Causes and treatment of bovine heart disease

The disease, popularly called a bull's heart, has a medical analogue of the term - cardiomegaly. This is a pathological process that occurs in the heart, which is characterized by an increase in the chambers of the organ. In some cases, slightly oversized sizes may be within the normal range for people who constantly experience increased stress, for example, athletes, military personnel.

With timely diagnosis and the beginning of proper treatment, there is every chance to normalize the functioning of the organ, improve the condition of a person, and improve the quality of his life.

Causes

If a person is diagnosed with a bovine heart, this means that the muscle fibers of the organ do not stretch, the myocardium does not have enough strength to carry out normal blood pumping.

As a result, the heart is depleted, worn out, the patient develops heart failure:

1. If only one chamber is enlarged, the diagnosis is partial cardiomegaly.
2. If everything is total.

Cardiomegaly (bovine heart syndrome) can be congenital or acquired.

In the first case, the prognosis is very unfavorable. So, 30% of children die within a few months after birth, a quarter of newborns survive, but they develop pathologies of the cardiovascular system, almost half recover.

The disease develops in a child for two reasons:

• genetic factor
• violation of intrauterine development.

There is a high risk of giving birth to a baby with a diagnosis of "bovine heart" in women who during pregnancy suffered infections, smoked, used drugs or alcohol.

There are many reasons why acquired cardiomegaly can develop.

The most common include the following:

• IHD, myocarditis, heart defects;
• hypertension, cardiosclerosis;
• pericarditis;
• anemia;
• kidney failure;
• diabetes;
• obesity.

The disease also occurs as a result of the use of medicines that are prescribed for the treatment of cancer and pathologies of the circulatory system. Cardiomegaly, which develops against the background of prolonged abuse of alcoholic beverages, is considered very dangerous.

Symptoms

The disease is asymptomatic in the early stages. The doctor can make such a diagnosis in the course of diagnosing other diseases. If the syndrome is diagnosed in time, it can be successfully cured. The effectiveness of treatment depends directly on the stage at which the disease is diagnosed, how far the pathological process has gone.

Characteristic signs of cardiomegaly:

• frequent shortness of breath;
• increased fatigue;
• swollen, bulging vessels;
• puffiness;
• pain in the chest area.

Your child may also have other symptoms:

• tachycardia;
• poor appetite;
• severe sweating;
• pale nasolabial triangle.

If treatment is started on time, the chances of recovery are significantly increased.

Advanced forms of pathology cause the development of complications such as heart failure, myocarditis.

The most informative method for diagnosing this disease is the ECG. Echocardiography allows you to determine the size of the heart, wall thickness, chamber parameters. To get a more detailed picture of the disease, a number of other research methods are prescribed.

How to treat

In most cases, bovine heart is a complication of some other systemic disease. Treatment of cardiomegaly includes a number of measures aimed at curing the underlying pathology.

Cardiomegaly is a disease that is quite dangerous to life and health, when irreversible changes occur in the heart.

For bull's heart disease, the following drugs are prescribed:

• ACE inhibitors;
• diuretics;
• beta-blockers;
• anticoagulants.

If drug therapy does not work, resort to a prompt solution to the problem.

In this case, you can help the patient using the following methods:

• coronary bypass;
• installation of a pacemaker;
• implanting valves or devices that improve circulation can greatly reduce the workload on the heart.

Treatment of the disease will be effective only if the patient leads a normal lifestyle, does not smoke or abuse alcohol. It is also important to normalize the daily diet: limit the intake of fluid into the body, refuse fatty, salty, fried foods. Useful for the patient will be moderate physical activity, walks in the fresh air. It is recommended to periodically undergo an examination of the body, monitor your health. This will help prevent not only the bull's heart, but also other diseases and disorders.