Patient's question:
Recently, I don't know why I've been feeling discomfort in my heart. Although I take medication to control it, the effect isn't significant. When I went to the hospital for a check-up, they also prescribed medication. I'm asking, for valvular heart disease, limb edema, fatigue, and shortness of breath, which department should I register with?Doctor's answer:
In your case, you first need to be admitted to the cardiology department for treatment. However, you also need to have an emergency evaluation of heart function to check how the heart failure indicators are. If the condition is critical, you may need to be moved to the cardiac intensive care unit. For your current condition, the first priority is to stabilize breathing symptoms. You should be given low-flow oxygen, and blood oxygen saturation monitoring data should be measured to predict blood gas levels. For those with rapid breathing, even a ventilator may be used to assist breathing. Wishing you good health.