety often occurs. In layman's terms, it means that "you will feel crazy even when you see a doctor", which will seriously affect the environment and atmosphere of the patient's family and work. , at the same time, because every time patients seek medical treatment, they are told by the doctor that they are not sick after doing a bunch of tests with high hopes. The patients ask to tell more about their condition and the doctors do not have time to listen, so doctor-patient conflicts often arise.
Special tips
Prevention methods include 1. Try not to stay up late, don’t drink alcohol (drink a lot, the amount is determined by yourself based on the original amount of alcohol and reaction after drinking), and don’t drink coffee; 2. When it comes to things at home and work, try to be open-minded and think about the best, because people with cardiac neurosis will have depression, and it is difficult to think about the best, but try your best; the legendary Wu Zixu passed the test and was worried all night. Losing hair can be said to be a very typical example. This is true for major events, and it is the same for small and trivial matters in daily life. 3. Find a hardcore hobby, immerse yourself in it, and forget about the disease (try to); 4. Running: work when your brain is good, run when your brain is bad. According to your physical fitness, jog, run to your brain There is a blank inside; 5. Face the reality, this is not depression (it is not that there is no depression, but depression is not the root cause of the disease, the root cause is the cardiac sympathetic nerve), but an abnormality of the cardiac sympathetic nerve, let alone mental illness. This needs to be understood by family members. 6. Don’t mess around! This is also an important method of prevention, because large hospitals across the country cannot cure the disease and only require examinations. Every time you go to another hospital for treatment, you will spend more money, suffer more crimes, and experience more mental shock, forming a vicious circle.