What to do about reduced urine output in the late stage of rheumatic heart disease?

Written by Chen Tian Hua
Cardiology
Updated on February 03, 2025
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Patients with rheumatic heart disease who experience oliguria in the late stage should consider the possibility of heart failure as the cause. Due to heart failure leading to a decrease in cardiac output, renal blood perfusion is reduced, which in turn causes symptoms of oliguria. Additionally, if the patient also has renal function impairment, it will further exacerbate the symptoms of oliguria. It is important for patients with rheumatic heart disease who experience symptoms of oliguria to seek medical attention promptly and receive active treatment as soon as possible. Medications to control heart failure should be administered to increase the heart's contractility and cardiac output, improve renal perfusion, and diuretics should be given to increase urine output. With heart failure under control, the patient's condition can be alleviated. For patients with rheumatic heart disease, if there are indications for surgery, timely surgical treatment should be provided.

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What should be avoided with rheumatic heart disease?

Patients with rheumatic heart disease should avoid overexertion and getting angry. Both overexertion and anger can increase the heart's burden, leading to a worsening of the heart disease. Patients should consume easily digestible foods and avoid spicy and greasy foods because these can cause indigestion or gastrointestinal symptoms, which in turn can increase the burden on the heart. A low-salt diet is also recommended; avoid eating overly salty dishes. Consuming foods high in salt can lead to retention of sodium and water in the blood, which increases the heart's burden, and in severe cases, can lead to heart failure.

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Can rheumatic heart disease eat seafood?

For patients with rheumatic heart disease, it is recommended to avoid seafood in their diet. This is because seafood is relatively stimulating and can cause allergic reactions in patients. It is advisable for patients with rheumatic heart disease to follow a light diet, especially consuming easily digestible foods. During this period, the gastrointestinal function of patients is not very good, and there may be some congestion in the gastrointestinal tract, leading to a decrease in appetite. Therefore, it is even more important to eat foods that are easy to digest and pass through the digestive system. It is also important to maintain regular bowel movements. Particularly, spicy and stimulating foods should be avoided. Moreover, regular check-ups of the electrocardiogram and cardiac ultrasound are necessary.

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Rheumatic heart disease can be relieved by massaging which areas?

Since rheumatic heart disease is a type of valvular disease, especially mitral regurgitation or mitral stenosis, these can lead to rheumatic heart disease. Pathological murmurs can also be heard in the precordial area. The treatment of rheumatic heart disease is primarily pharmacological. If the condition is severe, surgical treatment can be used, but massage is not recommended. Because sometimes massage can exacerbate symptoms and does not alleviate the patient's condition, I personally suggest that it is better not to massage. In treating rheumatic heart disease, if the condition is severe, or the defect area is relatively large, sometimes it is advisable to consider surgical treatment for the patient, but pharmacological treatment can also relieve symptoms.

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Is rheumatic heart disease hereditary?

Rheumatic heart disease is not hereditary, and it is not a genetic disease; it is not directly related to genetics. It is mainly due to an abnormal immune response caused by streptococcal infection, which leads to damage to the heart valves, resulting in stenosis and insufficiency of the heart valves. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of rheumatic heart disease. Very rare rheumatic streptococcal infections can be reduced by using effective antibiotics to control the streptococcal infection. Common diseases that cause streptococcal infections include tonsillitis and upper respiratory tract infections. Once tonsillitis or an upper respiratory tract infection occurs, effective antibiotics should be used to control the infection as soon as possible.

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The causes of syncope in rheumatic heart disease.

The most common manifestation of rheumatic heart disease involves the mitral valve, leading to severe stenosis and insufficiency of the mitral valve, and decreasing the amount of blood returning to the heart. At this time, there is not enough blood returning to the heart, and naturally, the amount of blood pumped out is reduced. If it is extremely severe, it can lead to fainting; this is the first scenario. The second scenario is rheumatic heart disease affecting the aortic valve, which can also result in insufficient blood being pumped out, causing ischemia and hypoxia in the cerebral arteries, leading to fainting. Another situation is related to heart arrhythmias, which are divided into two types. One type occurs when rheumatic heart disease is very severe, potentially causing atrial fibrillation. Some patients with cardiac bypass might experience ventricular fibrillation, leading to fainting. Additionally, there is a scenario where severe rheumatic inflammation causes dysfunction in the heart's conduction system, leading to conditions similar to sick sinus syndrome or complete atrioventricular block, causing significantly slow heart rhythms, which may also lead to fainting.