Man’s mistake after drinking leads to acute heart failure

Let’s be true: most of us don’t look the best after a night of heavy drinking.

So when a man woke up with a swollen face and a swollen eyelid, he realized that he was simply paying for the party price.

But it was not last night’s drinks returning to follow it. On the contrary, it was a rare and deadly heart of the heart-and a good deliberate mistake dedicated his life.

Three months, without response

When the swelling did not back down, the 33-year-old Chinese sought medical help-but doctors came out empty.

Initial testing found no problems with his heart, but doctors noticed that he had extremely high protein levels in his urine. They suspected that he could explain Puffiness on his face, gave him a recipe, and sent him home.

But his condition only deteriorated.

Soon, the swelling spread from his face to the rest of his body. His chest began to tighten. His belly was inflated. And yet, no one had a clear answer.

After jumping from appointment to appointment, he was finally admitted to the Emergency Room at the Qingdao Hospital in Qingdao – three months after the symptoms first appeared.

This is when doctors finally revealed the real cause: a torn sinus of Valsalva (RSOVA) aneurysm – a rare and potentially deadly heart condition.

In the newspaper of medical reports, doctors writes that they believe that rupture is likely to drive “strong exercises” after drinking alcohol, which made the face of the “healthy” man swell.

Something to think before you hit the hungry gym.

A heart on the doorstep

Valsalva aneurysms are rare, affecting only 0.09% of the population. Most people do not know that they have one until they are broken, often caused by activities such as strong exercises or severe rise.

When this rupture occurs, the symptoms can vary wildly: from chest pain and shortness of breath to fading, fatigue-or, in the case of this man, a slow bounce, slipped with full body.

Remaining untreated, RSOVA often leads to heart failure and death within a year. But with early diagnosis and surgical repair, long -term survival rate is usually strong.

Doctors who eventually diagnosed the 33-year-old patient said previous health care providers lost some “key indicators”-including a loud sound in the heartbeat that could be a sign of a rupture.

This diagnostic error, they wrote, “delayed proper intervention” and allowed the patient’s condition to deteriorate, presenting a “serious risk”.

At the time he arrived at the Emergency Department at the Cauli Hospital, his symptoms were escalated to acute heart failure.

Further testing identified an aneurysm that was affecting one of the four heart rooms – and doctors hurried it into urgent surgeries.

Fortunately, rupture was successfully repaired, and 18 months later, the patient is healing well without complications.

In their report, doctors said the issue underlines why medical teams should be faster to consider RSOVA in younger patients presenting signs of heart failure – a condition that usually affects older adults.

“It is therefore important to develop a strategy for early recognition of aortic sinus aneurysm,” they writes.