Thousands of patients undergo this kind of surgery every year all over the world. Although surgery can restore good cardiac function to most patients, it does not mean that the alarm can be lifted. Then, let's introduce some preventive measures after heart valve replacement.
Postoperative knife-edge pain 1~3 months after heart valve replacement, patients with lateral thoracotomy may have pain and discomfort around the knife-edge and inconvenient shoulder joint movement. Most of them are normal postoperative reactions. Take painkillers or symptomatic treatment.
If there is local redness and swelling, you should seek medical advice. Patients with biological valve replacement generally need to adhere to anticoagulation therapy for half a year, while patients with mechanical valve replacement need lifelong anticoagulation and take anticoagulants (warfarin) regularly every day. Generally speaking, they can't stop taking drugs at will without special circumstances.
The most important thing is antithrombotic therapy, which is to prevent blood from clotting on the valve and forming thrombus. Once the thrombus is formed, it will fall off with the constant movement of the valve, enter the blood and hinder our blood circulation. If it reaches our cerebral artery, it may lead to cerebral infarction and even serious consequences. Therefore, anticoagulation therapy must be standardized for patients with heart disease who have already changed valves. Therefore, all patients taking warfarin should strengthen the hemagglutination test.
It is the main stage for patients to recover within 3 months after maintaining cardiac function. When resting in bed, patients should turn over on time and spit more. When coughing up phlegm, you can hold the wound with your hands, take a deep breath first, and try to cough up the sputum deep in the trachea at one time.
After getting out of bed, the patient can walk slowly according to the doctor's advice and walk step by step from indoor to outdoor. Generally, it can resume work after 6 months of operation. If you feel tired, flustered and short of breath, you should stop. Women of childbearing age should avoid pregnancy within 3 years, and then make plans after the heart function is fully restored.
Dietary care after aortic valve replacement Eat digestible food, because the digestive function will be relatively poor after operation. Eating digestible food can prevent indigestion. Avoid cold, spicy and other irritating foods. At the same time, smoking and drinking are also prohibited, because the intake of these irritating foods will stimulate organ contraction, which is not conducive to better recovery.