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WHAT ARE DISEASES THAT END HEART HEALTH?
Things get messy when our hearts get sick. Our lives will be in danger. That’s why we need to take care of this organ like a baby. But sometimes it’s not about our hearts at all. We have an unrelated organ that doesn’t even have a neighbor to it. But after all, if it affects our hearts as well, we should know about these diseases well and take our precautions accordingly.
Turkey Medicals, “since it is World Heart-Day on September 29, let’s take a look at the diseases that make it sick together to draw attention to protecting this important organ of ours,” was said.
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DIABETES
Diabetes mellitus, that is, diabetes mellitus, is one of the diseases that negatively affect the heart. This disease disrupts all the vessels in the body, as well as makes the coronary arteries, that is, the heart vessels, sick. This disease begins with the fact that the layer lining the inner face of the vessels becomes ill. In this layer, which we call the endothelium, things are in such a balance that if a current in the body changes this balance, the integrity of the layer is also disrupted. Thus, plaques are formed inside the vessel that are attached to the wall and filled with substances that will block the vessel, such as cholesterol, calcium, and burn cells. One of the reasons that leads to a violation of this balance is an imbalance in blood sugar, the formation of insulin resistance, and the subsequent diabetes mellitus.
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COPD (CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE)
Corpulmonale is the name of a heart disease that occurs due to lung disease. In French, coeur (cor) means heart. Pulmonale also means lung. The heart and lung are not only adjacent to each other, but are in a very tight union. They are even connected to each other by non-decoupled bonds, that is, by large vessels, and there is a complete blood bond between them. An event that happens inside the lung also closely concerns and affects the heart. In the same way, an event in the heart also affects the lung, especially those related to the heart valves. Sometimes it causes fluid to accumulate in the lung. COPD, a chronic lung disease, also causes pulmonary hypertension in the heart, that is, an increase in pressure in the vein in connection with the lung. After that, we encounter a right heart failure that occurs in the heart on that side. With shortness of breath, there is palpitation and arrhythmia.
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GOITER
Overwork of the thyroid gland, that is, hyperthyroidism, leads to palpitations, premature beats in the heart, arrhythmias, which we call ektrasystole, due to the fact that thyroid hormones secreted in excess stimulate the heart. When this strenuous work is continued for a long time, it also negatively affects the performance of the heart and can lead to heart failure. In the same way, the thyroid gland works little, so the hypothyroidism and the heart slow down. In fact, there may be enough pauses from time to time to require the installation of a battery. Hypothyroidism also negatively affects cholesterol metabolism, causing an increase in bad cholesterol. This, in turn, leads to blockage of the heart vessels in the future.
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RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
The narrowness of the renal artery, impaired function of the kidney in the excretion of water and salt, the amount of hormones it secretes and a malfunction in its function lead to hypertension. The negative effect of hypertension also causes a number of changes in the heart. The involvement of water and salt in the body, which occurs with impaired kidney function, further increases the load on the heart, leading to increased signs of heart failure. Disorders in the balance of minerals such as potassium, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium can cause severe heart rhythm disturbances and difficult-to-treat arrhythmias. For this reason, kidney patients should be monitored closely from the heart side.
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RHEUMATISM
Among the people otitis media (Streptococcus also known as Group A beta hemolotik) that arise following infection with the bacteria passed as acute rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), ankylosing spondylitis, which holds the spine in the foreground, as a result of a disorder of uric acid metabolism and increase the level of uric acid in the blood accumulate in the joints, rheumatic diseases such as gout, which occurs when the heart by affecting serious complications can appear.
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PULMONARY EMBOLISM
If a blood clot is found in one of the atrial vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs, it is called a pulmonary embolism. If this event seriously affects the work of pumping blood, which is the main task of the heart, it causes sudden low blood pressure, fainting, various palpitations and arrhythmias.
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COVID-19
The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 infection binds to ACE-2 receptors on the inner surface of the vessels, causing inflammation and damage to the endothelial cells that it enters. These changes also trigger the formation of clots, and the resulting clot also leads to blockage of the vessels. If this event occurs in the coronary arteries, that is, in the heart vessels, we will face a heart attack. New corona virus can also directly affect the heart, causing myocarditis, that is, inflammation of the heart muscle and heart failure.
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DENTAL CARIES
Dental caries is a focus of infection that will lead to inflammation of the heart, called endocarditis, especially in patients with heart valve problems. For this reason, especially in patients who are going to have heart valve surgery in Turkey, dental control is performed to eliminate the sources of infection and caries treatment is performed.
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MUSCLE DISEASES
In muscles, the heart muscle may also be affected and signs of heart failure may occur in diseases involving muscle fibers that congenital or later myopathy.
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FLU
The muscle virus that causes flu infection can also affect heart muscles, causing myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle).
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TUMORS OF THE ADRENAL GLAND
Adrenal gland tumors that secrete cortisone, such as adrenaline-secreting the Cushing’s disease, such as pheochromocytoma in the adrenal gland, also indirectly disrupt the functioning of the heart. Hypertension and various rhythm disturbances occur.
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CANCER
Clotting events are common in cancer patients. In addition, close monitoring of the heart is important in terms of the side effects of treatment.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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