How to treat acute myocarditis

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For the disease of acute myocarditis, we can not ignore, especially the harm of acute myocarditis to people is great, let's understand how to treat acute myocarditis.

How to treat acute myocarditis

First, etiological treatment is to treat the cause of myocarditis. Patients with viral myocarditis can take some antiviral drugs, such as ribavirin, Radix Isatidis, honeysuckle, forsythia, etc. Patients with rheumatic myocarditis in rheumatic active period of anti rheumatic treatment, such as intravenous drip of antibiotics. Syphilitic myocarditis patients need a series of measures such as Qumei treatment at the same time, in order to remove or control the cause of myocardial damage and prevent the further development of the disease.

Second, hormone therapy, the purpose of the application of hormone is to reduce myocardial inflammatory reaction, reduce myocardial scar formation, improve the general condition of patients and myocardial microcirculation, appropriate application of hormone can control the development of the disease, improve the symptoms of patients. For the patients with severe or recurrent myocarditis and obvious viremia, or the patients with ineffective general treatment, early, sufficient and short-term application of adrenocortical hormone can significantly alleviate the disease.

Third, the treatment of complications. The complications of myocarditis include heart failure, arrhythmia and even shock. If there is heart failure, it can be given cardiotonic diuretics; if there is arrhythmia, it should be treated according to the specific situation; if there is ventricular premature beat, it can be given slow rhythm; if there is severe atrioventricular block, it can be given isoproterenol; Once there is shock in patients with myocarditis, it shows that the condition is very critical. We must seize the opportunity to rescue, give measures such as expanding blood volume, pressor drugs to save the patient's life.

matters needing attention

Patients with acute myocarditis must pay attention to the diet, to eat more high nutrition and high protein food, the prevention of acute myocarditis is to avoid pathogenic factors, full treatment of primary diseases such as diphtheria should be given early quantitative antiserum treatment. Penicillin should be used in the treatment of pharyngitis, tonsillitis and other streptococcal infections. Some infections, such as measles, poliomyelitis and diphtheria, can be prevented by injection.