subject: Symptoms Of Heart Failure [print this page] Heart Failure doesn't actually mean that the heart has stopped working. It means that the heart can't pump efficient blood to all parts of the body. When the heart pumping action lessens, the patient's left side, right side, or even both sides of the body will be impacted. It can result in shortness of breath, leg swelling and other problems. Furthermore, it cannot deliver the oxygen and nutrients to the organs in your body, which these organs can function properly. There are many patients with this disease every year in the world, and some of them lose their lives because of it.
In fact, the heart failure is a chronic condition which grows gradually. However, there are many underlying conditions that damage the heart and make the heart muscle stiff or thick, including the high blood pressure or heart disease. The patients with chronic heart disease suffer some symptoms such as difficult sleeping, light-headedness, swollen feet, ankles, and sometimes the abdomen. The acute heart disease has similar symptoms to those for chronic heart failure, but it can tread to a patient's life. Hence, the patients should pay attention to the difference between these two types, avoiding to bad situations.
In order to prevent the cause of the heart failure, the people should understand the factors that cause the risks. For instance, when the people abuse alcohol and smoke cigarettes or use cocaine, they should give up these bad habits. When it comes to diagnosis of this kind disease, you will be tested through the blood test that can check kidney or thyroid function, echocardiogram, ejection fraction that is to see how much blood your heart is pumping out and so on. The diagnosis is an indispensable step during the treatment. The doctors depend on the symptoms to determine the disease, and give them right treatment.
There are many treatments that can control symptoms of heart failure and improve the heart. For instance, the lifestyle should be changed like losing weight, cutting down on salt and doing regular exercises. In the course of the treatment, the medicine is available to help your heart. When the heart gets worse, the heart transplantation may be a good choice. Along with the advance of the medical technology, the transplantation has been improved. The mechanical heart assist devices have been used widely, which also deal with the shortage of donor. The stress can cause the heart disease so that it is important to manage the stress and stay connected to your friends. Anyway, it is vital to keep the heath fit anytime.
