Causes of fatigue in rheumatic heart disease

Written by Di Zhi Yong
Cardiology
Updated on May 12, 2025
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If the patient is diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease, and exhibits symptoms such as fatigue, numbness, or weak limbs, it could indicate a decline in heart function. It is recommended that the patient visit a hospital for a cardiac ultrasound to rule out these issues, as this condition is treatable.

Currently, the treatment primarily focuses on symptomatic relief and improving heart function using cardiotonic diuretics, which can alleviate the patient’s current condition. If the patient experiences palpitations, difficulty breathing, or other similar symptoms, immediate attention is necessary. Ongoing monitoring of the patient's heart rate, blood pressure, and pulse changes is essential. If there is a high heart rate, or symptoms like swelling in the lower limbs, diuretics may be used to relieve these symptoms.

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What to eat to supplement for rheumatic heart disease?

Rheumatic heart disease often occurs in people with lower resistance, making them susceptible to colds and fevers. Their diet should include foods that enhance immune and disease resistance, such as lean meats, fish, and seafood, which are high in protein, along with milk and eggs. Eating fruits that are rich in vitamins and fibers, like apples, avocados, oranges, and dried fruits, as well as consuming more vegetables, can strengthen the body's resistance and provide various vitamins and trace elements needed by the human body.

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Does rheumatic heart disease cause dizziness?

Patients with rheumatic heart disease primarily exhibit symptoms of rheumatic myocarditis, pericarditis, or lesions of the mitral valve, aortic valve, and tricuspid valve including the pulmonary valve, with mitral stenosis being the most common. Generally, severe heart disease can impair the heart's pumping ability, leading to insufficient blood supply to the brain, causing dizziness. Some individuals with mitral stenosis may experience an enlargement of the atrium, leading to atrial fibrillation. Once atrial fibrillation occurs, the left atrial appendage can form blood clots, increasing the risk of clot detachment. If a clot detaches, it can pass directly through the right ventricle into the cerebral arteries, causing a major artery embolism that results in dizziness. In severe cases, this can lead to sudden death in patients.

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Can patients with rheumatic heart disease not drink a lot of water?

The early manifestations of rheumatic heart disease include rheumatic myocarditis or pericarditis, sometimes accompanied by significant pericardial effusion. In later stages, there may be thickening of the pericardium, presenting as constrictive pericarditis. Some patients may also develop severe mitral stenosis, aortic stenosis, or insufficiency. When the disease reaches a certain level of severity, the patient can experience cardiac failure and systemic sodium and water retention. In such cases, it becomes necessary to control water intake. Therefore, in the early stages of rheumatic heart disease when there is no cardiac failure, it is possible to drink more water. However, when patients experience severe cardiac failure, edema, and similar conditions, it is not advisable to drink excessive amounts of water.

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Are the symptoms of rheumatic heart disease severe?

Rheumatic heart disease is a type of organic heart disease where the heart valves are damaged, leading to stenosis and insufficiency. Symptoms vary with the extent of the damage. Mild damage does not significantly alter hemodynamics, and there may be no clinical symptoms, allowing for unrestricted physical activity. Severe damage results in noticeable changes in hemodynamics, presenting with symptoms of heart failure such as coughing, expectoration, cyanosis, palpitations and shortness of breath after activity, swelling of the lower limbs, and indigestion among other signs of heart dysfunction. Early treatment is necessary to prevent worsening of heart failure and to safeguard the patient’s life.

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Rheumatic heart disease requires surgery under what circumstances?

Surgical treatment for rheumatic heart disease includes two methods: interventional surgery and surgical surgery. The indications for interventional surgery are moderate or severe mitral stenosis, a mitral valve area less than 1.5 square centimeters, accompanied by symptoms, cardiac function classification of grade II or higher, or moderate to severe mitral stenosis without symptoms but accompanied by pulmonary hypertension, with a pulmonary artery pressure greater than 50mmHg. Valve morphology suitable for percutaneous intervention means that the valve still has decent flexibility at midnight, with no significant calcification and subvalvular structural disease, no thrombus formation in the left atrium, and no moderate or severe mitral regurgitation. The indications for surgical surgery include moderate or severe mitral stenosis accompanied by symptoms of heart failure, cardiac function between grade III and IV, and patients who are unsuitable for percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty.