What is the life expecteny for patients with both C.O.P.D. and congestive heart failure?

Question

I was diagnosed with c.o.p.d. in 1999 and with c.h.f. in 2002

Answer 1

it is up to the individual, the right medication, exercise and healthy eating can increase the odds exponentially.

Answer 2

I have COPD but not congestive heart failure but should be getting it any day now. I cough constantly.
It may be around 10 years if you take good care of yourself, take your medications, and get daily exercise. It may be more, I don't know your condition exactly. It may be less.
I hope you feel reasonably well and pain free!
Are you on Oxygen?
Do you use an inhaler and which one?
Hope to hear from you!

Answer 3

CHF and COPD are chronic illnesses that can go on for a long time. The exact course of the illness may be difficult for your physician to determine. There are usually ups and downs, sometimes requiring acute hospital care. As CHF or COPD get worse, it becomes difficult to perform physical tasks that require moving around. People with advanced disease may need help from family members and other caretakers to do basic things like getting dressed, cooking, or other chores, particularly those that require going out of the home. This makes caregiving a family affair, with impact on everyone in the household.

As it gets harder to do things, quality of life declines. People with advanced disease often realize that they are likely to die, and begin concentrating on how to maintain the highest possible quality of life for as long as life remains. Planning ahead can include learning about hospice care and death with dignity. A key objective in hospice and home care is to obtain high-quality palliative care to control pain and preserve the highest possible quality of life for as long as life remains.

For elderly people, handling chronic disease is often linked to more general issues regarding basic living arrangements, finances, and aging. Many eldercare resources exist to provide care for the total person.

Answer 4

That is a scary one.... I was checking out alzheimers, and found a site with copd on it. And I think congestive heart failure was there too. I know that copd was because I was thinking of someone else I knew. It was at this site,

http://205.234.239.246/index.htm... and I got there from this one

http://www.rasmussen.natureswellnesssecret.com/