Coffee does not directly cause palpitations, but try not to drink it when you are extremely tired.

Drafted by: Gong Zihao

At 4 o 'clock in the morning of April 17, star Cao Ying posted a post on Weibo, telling about the thrilling event that just happened to her.

That night, she drove her family on the highway, suddenly felt palpitations, breathing difficulties, and almost crashed, forced herself off the highway, and got into the ambulance. After a rescue, at 3:00 in the morning finally escaped.

Looking back on the night's high-speed shock, Cao Ying thought it might be a cup of strong coffee.

Does coffee really affect your body? Is there another reason for Cao Ying's situation? Qian newspaper reporter interviewed relevant medical experts in our province.

Cao Ying is on the highway

Sudden physical discomfort and near crash

Cao Yingfa micro bo said, April 16 afternoon, Due to work continuously stay up late, Some fatigue, Then drink a cup of strong coffee refreshing. At night, pick up the family, drive on the highway,"suddenly palpitations, breathing difficulties, numbness of hands and feet, cramps, almost crash, really can not control the vehicle." I forced myself down the highway and into the ambulance, feeling that I couldn't breathe or control my limbs. A round of various tests and intravenous drip…I recovered after three in the morning."

Analysis of the cause, Cao Ying said it may be caffeine poisoning plus potassium deficiency, oneself also have asthma and so on. "Anyway, it's safer for my body to be insulated from coffee in the future."

These words, let you some of the spectators panic-can not touch coffee later?

Hangzhou's Ms. Hu said she experienced a similar scene a few days ago.

During this period of time, Ms. Hu just changed her new job, busy work, high pressure. One afternoon, she drank a cup of coffee, and at night she suddenly felt sick in her heart and couldn't breathe. "I swallowed two quick-acting heart-saving pills to save myself," Hu said, adding that she had not eaten anything special after drinking coffee that day.

Expert recommendations:

Don't drink coffee when you are extremely tired

Does coffee really cause heart palpitations?

Qian Bao reporter interviewed Ding Yahui, deputy chief physician of Cardiology Department of Zhejiang Province People's Hospital, and Chen Shenjie, chief physician of Cardiovascular Medicine Department of Zhejiang Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Two experts read Cao Ying's micro blog, think Cao Ying's illness is not necessarily caffeine poisoning, but another reason.

Ding Yahui thinks Cao Ying may be overtired, and drink exciting coffee, causing sympathetic over-excitation. " If the sympathetic nervous system is excited for a long time, it will lead to excessive burden on the heart, increase the heart rate, and even produce arrhythmia."

"After the symptoms appeared in her body, considering the high-speed environment Cao Ying was in at that time, she might also be very nervous, and there might be hyperventilation in the middle." Ding Yahui further explained,"That is to say, her breathing frequency has become faster, and the carbon dioxide exhaled from the body has increased." Exhaling too much carbon dioxide will change the pH value of the blood. After the pH value rises, potassium deficiency in the body will also occur. After a potassium deficiency, one's limbs will become weak and weak. In severe cases, one's heart will also experience arrhythmia." Medically, this condition is known as respiratory alkalinosis.

Chen Shenjie also believes that Cao Ying's illness is more like "respiratory alkalis poisoning". This condition is more common in hysterical patients. In this case, rescue is not difficult, breathing slow down, wear a mask, do not need oxygen, reduce carbon dioxide exhalation, can alleviate symptoms. Chen Shenjie said,"Coffee itself does not directly cause palpitations, although it contains caffeine can make people's sympathetic nerves more excited, but for most people, drinking a cup of coffee will not have an accident."

Chen Shenjie believes that Cao Ying's illness after drinking coffee should be only a case, related to her own body. In foreign countries, many cardiologists drink a cup of coffee after surgery.

Ding Yahui pointed out that Cao Ying drank coffee before, there are a few days to stay up late to work, her body should be extremely tired. At this time, choosing to drink strong coffee to refresh is not a wise choice. When the body feels too tired, drinking strong coffee will strengthen the body, and the body will naturally protest.

It seems that instead of discussing whether to drink this coffee with your friends, it is better to care more about your body, don't stay up late to work, and don't put yourself in a state of high tension.