COLD SPELL BRINGS INCREASE IN CARDIO VASCULAR EVENTS|最強寒流到 急診室心血管.腦中風患者增

The sudden cold snap brought with it an increase in incidences of cardiovascular events and strokes. In one morning in New Taipei City 13 people were sent to hospital feeling unwell due to the cold. Doctors say that with overnight low temperatures those with chronic illnesses and the elderly, need to keep warm. The Centers for Disease Control reminds people that crowds at the weekend lantern festival are ideal for virus transmission and anyone visiting crowded places should take precautions. The coldest spell of weather so far this winter means that most large hospitals are seeing 10 to 20 percent more patients than usual. Many of these have suffered cardiovascular and stroke events. Even young people are at risk. In Taipei City, a 45-year-old man was sent to the hospital on Feb 8 with difficulty breathing and was found to have an acute myocardial infarction. Fortunately, he had an emergency cardiac catheterization surgery and survived. ==HOU SHEN-KUANG Director, Taipei Municipal Hospital emergency Dept== The age of patients we see with cardiac events is decreasing, especially those in the three high-risk categories, they already suffer from high blood pressure at a young age, or hyperglycemia or even diabetes, so the average age of these vascular emergencies has seen a significant decline. As the cold spell intensifies, in just one morning in new Taipei City a total of 13 people sought emergency hospital treatment due to the cold, in Taoyuan City two people were sent to the emergency at dawn when they were discovered to have no vital signs. In Taichung City, a 70-year-old man was sent to the hospital with a stroke. Doctors remind the public that the temperature drops significantly at night and those with chronic illness or the elderly must take special care to keep warm if they get up at night. ==HOU SHEN-KUANG Dir., Taipei Municipal Hospital Emergency Dept== When temperatures drop or there is a big difference in temperatures, then those with cardiac illness may experience sudden vesicle constriction or sudden changes in blood pressure and these may lead to obstruction of blood flow. This cold spell will last for a while and the Centers for Disease Control reminded the public that there were cluster outbreaks of viruses. Any events like the lantern festival where there were likely to be large crowds would be an ideal environment for virus transmission so the public should take precautions. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 寒流來襲、氣溫驟降，也得防範心血管疾病及中風，新北市光是上午就傳出13人身體不適送醫，醫師提醒，入夜到清晨氣溫變化大，有慢性病的老人家，要注意保暖，此外週六就是元宵節，各地燈會人潮眾多，疾管署提醒民眾，要預防流感病毒。 入冬以來最強寒流報到，各大醫院急診室患者也比平常增加一、兩成，其中不少是心血管及腦中風的患者，連中壯年也難逃威脅！台北市一名45歲男性上班族，沒有心臟病史，週三深夜因為胸悶、呼吸困難，被送到醫院急診後、發現是急性心肌梗塞，幸好緊急開刀進行心導管手術，才搶回一命。 ==北醫急診醫學科主任 侯甚光== 心血管方面疾病的年齡 其實比起以前 降低了不少 尤其是這些三高的患者 很多時候都是年輕就具有高血壓 或者是高血脂甚至血糖的疾病 所以這些血管急症的平均年齡 確實是很明顯的往下降 寒流持續發威，新北市上午就傳出有13人身體不適送醫急救，桃園市也傳出有兩人在凌晨送醫前、已無呼吸生命跡象，台中市有一名70幾歲老先生，因腦中風送醫；醫師提醒，入夜到清晨這段時間，氣溫變化大，尤其是有慢性病的老人家，清晨早起或半夜起床上廁所，都要注意保暖。 ==北醫急診醫學科主任 侯甚光== 氣溫的降低 或者是一個溫差 一個劇烈變動的狀況下 很容易會導致就是說 我們在這些本身 有一些血管疾病的患者 他本身血管就突然間的收縮 或者血壓急遽的變動 這些都會導致血管 突然間的阻塞甚至出血 由於這波寒流影響時間比較長，疾管署也警告，社區流感病毒已經蠢蠢欲動，加上週六是元宵節，燈會人潮擁擠，可能會加速流感病毒傳播，提醒民眾一定要提高警覺。 記者 賴淑敏 蔣龍祥 台北報導