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  • China - Surge of elderly cardiac patients causing shortage of hospital beds in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province - hot weather blamed - June 12, 2017

    Summer heat difficult old man to guard against "high temperature disease"

    2017-06-12 08:53 Source: Zhanjiang Daily Zhu Mingjie Fu Zhanjiang
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      After the Dragon Boat Festival, the continued high temperature dry weather so many old friends "top Wu Shun", the body have lit "red light". Recently, the reporter found in the visit, the elderly due to high temperature caused by high blood pressure, chest tightness, palpitation and other illness to the hospital or hospitalization surge in the situation.
      "High temperature disease" to knock on the door, old friends frequency "in the move"
      Who lives in the development zone of Ms. Zhu told reporters on Sunday her mother suddenly called her dizzy chestnut lying in bed can not get up. Ms. Zhu home to see the mother of this situation, and quickly called the ambulance to the mother to the hospital for treatment. "To the hospital blood test scared to death, even soared to 180, my mother this year, 77 years old, had to suffer from high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, the doctor said that because of high temperature weather outside the morning, buy food out of sweat, home and blowing To the air conditioning, immediately chest tightness, palpitation, lack of heart blood supply situation, induced by the occurrence of high blood pressure, heart failure.Qou fortunately said, but also to the hospital in a timely manner, or may threaten life. Coincidentally, last year only retired Zhang Bo also because of high temperature weather "in the move", "the day before dawn on the plane appeared chest tightness, after the machine quickly rushed to the hospital for treatment, plan a good trip. "Zhang Bo told reporters that he had been elated to Shanghai to participate in classmates, the results of coronary heart disease, the doctor said to be induced by high temperature weather.
      Patients with increased bed shortages, caution against coronary heart disease
      Recently, the reporter visited the city a number of hospitals found that high temperature weather led to increased disease in elderly patients, especially high blood pressure, coronary heart disease of the elderly. Zhanjiang Center People's Hospital emergency department of the Liu nurses told reporters that this time since the elderly patients increased significantly, a serious shortage of bed beds. "My father is also due to high blood pressure caused by physical discomfort, had to come to hospital, because there is no bed, at present only to the clinic to play the needle." Liu nurse reluctantly said. Reporters call the 422 Hospital of thoracic surgery, Lin nurses told reporters that the hot weather caused by physical discomfort to the hospital hospitalized elderly patients have increased, mainly high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and so on.
      Zhanjiang Center People's Hospital, Dr. Chen explained that the weather is hot, the body in order to heat, subcutaneous vasodilation, flow to the surface of the blood volume increased heart, brain, liver, kidney and other organs of the relative reduction in blood supply, in order to meet these important organs Blood supply, the heart must increase the workload, pumping more blood, which makes the heart has been more stress overload operation, resulting in patients with chest tightness, shortness of breath symptoms, and lead to high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and other acute exacerbations.

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