Our heart is like a fully-powered “house”, in which the heart valve is a “valve” of vital importance. Today we come to understand the importance of heart valve disease and the protection of these valves.
The heart has four main valves, the second, the third, the aorta and the lung. They are like one-way “doors” that keep the blood flowing in the right direction in the heart. For example, when the care room shrinks, the blood flows to the heart room through the two and three petals; when the care room shrinks, the blood is pumped out of the heart through the aortic and pulmonary valves. Normally, these valve openings and shut-downs are as accurate and smooth as mechanical valves of high quality.
However, heart valves cause problems with these valves. There are many reasons for heart valve disease. Some are congenital, as when others are born, the structure of the heart valve is not normal, it may be incomplete or abnormally large. For example, some babies are born with congenital piping narrow, which means that the “door” of the piping is not large enough to prevent the flow of blood from the left to the left, just as the flow of water through a narrow pipe becomes unsettling.
Others are caused by the day after tomorrow. Rheumatism is a common cause, and it is like a “saboteurs” that can break the heart valve. When the human body is infected with soluble streptococcus, if it causes rheumatism, the inflammation may strain the heart valves and cause thickening, adhesiveness, etc. In the case of the doppelgangers, if the rheumatized doppelgangers are narrow, the leaves become rigid, the petals are reduced and blood flows are blocked, and the heart needs to work harder to drive the blood through the narrow valves. In addition, as age increases, cardiac valves may undergo calcification, decomposition and affect their normal functioning, as do old machine parts.
Heart valve disease has a number of symptoms, which are like “alerts” from the body. Respiratory difficulties are common, and patients feel hard to breathe and become more visible after their activities. This is due to an abnormal flow of blood due to changes in the valve disease, as well as to the haemorrhage of the lungs, which does not exchange oxygen well between the lungs and blood. Like Mr. Zhang, having a narrow aortic valve, who used to climb the stairs so easily, he’d have to stop and rest for a long time.
Heart palsy is also a symptom, and patients can feel their heart beat abnormally, sometimes very quickly, very powerfully or irregularly. This is due to the increased burden on the heart caused by the valve problem, which, in order to maintain a normal blood cycle, has to accelerate or change the rhythm of the beating.
In addition, the patient may suffer from fatigue and inactivity. Because the heart is not able to effectively carry the blood to the body, the body is not given enough energy, just as a car engine is not powered enough, people feel exhausted and their activity is reduced.
The damage to heart valves cannot be minimized. Long-term corrosive disease increases the burden on the heart, which, in order to pump the blood out, has to work harder, like an overloading machine, with longer hours and increased heart muscles. But even if myocardial muscles are thickened, they cannot fully compensate for the effects of valve disease, which may eventually lead to heart failure. Heart failure causes edema to patients, such as leg, abdominal edema, increased respiratory difficulties and a severe decline in the quality of life. Moreover, heart valve disease can cause cardiac disorders. Cardiac electrical activity, like a wire network, can interfere with the network, causing the heart beat to lose its normal rhythm, and severe heart disorders may even endanger life.
So, the “valve” that protects the heart is essential. We need to focus on the prevention of heart valve disease, which, while it is difficult to avoid entirely, can be minimized through measures such as pregnancy care. In the case of post-mortem factors, the prevention of rheumatism and fever, care for heart health, in particular for the elderly, the ageing of the heart valve, and periodic medical examinations. If symptoms of cardiac valve disease are detected, they are referred to the hospital in a timely manner, by means of an examination to assess the condition of the valve, and by means of appropriate treatment, so that the “valve” of the heart remains functional and so that the normal functioning of the heart and the health of our bodies is guaranteed.
Heart valve disease
