Before sudden death, the body sends out three signals.

In recent years, there are more and more news about young people’s sudden death:

On February 27th, 2023, the young actor Liu Feng died of a sudden myocardial infarction due to overwork, at the age of 25.

On February 23, 2022, ByteDance employee Wu suddenly died at the age of 28;

On January 2, 2021, actor SunJiaoLu died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 25;

In March, 2021, ten million online celebrity bloggers "Paopaolong" died suddenly due to long-term high-intensity work, only 29 years old;

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More and more people suddenly

The cause of sudden death is inseparable from these two points.

Who defines sudden death as: patients who are healthy or seemingly healthy on weekdays suddenly die of natural diseases in a short time. In clinic, sudden death is defined as sudden death, which mainly refers to sudden cardiac arrest. There are many reasons for sudden death, and the causes are complicated, but most of them are related to cardiovascular diseases.

The data shows that there were about 10.65 million deaths due to illness in China in 2019, of which 43% (4.58 million) died due to vascular diseases, which is the biggest killer threatening Chinese people. Moreover, according to the data of China Cardiovascular Health and Disease Report 2019, there are 544,000 cases of sudden cardiac death in China every year. To put it another way, one person dies of sudden death every minute.

And the number is still rising. From 1990 to 2019, the mortality rate of cardiovascular diseases rose rapidly from 2.05/100,000 to 3.22/100,000, up 1.6 times year-on-year.

Why is cardiovascular disease so high now? Mainly related to two reasons.

1, work and life pressure.

Many young people are in a state of excessive mental stress for a long time in order to live, which will make sympathetic nerves continue to be excited. When the mood fluctuates greatly, it is likely to induce coronary stress reaction, which will lead to acute coronary events and even sudden death.

2. Bad living habits

In addition to the heavy pressure of life, many young people still have bad eating habits, including long-term eating of take-away, fried food, high-salt food, etc., and may also have bad habits of smoking and drinking, which may easily induce diseases such as "three highs" and coronary heart disease, and then increase the risk of sudden death;

Sleep is also very important for cardiovascular health. Many young people will "retaliate" to play mobile phones after work. Frequent staying up late and lack of sleep will also increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Another point is the lack of exercise for a long time. Lack of exercise can easily lead to obesity, increased blood viscosity, and increased risk of venous thrombosis in lower limbs, which can easily induce sudden death.

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Before sudden death, the body

Will send out three signals, don’t ignore them.

Research in chinese journal of critical care medicine pointed out that sudden cardiac death is the primary cause of sudden death, accounting for more than half, and middle-aged people aged 30-63 are the age group with high incidence of sudden death.

Among them, the death rate of sudden death in young people will be higher than that in old people, because there are many chronic cardiovascular diseases in the elderly, and the body has tolerance and compensation, while young people do not have such a compensation protection mechanism, so the death rate of sudden death is higher.

Yin Pengfei, chief physician of the Department of Cardiology, Beijing Millennium Hospital, reminded that there may be three abnormal manifestations in the body before sudden death.

First, for no reason, I found chest pain, oppression, physical weakness, dizziness and other symptoms;

Second, there are inexplicable symptoms of angina pectoris and dysphagia, and some patients will have chest tightness for 3 to 5 minutes;

Third, low blood pressure suddenly appears, and at the same time, there are symptoms of cold sweat and dyspnea, which mostly occur after satiety and physical activity, and can be relieved to some extent after rest.

In addition to these three typical symptoms, some patients have sore throat, toothache and left arm pain before sudden death. The duration of these symptoms varies from a few minutes to half an hour. Because these symptoms are not typical, they are easily ignored by people when they appear, and many people will carry them hard for work and other reasons, which will easily delay the best treatment opportunity.

In daily life, once you find the above-mentioned discomfort symptoms, please go to the doctor for examination without delay.

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How to prevent sudden death? Three main points to keep in mind.

According to the 2020 National Health Insight Report, about 53% people were worried about their sudden death. Among the young post-95 s and post-00 s, many people were worried about their sudden death, even every day. In fact, the occurrence of sudden death is traceable, and these three things should be done well in daily life.

Timely medical treatment

When you find symptoms such as precordial pain, chest tightness and decreased endurance, don’t blindly think that it is caused by fatigue or lack of rest, but go to the hospital for examination in time to clarify the cause.

Active treatment

After sudden death, the patient can be treated during the golden rescue period, and hopefully the patient can be pulled back from the hand of death. Once you find that someone around you suddenly falls to the ground and loses consciousness, you must call 120 emergency number in time and perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the patient.

Maintain healthy living habits.

Don’t let yourself get too tired every day, keep sleeping for about 8 hours every day, and put down your work and study in time when you feel tired. Pay attention to the light diet, and eat less spicy, high-calorie, high-fat food. At the same time, it is recommended to do proper exercise every day, which can promote blood circulation throughout the body and is good for health.

Cases of sudden death are becoming more and more common. Everyone should maintain good living habits in daily life and keep themselves away from the threat of sudden death.

References:

[1] "28-year-old employee sudden death! Sudden death targeting young people is mainly related to these factors … ".Popular Science China .2022-02-24.

[2] "Why do seemingly healthy young people suddenly die? Dr. Lilac. 2021-01-08

[3] Warning! These three things can easily lead to sudden death. Come and see if you have done it right. ".Popular Science China .2023-04-12

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