On December 27, Ms. Zhou Haiying, the sister of actress Ms. Zhou Haimei, made a statement on issues such as the distribution of Ms. Zhou Haimei’s inheritance, the cause of her death, and the arrangements for the adopted cats and dogs. The original text mentioned: “According to the surveillance video and the identification of the forensic department, comprehensive It was determined that Zhou Haimei died suddenly of a heart attack, very calm, peaceful, and without pain."
Sudden cardiac death refers to a natural death preceded by loss of consciousness due to various cardiac causes. Death occurs 1 hour after the onset of symptoms. Inside. The main manifestations of sudden cardiac death are: death within 1 hour after acute attacks such as chest pain and shortness of breath caused by cardiac causes; there are often no signs before discovery; once it occurs, the effective rescue time is short.
Winter is the season with the highest incidence of sudden death. According to statistics, the incidence of sudden death in autumn and winter is about 20% higher than that in spring and summer. The number of sudden deaths in my country ranks first in the world, with one person dying suddenly every minute on average. In the entertainment industry, news of sudden death of many high-profile celebrities shocked the public. In fact, although sudden death has no obvious warning signs, it is not invisible.
Review of celebrities who passed away due to sudden cardiac death:
Middle age is the most common
Godfrey Gao, a Taiwanese actor, has starred in works such as "Meet Wang Lichuan" and "The Magician". He has been selected into the "Global Top 100" for four consecutive years. Ranking list of the most handsome faces.” In 2019, he died of sudden cardiac death while recording a sports variety show. He was only 35 years old.
Gao Xiumin, a national first-class actor. In 2001, he co-starred with Zhao Benshan and Fan Wei in the sketch "Selling Kidnappings" and won the first prize at the 19th Spring Festival Gala. Since then, the three have co-starred in many Spring Festival Gala sketches such as "Heart Disease" and "Selling Cars", and are well known to the public. In 2005, Gao Xiumin died of a heart attack at the age of 46.
Chen Jianxiong is a national first-class actor. He has appeared in many large-scale TV series, including Su Guiyuan in "The Foreign Wife, a Local Man", Yacasu in "Once Upon a Time in China", and Shang Xiajiu in "The Strange Son-in-law Riding the Dragon 4". In 2022, it was revealed that he died of suspected myocardial infarction at the age of 51.
There are many celebrities who have suddenly received bad news of sudden death. In the past two months, it was reported that Malaysian actress Zhuang Qunshi (aged 37 years old) and Japanese singer Tanimura Shinji (aged 74 years) had passed away due to sudden death. It is not difficult to find that sudden death among middle-aged people (30-53 years old) is not an isolated case.
What is the probability of sudden death? There is a representative and prospective survey on the incidence of sudden cardiac death in my country. According to this survey, the annual incidence rate of sudden cardiac death is approximately 40/100,000, that is, 1 in every 2,500 people. , accounting for about 10% of all deaths, that is, one in every 10 deaths is a sudden death.
As age increases, the risk of sudden death increases rapidly. Beginning after the age of 55, the risk of sudden death rises sharply. A more extreme phenomenon is that the risk of sudden death for women over 75 years old is 100 times higher than that for all age groups under 55 years old. However, common phenomena in the lives of young and middle-aged people, long-term high pressure and unhealthy living habits are also one of the important causes of sudden death.
"The number one killer" is hard to guard against.
Identification and prevention are key.
Since sudden death occurs suddenly, how to prevent and identify sudden death has become a key means to save lives. When many people hear about sudden death, they first feel panic and anxiety, because it comes and goes without a trace and cannot be recognized or saved. A study was published in the journal "Chinese Emergency Medicine", "Analysis of the Epidemic Characteristics of 5,516 Sudden Autopsy Death Cases in my country". Through the study and analysis of the autopsy characteristics of 5,516 cases of sudden death, these patterns were discovered in sudden death.
Among the causes of sudden death, sudden cardiac death accounts for about 60%. Statistics show that there are as many as 7 million sudden cardiac deaths worldwide every year. Unfortunately, there are no signs of sudden cardiac death. However, there are 6 manifestations that are considered to be signs of sudden cardiac death.
1. There was a heart murmur during the physical examination.
2. Chest pain, chest tightness, and chest discomfort, especially when you are tired.
3. Unexplained syncope during activities or emergencies often indicates heart problems.
4. When you are tired from activities, you notice shortness of breath or a feeling of suffocation.
5. Symptoms of heart palpitations may also be accompanied by symptoms such as sweating, dizziness, and nausea.
6. Have a family history of hereditary heart disease or sudden death.
Emotional excitement and overwork
"Very dangerous" for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Research has found that more than half of the people who died suddenly were "too excited" and "too tired" before their death. Among them, emotional sudden death accounted for 26%, overworked sudden death accounted for 25%, and the rest included changes in blood volume, drinking, overeating, minor injuries, etc.
Mr. Chen from Shenzhen, when he was tutoring his children with homework, he felt a pain in his chest and could not breathe due to excitement. He thought it was just a normal incident, but the symptoms were not relieved. When he went to the hospital, he had convulsions and urinary incontinence. In the end, only a small life was saved after first aid, and he was finally diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome, which is often called "myocardial infarction".
In May 2023, a study published by a team of academicians from Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University in the journal "Journal of the American College of Cardiology·Cardiovascular" revealed the entire process of anger leading to myocardial infarction or sudden death. Angry people are prone to sudden death because when people are angry or emotionally excited, the production of bone marrow white blood cells is upregulated, which in turn promotes coronary inflammation and increases plaque vulnerability, leading to the occurrence of cardiovascular disease.
In addition, after the human body undergoes excessive physical labor, works overtime or stays up late, the heart does not get sufficient rest, and the body will experience symptoms such as increased blood pressure and accelerated heart rate.
This is because after overexertion, some people will have symptoms such as dizziness, fatigue, and chest tightness. In this case, the burden on the heart will increase significantly. The increase in blood pressure will increase the load on the heart and increase the heart rate. Acceleration will lead to a significant increase in the oxygen consumption of the heart. To a certain extent, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, and even sudden death may occur.
Especially people with basic diseases such as high blood pressure, myocardial failure, diabetes, etc., should pay more attention to their heart health and avoid overexertion.
30-53-year-old middle-aged people
are more likely to die suddenly
Among the 5,516 sudden deaths, middle-aged people aged 30-63 are the age group with the highest incidence of sudden cardiac death.
Why does sudden death happen more often to middle-aged people?
Young and middle-aged people have greater work and life pressure than people of other age groups. Their bodies are often in a sub-healthy state, and they do not pay attention to physical examinations and often work overtime and stay up late. In recent years, young and middle-aged people are more and more likely to suffer from heart disease, viral disease, myocarditis and other heart diseases. They often fail to detect signs of heart disease in time. In addition, the social environment and dietary habits of modern society have changed. This virtually increases the risk of potential diseases in young and middle-aged people, who are a high-risk period for disease development.
At the same time, young and middle-aged people are often burdened with huge life pressure. If they are not aware of their physical condition and do not pay attention to their health, they may work overtime and stay up late, shorten their rest time, and work irregularly, further increasing the burden on their heart.
How to prevent sudden death? Watch the 7 Moments
"Life Times" once listed 7 scenarios where sudden death often occurs, namely:
1. When you are full, you should control your intake when eating, and refuse to overeat. Failure to control yourself may cause pancreatic duct disease contraction, thereby inducing acute pancreatitis.
2. If you drink too much, you should reduce the frequency of drinking or even stop drinking in daily life. Drinking alcohol can easily increase blood pressure, increase blood pressure and increase heart rate, aggravate myocardial ischemia, and may induce symptoms such as myocardial infarction.
3. Hold your stool. If you feel the urge to defecate, don’t hold it in. Don’t use too much force when defecating, otherwise your blood pressure will rise suddenly.
4. If you keep smoking, the dangers of smoking are well known. Smokers should smoke less and quit smoking as soon as possible. Smoking a lot in a short period of time may lead to large-scale myocardial infarction.
5. Sitting for too long. In work and study, we have to get up and move our bodies to prevent the lower body from being immobile for a long time and venous blood return is not smooth.
6. Overtraining. Although exercise is good for physical and mental health, exercise must be done within your ability and must not be excessive, otherwise it may lead to myocardial infarction.
7. The temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is very big in winter. The human body feels the large temperature difference for a long time and it is easy to cause vasoconstriction. Therefore, we try not to go in and out indoors and outdoors many times in a short period of time
(Yangcheng Evening News·Yangcheng Pai Comprehensive Beijing Youth Daily, The Paper News, Xinhua News Agency, Guangming Daily, Life Times, Healthy China, Healthy Henan, etc.)
topic host | Reporter Li Kexin
