Heart disease acquired in the same way as congenital heart disease is nothing more than a problem in the functioning of the heart muscle. In both cases, this disease is considered very serious and can be fatal. As the name implies, a congenital defect forms in a person even at that period when he is just an embryo developing in the mother’s stomach, and acquired heart defect appears after a person was born and began his life path. The causes of these and other diseases can be different.
Heart disease acquired
It is most directly associated with a deterioration in the functioning of the heart valves, which very often appears due to rheumatism. As a rule, he is diagnosed after a person begins to understand that something is wrong with his heart, goes to the hospital, where he is diagnosed.
This disease can also be a consequence of atherosclerosis. The cause can also be a septic or syphilitic type of disease, but it can also appear after a serious injury.
Acquired heart disease appears due to the fact that the valves of the heart valves become inflamed, which makes them prone to all kinds of injuries and deformations. Of course, a violation of the normal operation of the valves negatively affects the work of the heart itself: as a result, it has to endure very large loads, and they can lead to a thickening of some heart sections. A little later, the heart departments begin to expand, and the heart muscle loses its Socratic ability over time. All signs of heart failure appear .
Classification of heart defects:
1) According to the state of general hemodynamics:
- subcompensated;
- compensated;
- decompensated.
2) By etiology:
- atherosclerotic;
- rheumatic;
- syphilitic and others.
3) Based on the location of the lesion:
- mono valve;
- combined;
- three-valve.
4) In shape:
- simple;
- combined;
- combined.
Heart disease acquired: main varieties
1) Mitral valve insufficiency. With it, large changes in tendon filaments and valve flaps occur. Due to these changes, the valve loses its ability to close the mitral opening at the moment when the ventricle contracts. Because of all this, part of the blood each time returns back to the left atrium, which increases from this. Such a defect can cause congestion inside the lungs, as well as an increase in blood pressure, which passes through the vessels of the pulmonary circulation.
2) Mitral stenosis (mitral defect). With it, the mitral orifice greatly narrows, and this complicates the work of the left ventricle. The cause of it may be rheumatic endocarditis. The defect becomes very severe if the mitral orifice has decreased by fifty percent or more.
3) Stenosis of the mouth of the aorta. The reason is the anatomical changes that occur in the valves of the aorta. The constrictions formed do not allow blood to flow normally into the aorta. As a result of all this, the left ventricle suffers, since it constantly has to endure loads that are much higher than normal. A sure sign of this disease is pale skin.
Acquired defects are also known, such as:
- Tricuspid valve insufficiency ;
- mitral valve prolapse;
- Aortic valve insufficiency and some others.
All of them are extremely dangerous, which means that when they are discovered at home, it is recommended to take all measures that will help in the future hinder their further development.