2007-07-26 22:59:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
I'll go with the doc's response here, and add a good reference for further reading.
See http:\\www.chfpatients.com
It's written by a fellow CHF patient who has done a tremendous amount of research. It has been reviewed by doctors, but it is written in layment's terms. You can start by reading "the manual."
Good luck!
2007-07-27 10:22:42 · answer #1 · answered by Mark M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-18 17:22:17 · answer #2 · answered by Alice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I have hereditary Cardiomyopathy. I'm on Enalapril and take Coreg twice a day. I was originally diagnosed at 22 with an Ejection Fraction of 25 (55 is normal) which means I had heart failure, pretty bad heart failure at that. I raised my Ejection Fraction to near normal through exercise and medication in just one year. I still run 2 miles a day and lift weights every day of the week except Sunday. Heart Failure doesn't mean your heart is going to stop, it just means it doesn't function as well as it should. It changes your life, it doesn't end it. Make sure you give him his meds on time every day. I'd also switch him to a raw diet because dog food DOES contain salt which will make him retain water. Also limiting the amount he drinks can help should he start retaining too much fluid. I'd ask my vet about digoxin and coreg and if they're given to dogs.
2016-04-06 04:43:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To make this a short as possible. CHF is a condition where your right side of the heart cannot pump the blood to the lungs or the left side of the heart. If blood can't get to the left side of the heart it can't carry fluids to the kidneys. The kidneys are responsible for regulating fluid in the body. The whole system backs up and fluid winds up in the lungs causing what we call pulmonary edema which is that same fluid going into the lung. This condition is a chronic one where diurectics are prescribed like Lasix or HCTZ. The other form of CHF we call Left sided heart failure where all the things i described above happen more rapidly and the person usually needs to be on a ventilator to help push the fluid out.
2007-07-26 23:12:09 · answer #4 · answered by covertsx4 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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What is congenative or congestive heart failure, exactly???
2015-08-06 17:47:17 · answer #5 · answered by Frayda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a condition where the heart is unable to effectively beat and supply the body with oxygen or allow the blood to clear debris from the cells. Edema is the first main symptom in the legs, lungs and entire body. Eventually the organs fail and the person dies. Sometimes heart failure is long term as in CHF which is a chronic condition. Sometimes heart failure can occur suddenly like with a severe arrhythmia.
The treatment for CHF is usually diuretics and digoxin (lanoxin). Eventually the heart enlarges, continues to weaken and the patient dies from pneumonia and organ failure.
2007-07-27 02:21:49 · answer #6 · answered by mama woof 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congestive heart failure is when the heart doesn't beat strongly enough to pump the blood through the body.
2007-07-26 23:09:49 · answer #7 · answered by Andee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congestive heart failure is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to the body's other organs. This can result from the following:
1. Narrowed arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle — coronary artery disease
2. Past heart attack, or myocardial infarction, with scar tissue that interferes with the heart muscle's normal work
high blood pressure
3. Heart valve disease due to past rheumatic fever or other causes
4. Primary disease of the heart muscle itself, called cardiomyopathy.
5. Heart defects present at birth — congenital heart defects.
infection of the heart valves and/or heart muscle itself — endocarditis and/or myocarditis
The "failing" heart keeps working but not as efficiently as it should.
Click these links if you would like more info:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-failure/DS00061
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4585
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/Heart-Failure/tc/Heart-Failure-Overview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congestive_heart_failure
2007-07-27 02:56:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
congenative heart disease runs in the family, congestive heart failure is the failure of the right side of the heart, this causes retention of carbon dioxide, and building of fluid around the heart and lungs
2007-07-26 23:04:40 · answer #9 · answered by Brett H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very bad heart and valves. Alot of blockage of blood going to the heart. My father died of this. A massive heart attact. 3 of the 4 main valves to the heart burst at once.
2007-07-26 23:02:12 · answer #10 · answered by Shari 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋