Patient's question:
I was eating dinner at night last month when suddenly I felt pain in my lower abdomen. Then, I quickly felt discomfort in my heart. My family also noticed a sudden change in my complexion, and I fainted. After waking up quickly, I felt discomfort in my abdomen and wanted to use the restroom. With my family's help, I fainted again while going to the restroom. I woke up quickly after resting, and my condition improved. My complexion returned to normal. The 120 emergency ambulance took me to the hospital, where the electrocardiogram showed a heart rate of 64 beats, sinus rhythm, no axis deviation, and high voltage in the left ventricle. No other treatments were administered, and I went home to rest. The next morning, I went to the hospital for a 24-hour Holter monitoring. The report showed the slowest heart rate was 44.Doctor's answer:
Hello! The patient's symptoms are caused by insufficient blood supply from the heart. I recommend getting a head CT to check for signs of infarction. Currently, Western medicine in our country primarily uses antiplatelet aggregation drugs to treat this type of elderly disease, which can only control the condition but not cure it. I suggest using traditional Chinese medicine decoctions, which are effective as they can address the root cause of the disease by targeting the pathogenesis.