Sleeping with a feeling of pressure on the heart requires symptomatic treatment, which may be caused by overweight quilt and does not require treatment. It may also be caused by myocardial infarction, acute pericarditis and other diseases, and patients can take medication and surgery.
1. The quilt is too heavy: when the patient sleeps, the quilt used may be too thick and heavy, compressing the body, which will lead to the phenomenon that the patient’s heart is compressed when sleeping. This situation does not require treatment, and patients are advised to change the quilt in time.
2. Myocardial infarction: patients with myocardial infarction have symptoms such as chest discomfort and shortness of breath, which can lead to the manifestation of heart pressure when sleeping. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions oral metoprolol tartrate tablets, bisoprolol fumarate tablets and other beta-blockers, but also oral nitroglycerin tablets, isosorbide nitrate and other nitrate drugs. If necessary, percutaneous coronary intervention, emergency coronary artery bypass grafting and other surgical treatments can be taken.
3. Acute pericarditis: patients with acute pericarditis have symptoms such as chest pain and pressure in the precordial area. Patients can take oral morphine hydrochloride tablets, pethidine hydrochloride tablets and other opioid analgesics as prescribed by the doctor, and pericardiocentesis can also be used for surgical treatment when pericardial effusion occurs.
When patients sleep, the symptoms of pressure on the heart should be timely medical treatment, as prescribed by the doctor.