Mayiyu Amaganiza Kuti Amakhala Ndi Nkhawa, Koma Kwenikweni Zinali Zowonongeka Pamtima

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Heidi Stewart adasambira mpikisano kuyambira ali ndi zaka 8. Monga othamanga ambiri, adakumana ndi zosewerera atatha mpikisano, nthawi zambiri amamva kugunda kwa mtima wake pachifuwa mpaka kusapeza bwino - koma nthawi zonse amachikweza mpaka m'mitsempha.

Pamene anafika zaka 16, kusapeza bwino kumeneko kunamchititsa kukomoka pang’ono—ndipo Heidi anayamba kukayikira ngati kunali kokulirapo. "Ndikukumbukira chochitika china makamaka," Heidi akuti Maonekedwe. "Ndinali pamsonkhano waukuluwu ndipo ndinatuluka m'dziwe nditatha kuchita bwino kwambiri ndipo mnzangayo anathamanga kudzandikumbatira. Nthawi yomweyo ndinagwa m'manja mwake kwa nthawi yaitali kuti odwala opaleshoni adaitanidwa; chinali vuto lalikulu kwambiri."

Pambuyo pake, amayi ake a Heidi anaganiza zopita naye kwa dokotala wa ana kuti akamupime. "Tinapita kumeneko kukayesa mayeso angapo, kuyesa kuphimba maziko athu onse," Heidi akutero. "Anandipeza ndi nkhawa, ndipo dokotala wanga anandiuza kuti sawona cholakwika ndi mtima wanga." Ngakhale kuti dokotalayo ankada nkhawa kuti Heidi ankakomoka nthawi zonse, anangomuuza kuti asamadye komanso azidya bwino.

Matendawa adamupangitsa Heidi kumva ngati wasokonezeka mutu. Iye anati: “Ndinali wothamanga kwambiri pa msinkhu wanga. "Ndidadya kale bwino kwambiri ndikumwa madzi ochuluka pophunzitsidwa ndipo makochi athu atatha kutipanga. Choncho ndinadziwa kuti sinali nkhani. Zinali zokhumudwitsa podziwa kuti ndiyenera kubwerera kunyumba, nditawonongera makolo anga. ndalama zambiri, popanda mayankho.

Kenako milungu ingapo pambuyo pake, Heidi anali kuthandiza kupachika mitima yapepala yapinki mozungulira sukulu pa Tsiku la Valentine pomwe adayamba kudzimva kuti wapitanso. Heidi anati: “Ndinayesetsa kugwira chogwirira cha chitseko kutsogolo kwanga ndipo chinthu chomaliza chimene ndimakumbukira chinali kugwera cham’mbali. Mutu wake unasowa pang'ono kugunda makina.

Wothandizira wamkuluyo adamva kugwa ndipo adabwera kudzathandiza, koma sanapeze chidwi. Anayambitsa CPR nthawi yomweyo ndikuyitana namwino wapasukulu, yemwe adafika ndi automated external defibrillator (AED), chipangizo chonyamula moyo chopulumutsa moyo, ndikutcha 911.

"Ndidachita bwino panthawiyi," akutero Heidi. "Ndinali nditasiya kupuma ndipo magazi akutuluka mkamwa mwanga."

Mwachipatala, Heidi anali atamwalira. Koma wamkulu ndi namwino adapitiliza kuchita CPR ndikumudabwitsa ndi AED katatu. Pambuyo pa mphindi zisanu ndi zitatu zathunthu, Heidi adabwerera ndipo adathamangira naye kuchipatala komwe adauzidwa kuti amangidwa mwadzidzidzi ndi mtima. (Wogwirizana: Bob Harper Akutikumbutsa Kuti Kuwukira Kwa Mtima Kungachitike Kwa Aliyense)

Ku ICU, akatswiri azamtima adachita echocardiogram, electrocardiogram, ndi Cardio MRI yomwe idawonetsa zilonda pachipinda chakumanja cha mtima wa Heidi. Minofu yovulalayo inachititsa kuti mbali yakumanja ya mtima wa Heidi ikhale yokulirapo kuposa yamanzere, ndikuletsa zikwangwani kuchokera kubongo kupita kuchipinda chakumanja chakumanja. Izi ndi zomwe zidamupangitsa kukomoka komanso kugunda kwamtima kosasinthasintha komwe kumapangitsa Heidi kuganiza kuti akumva nkhawa.

Matendawa amadziwika kuti arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia / cardiomyopathy, kapena ARVD / C. Matenda amtundu wamtunduwu amakhudza pafupifupi anthu asanu ndi mmodzi mwa anthu 10,000. Ndipo ngakhale sizachilendo, nthawi zambiri samazindikira molondola. "Misdiagnosis ndiyofala, makamaka ngati zizindikiritsozo sizimveka bwino, ndipo zimatha kutengera mikhalidwe ina yomwe imafala kwambiri monga nkhawa," akutero a Suzanne Steinbaum, M.D., director of health heart's women ku Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital ku New York City. "Ndicho chifukwa chake muzochitika ngati izi ndizofunika kwambiri kuti mudziwe mbiri ya banja lanu ndikukambirana ndi dokotala wanu, komanso kumvetsera, kulemba zizindikiro ndi zizindikiro zomwe zikuchitika komanso pamene zikuchitika." (Nazi zinthu zisanu zomwe mwina simukuzidziwa zokhudza thanzi la mtima wa amayi.)

Atamupeza ndi matendawa, Heidi anachitidwa opaleshoni kumene madokotala anapangira makina opangira makina opangira pacemaker kuti adzimve chisoni ngati angamangidwe mtima. Palibe mankhwala a ARVD / C, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti Heidi amafunika kusintha zambiri pamoyo wake.

Masiku ano, saloledwa kupsinjika kapena kuchita chilichonse chomwe chingamupangitse mtima wake kugunda kwambiri. Amatenga beta-blockers tsiku lililonse kuti achepetse kuthamanga kwa magazi ndipo sangathenso kusambira mopikisana. Kuchita zinthu payekha sikuli malire. (Zokhudzana: Zinthu Zodabwitsa Zomwe Zimayika Mtima Wanu Pachiwopsezo)

Kwa zaka zisanu zapitazi, Heidi wakhala akugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti azolowere moyo wake watsopano kumene zinthu zimene ankazikonda poyamba zinali zachilendo. Koma m'njira zambiri, ali ndi mwayi wopambana. "Nthawi zina, simudziwa kuti wodwala anali ndi ARVD/C mpaka atapimidwa," akutero Dr. Steinbaum. "Ndicho chifukwa chake ndikofunikira kuti mudzilimbikitse nokha pakupeza mayankho pamafunso aliwonse, kuphatikiza chifukwa chomwe zisonyezo zikuwonekera. Kukhala woyimira kumbuyo kwanu woyeserera ndikupanga kuyezetsa komwe mukuwona ngati mukuyenera kukhala gawo lofunikira kwambiri kupeza chisamaliro ungafunike. "

Ichi ndichifukwa chake Heidi, yemwe tsopano ndi Go Red Real Woman ku American Heart Association, amagawana nkhani yake kuti athandize kulimbikitsa ndikuphunzitsa azimayi kuti athandize kuthetsa wakupha wathu woyamba: matenda amtima. “Ndili ndi mwayi kukhala pano, koma akazi ena ambiri kulibe,” iye akutero. “Pakadali pano matenda a mtima ndi mtima amapha pafupifupi mayi mmodzi pa masekondi 80 aliwonse ku United States. Ngakhale kuti zimenezi n’zochititsa mantha, nkhani yabwino ndi yakuti 80 peresenti ya zochitikazo zikanapewedwa ngati anthu akanamvera matupi awo, kuphunzira, ndi kusintha moyo wawo. Choncho mvetserani Thupi lanu ndikulimbana kuti mupeze thandizo lomwe mukuganiza kuti mukufuna. " (Yogwirizana: New Fitbit Data Ikupeza Kuti Omwe Amagwiritsa Ntchito ku US Ali Ndi Mitengo Yapamwamba Kwambiri Pamtima)

Heidi amagwiranso ntchito yolimbikitsa kuwunika mtima kwa othamanga achichepere. Akukhulupirira kuti zodzitchinjiriza izi zithandizira othamanga ena kuti asamangidwe mwadzidzidzi ndi mtima komanso atha kupulumutsa miyoyo ya achichepere.

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