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Recently, there was a porous post < < Sudden myocardial infarction or heart discomfort, In doing so, Immediate results > > crazy forwarding in the circle of friends. The post said, [Anyone with sudden myocardial infarction or heart discomfort will pat the bend of his arm, and the effect will be immediate]. He also cited two [examples], one positive and one negative, claiming that the old man suffered from sudden myocardial infarction and kept [pat the inner side of his elbow], which will soon be fine. He even said that Luo Yang’s myocardial infarction on the Liaoning ship died because he did not [pat his arm].
People with a little common sense will find it incredible-myocardial infarction, which causes tens of thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of disabilities in the United States every year, can be solved [immediately] by patting one’s elbow when coming to China? Dare to ask which great fairy invented this, the Nobel Prize in Medicine is waiting for you!
First, break the rumor
There are too many mistakes in this post to be refuted one by one. We only focus on the key loopholes to expose the harm of rumors.
Rumor 1: Slapping the arm bend can dredge the thrombus blocking the blood vessels.
In essence, myocardial infarction is a problem with the coronary artery that grows on the surface of the heart and supplies blood to the heart. Usually, the original atherosclerotic plaque ruptures, and platelets, fibrin and the like in the blood gather rapidly to form thrombus, thus blocking the blood supply of part of the heart.
Thrombus grows in the blood vessels of the heart. It is sheer nonsense to pat the arm to eliminate thrombus.
Even if the blood vessels of the arm have thrombus, only special drugs can make it ablate. Pat the arm can only make the thrombus of the arm fall off and block other blood vessels.
Rumor 2: Traditional Chinese medicine thinks [cold coagulation causes blood stasis, Blood flow is blocked]. The principle of thrombosis and dredging is probably similar to peanut oil in supermarkets in winter. It coagulates when the room temperature is slightly lower, and melts when the room temperature rises. The pericardial meridian and heart meridian at the elbow bend go straight to the heart. Vigorously beating these two meridians can promote [qi flow and blood flow], make people warm and sweat, and play the role of raising yang, removing thrombus and dredging blood stasis.
This passage was heard by traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine also wants to scold you for being unreliable, one by one, but it does not know that the [cold, heat, temperature and cool] of traditional Chinese medicine refer to [disease nature] and [drug nature], which cannot be equated with the indoor temperature. It can be seen that the author does not understand traditional Chinese medicine.
From the perspective of modern medicine, The author is also completely confused about the difference between physical liquid coagulation and thrombosis in the human body-thrombosis is the result of a series of coagulation factor activation and complex biochemical reactions. A large number of platelets, red blood cells, fibrin and other large solids adhered together are accumulated in the thrombus, and it is impossible to melt away no matter how high the temperature is. Therefore, the original post said that beating elbow bends to make people heat and sweat can melt away the thrombus, which is sheer bullshit.
In addition, I just measured my elbow for 20 minutes. I didn’t have any fever or sweat. What’s going on? Is it because I didn’t exert enough? But which part is hard to pat for 20 minutes without fever or sweat? My doctor’s degree, you don’t lie to me.
If it is really a patient with myocardial infarction, sweating itself is a typical symptom, and it is likely to sweat if you pat it or not.
Rumor 3: This kind of beating technique can be seen by everyone without training. Daily beating can also prevent and treat various heart diseases, reduce blood pressure and greatly reduce the occurrence of heart diseases.
Is it possible to clap your arms to prevent and treat various heart diseases and lower your blood pressure? There are so many kinds of heart diseases, coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, arrhythmia, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, heart failure… Each pathogenesis is very different. Even if one believes that clapping one’s arm can [raise yang and turn thrombosis], one cannot justify oneself here.
Second, thinking: In the example given in the post, did patting the arm really save the old man’s myocardial infarction?
First of all, is the story true or false?
Second, who can guarantee that the old man had myocardial infarction at that time?
The diseases that I can immediately think of that can cause [sudden syncope] include arrhythmia, hypotension, cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, hypoglycemia, etc., and syncope only occurs in some patients with severe myocardial infarction.
The diagnosis of myocardial infarction depends not only on symptoms, but also on continuous monitoring of electrocardiogram and myocardial enzymes in blood, so as to make a more accurate diagnosis, and the real diagnosis also requires coronary angiography.
Third, even if it was a myocardial infarction at that time, the patient would not necessarily die.
Even in areas with poor medical conditions, the 30-day mortality rate of myocardial infarction is about 10%, and 1/3 of the patients with myocardial infarction are even discovered because of physical examination. The survival of a single patient cannot prove whether the effect is caused by clapping the arm, and the patients in the post have also received corresponding treatment after arriving at the hospital.
At present, there are many posts on the Internet, dressed in the guise of traditional medicine or cutting-edge medicine, but in fact they are harmful medical rumors. I hope everyone can keep their eyes open and don’t believe the information that incites readers to belittle the importance of standardized medical treatment.
Three, the correct treatment of myocardial infarction:
So, after the occurrence of myocardial infarction, as a family member, is how’s correct first aid treatment?
Call for help immediately and call the emergency number. At the same time, immediately pat the shoulder and call the patient to see if there is still consciousness.
1. If the patient is awake
(1) Calm the patient and do not move the patient at will under unknown circumstances;
(2) oxygen inhalation is feasible when conditions permit;
(3) Use nitroglycerin tablets carefully and do not take aspirin by yourself.
2. If the patient loses consciousness
(1) Check respiration and pulse;
(2) If the respiratory pulse is gone, chest compressions (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) should be performed immediately until the emergency personnel arrive.
This is only a rough talk. As for how to preliminarily judge myocardial infarction and how to implement cardiopulmonary resuscitation, there will be special explanations.