He heart is a muscle which is the size of a fist (as long as it is in good condition). And it is that not only love disappointments can hurt you, there are conditions that can stop your heartbeat forever: ventricular fibrillation, what is it and what are its symptoms?
What is ventricular fibrillation?
The ventricular fibrillation It is a condition in which the heart acquires an abnormal rhythm, a life-threatening arrhythmia, describes the National Library of Medicine of the United States.
In other words, ventricular fibrillation is a condition in which the heart’s ventricles beat abnormally or poorly.
In the ventricular fibrillation the lower chambers of the heart contract so rapidly and uncoordinately that the result is that the heart heart didn’t pump enough blood to the rest of the body, Mayo Clinic Medical Institute.
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What causes ventricular fibrillation?
The ventricular fibrillation it is also called FV, and is related to twitching or tremors in muscle fiberscalled fibrils.
This disease can occur when the person experiences an episode in the myocardium in which it does not receive enough oxygen, or a heart attack. Although there are other factors that cause it:
Causes of ventricular fibrillation
Ventricular fibrillation is “an alteration” in the natural rhythm of the heart that can be altered by:
1- Accidents due to electrocution or injury to the heart
2- Heart attack or angina
3- Heart disease
4- Myocardial diseases, where the heart muscle weakens, stretches or thickens
What does ventricular fibrillation feel like?
In most cases a person does not experience any sensation, since the ventricular fibrillation causes collapse or loss of consciousness of the person. But in some cases it does give manifestations and the individual can feel it.
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Symptoms of ventricular fibrillation
Before an episode of ventricular fibrillation you may experience the following:
1- Irregular or rapid heartbeats
2- Chest pain
3- Dizziness
4- Nausea and shortness of breath
How is ventricular fibrillation cured?
To start, the ventricular fibrillation It is a condition that requires urgent attention to avoid sudden death. If you arrive at the hospital, the treatment to do in a first stage is with the purpose of restoring the Blood flow as fast as possible.
1. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
It basically mimics the heart pumping movement. This is carried out by pressing fast and hard on the person’s chest with a rate between 100 to 120 compressions per minute.
2. Defibrillation
Also known as cardioversion, it is defibrillation that sends shocks through the chest wall.
In the long term, drugs are used to treat the ventricular fibrillation. There are also surgical options that can correct and normalize the heart rhythm: implantable cardioversion-defibrillator, cardiac ablation, and coronary angioplasty.
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Why is ventricular fibrillation so dangerous when there is also a heart attack?
Actually, it is not that they “mix”, the truth is that a heart attack especially acute myocardial infarction (which causes necrosis or death of a portion of the heart muscle) is what causes ventricular fibrillation, if the first is not treated immediately it is very unlikely that the person will survive the second.
Both conditions are deadly, this is what happened to Julián Figueroa, son of actress Maribel Guardia. The truth is that Mexico is a country where heart disease occupies a primary place in the causes of death in the population. For what is important, it generates more awareness on the subject.