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Well, just coming out of open heart surgery myself five weeks ago, I can tell you a little bit about breathing porblems from it. In my case, I was on the heart/lung bypass machine for quite a while and on and off it twice. Basically, while doctors are performing the surgery on you, you are hooked up to machines that breath and pump blood for you(and oxygate that blood) so they can work on the heart at rest. While these machines are doing this for you, your own heart and lungs are not doing anything, which can lead to problems when they try to get them to start working again on their own. Usually everything goes well, but in my case, I had a collapsed lung for several days and had a very hard time breathing after surgery. It did eventually start working properly with my breathing exercises(spirometer), but I still have some fluid in the lungs five weeks later and am still having to use the spirometer and take diueretics to help get rid of the excess fluid. Your lungs are not designed to sit still and not work. They start to build up fluid in the lungs and can even collapse in the time they are not working like mine did. That's why they try to take patients off the heart lung bypass machine and remove the breathing tubes as soon as they can after surgery these days. Hospitals that do this have MUCH fewer complications and problems after surgery compared to those that don't. I didn't have much choice in my case as my surgery was very long and complicated. I did have the breathing tubes removed right away though after surgery and they even had me sitting up and in a chair that evening.
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How can blocking an artery in the heart cause heart damge?
An artery is a pathway for the blood to travel to and from the heart. If the artery is block, the heart cannot release or receive blood, and therefore, causes heart problems.
What controles your heart beat and breathing?
Hypothalamus control your heart rate. Medulla oblonga;ta assists in the control of breathing
What is it called when you awake during surgery and the drugs fail to put you asleep?
Surgical Recall [That depends on the goal of the surgery. Conscious sedation= where the goal is to reduce the sensation of surgery, but to keep you from deep anesthesia, a state where it is necessary to control your breathing. Anesthesia= where the goal is to eliminate all sensation and pain of surgery, necesitating control of your blood pressure, breathing, and heart rate. A failure to achieve complete anesthesia when it is ethically necessary to do so is malpractice. ]
When was heart surgery discovered?
Dr. Dwight Harken, a U.S. Army surgeon, was a pioneer of heart surgery
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well because if you dont breath your heart wont work. your heart helps you breath so never and promise not to take drugs and dont hold your breath please
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They stopped breathing cause they could have heart respitory failure
Does the pitbull have heart problems?
Yes Pitt-bulls Have Breathing Problems To So That Makes The Heart a Lot More Weak
What damages is done to animals by air pollution?
it could kill them thrugh breathing problems or heart problems
Three causes of collapse for which rescue breathing may be needed?
Causes of collapse for which rescue breathing may be needed are anaphylactic shock, heart attack, and poisoning.
Why patient of myocardial infarction experiences difficulty in breathing?
This is because the heart is enclosed by the lungs and breathing causes lungs to expand compressing on the infarcted heart increasing the pain
How is dipthreria caused?
Diphtheria is caused by the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It is spread by coughing and sneezing. Diphtheria is a highly contagious respiratory disease that causes breathing problems, paralysis, heart failure, and death.
Why is food important to eat?
As it causes many health problems such as; Death Anorexia, Liver problems, Heart Problems, Kidney Problems. an other injuries. Liz. As it causes many health problems such as; Death Anorexia, Liver problems, Heart Problems, Kidney Problems. an other injuries. Liz.
Why is it important to eat food?
As it causes many health problems such as; Death Anorexia, Liver problems, Heart Problems, Kidney Problems. an other injuries. Liz. As it causes many health problems such as; Death Anorexia, Liver problems, Heart Problems, Kidney Problems. an other injuries. Liz.
What causes high blood carbon dioxid?
Heart problems.
What causes the characteristic heart sounds?
The heart is caused by severe heart problems that eventually can lead to inificant heart beats
What is the relationship between the breathing rate and the heart rate?
because when your doing the exercises it causes the heart rate to increse.
You think your Boston Terrier has a cold how can you tell he seems to be laboring to breathe?
Take him to the vet immediately, breathing trouble is bad. A cold will not give him breathing problems as such, visit immediately a Veterinary Clinic, breathing problems may indicate pneumonia, heart problems or other important disorders
