Enlargement of the heart causes serious swelling of the body, generally considered to be due to heart failure, clinical often through general treatment, drug therapy, surgical treatment to alleviate and improve the symptoms, specific analysis is as follows:
1. General treatment: first of all, patients need to keep their emotions stable, and their diet should be low in salt to prevent sodium retention. If the patient’s condition is unstable, physical activity should be restricted. Pay attention to bed rest.
2. Drug therapy: clinical drug therapy, including diuretics to reduce the burden on the patient’s heart through urination; β-receptor antagonists, such as metoprolol, to inhibit sympathetic nerve activity and reduce clinical symptoms. Nitrate drugs, such as sodium nitroprusside, can also be used to dilate blood vessels to reduce the burden on the heart and relieve symptoms.
3. Surgical treatment: including cardiac resynchronization therapy, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, heart transplantation and so on.
The above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, and it is recommended that patients consult a doctor for standardized treatment in a timely manner.