If the blood stops feeding the brain and other important organs, then a collapse has occurred. What it is? This is a sudden and rapid drop in blood pressure. The walls of blood vessels lose their elasticity, blood ceases to supply organs with oxygen. The word "collapse" is translated from Latin as "fallen." The condition is manifested by severe weakness.
If the patient complains of chills, dizziness, shortness of breath, then
this condition may indicate that a collapse has occurred. What it is, only a specialist is able to determine with accuracy. Therefore, one should not try to help the victim with “homegrown” means, but it is necessary to immediately call a doctor. Another sign of this dangerous ailment is the behavior of the patient. Although a person does not lose consciousness, does not faint, the collapse causes a inhibited, indifferent state in him. Together with the above symptoms, this is also an occasion in order to immediately show the patient to a specialist. The doctor will also fix that the patient's cervical and peripheral veins have lost tone, have fallen, heart sounds are deaf.
Let's talk about the causes that cause collapse.
What is acute hypovolemia?
This is a condition in which the amount of blood necessary for life is reduced. This occurs as a result of large blood loss or dehydration of the body and can cause acute heart failure, collapse. Therapy in this case will be aimed at eliminating hypovolemia. Plasma substitutes, polysaccharides, protein solutions and other necessary substances are administered intravenously.
Other causes of collapse
A sharp drop in pressure in the arteries and blood vessels can occur as a result of an allergic reaction of the body to any stimulus, with an overdose of vasodilator drugs, with some infectious diseases and poisonings. Toxins disrupt cellular metabolism, regulation of vascular tone and heart function. Cardiovascular ailments, diseases of the endocrine and nervous systems can cause collapse. One of the dangerous conditions leading to collapse is adrenal insufficiency.
Three varieties of collapoid state
- Cardiogenic collapse . It is caused by a malfunction of the heart.
- Hypovolemic collapse . What is it, we have already said: a decrease in blood pressure as a result of insufficient blood volume in the vessels.
- Angiohypotonic collapse occurs as a result of vascular insufficiency, a significant decrease in the tone of the bloodstream.
Emergency collapse relief
At first, blood flow is reduced in muscles, skin, and peritoneum, but if you don’t help the affected person in time, the blood will stop supplying the most important organs: the brain and heart. Then death may come.
At the first sign of collapse, you must immediately put the person, because the vertical position will significantly worsen his condition. Under the legs you need to bridge the roller from clothes or a pillow, cover the patient with a blanket. The next immediate step will be to call the ambulance doctors. Doctors will perform the first resuscitation, an
indirect heart massage and deliver the patient to the hospital. There, treatment will be carried out in accordance with the type of collapse.