What are the main symptoms of Keshan disease?

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Keshan disease, also known as endemic cardiomyopathy, is a disease that has not been identified for the time being due to myocardial lesions. Its name comes from the first case of Keshan disease found in Keshan County of Heilongjiang Province in 1935, so it is called Keshan disease. Before the founding of new China, the mortality caused by Keshan disease was high. What are the main symptoms of Keshan disease? Let's talk about it

What are the main symptoms of Keshan disease?

Acute Keshan disease may be a sudden onset, or an acute attack after the previous incubation period. It is often caused by cold, overwork, overeating, etc. The symptoms are sudden cardiogenic shock, acute pulmonary edema and severe arrhythmia. At the beginning, you often feel dizzy, nauseous, retching, and irritable.

Subacute Keshan disease is not like acute Keshan disease. Most of the patients are young children. And spring and summer are the high incidence stages. The symptoms include mental depression, cough, asthma, poor appetite and then systemic edema.

The onset of chronic Keshan disease is relatively slow, but it may be used as the incubation period of acute or subacute Keshan disease. The clinical manifestations were chronic heart failure, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath and ascites. Especially after the transition of fatigue, it is easy to aggravate the disease.

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Hibernation therapy is suitable for frequent vomiting, irritability. After treatment, due to the decrease of metabolic rate and myocardial oxygen consumption, it is conducive to the recovery of cardiac function. Adults were given chlorpromazine, promethazine, pethidine intramuscularly or intravenously. Metoclopramide can also be used to correct acid-base balance and electrolyte disorder in patients with frequent vomiting. Diazepam can also be used.