RESUMO
I would like to describe the initial extreme physical and psychological effects of my posttraumatic stress disorder that appeared after multiple shocks from an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, my surprise about my physical awareness, which I and apparently also the physicians could not understand, the feeling of helplessness, the lack of knowledge, the ignorance, and the unfairness of some of the physicians concerning my psychological illness, feelings of being stamped as a psychopath, not being believed, and being let down, my improvements during the course of the last 6 years, my current condition, and my appeal to physicians that better care be offered to patients with a similar illness.
Assuntos
Desfibriladores Implantáveis/psicologia , Papel do Doente , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/psicologia , Adulto , Amiodarona/efeitos adversos , Amiodarona/uso terapêutico , Antiarrítmicos/efeitos adversos , Antiarrítmicos/uso terapêutico , Transtorno da Personalidade Antissocial/psicologia , Transtorno da Personalidade Antissocial/reabilitação , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Complexos Cardíacos Prematuros/psicologia , Complexos Cardíacos Prematuros/reabilitação , Ablação por Cateter/psicologia , Terapia Combinada , Convalescença , Comportamento Cooperativo , Dessensibilização e Reprocessamento através dos Movimentos Oculares/métodos , Transplante de Coração/psicologia , Desamparo Aprendido , Humanos , Comunicação Interdisciplinar , Masculino , Erros Médicos/psicologia , Memória Episódica , Admissão do Paciente , Relações Médico-Paciente , Psicoterapia/métodos , Qualidade de Vida/psicologia , Centros de Reabilitação , Reabilitação Vocacional/psicologia , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/reabilitação , Taquicardia/psicologia , Taquicardia/reabilitaçãoRESUMO
Balneotherapy was given to 113 patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) with stable angina (functional class I and II). 40 patients and 43 patients took radon baths (40 nCi/l and 120 nCi/l, respectively), 30 patients took the course of fresh-water baths. Treatment results were assessed at spiroveloergometry and ambulatory Holter monitoring. Radon baths had a training effect in IHD with extra-systole. It manifests in higher physical performance and coronary heart reserve. Antiarrhythmic effect of the radon baths was different: a significant reduction in the average number of 24-h ventricular extrasystoles by 78.1, supraventricular extrasystoles by 92.3%, and by 79.9 and 94.7% for the 40 nCi/l baths and 120 nCi/l baths, respectively.