Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) CDC says that it is lead cause of death for ages 65 years and up. It depends on how well your physical health is, when you do the basics of taking care of yourself as far as. The use of medications and how often you exercise can help with your health and risk for heart disease. When your ancestors are involved into genetics of heart disease as far as CHF is can also be very difficult from not getting it passed onto you.
Congestive Heart Failure can be very dangerous, painful, and life threatening. CHF is caused by progressive failure events of pumping the heart. They say it is referred to as a simple heart failure but the contrast of heart failure and congestive heart failure is that it is fluid buildup around …show more content…
Left side ventricle CHF have common respiratory signs are increased rate of breathing and also in increase of working to breath such as jugular venous distention. Rales or crackles can also occur because of the buildup of fluid in the lungs that can be heard when the patient inhales and exhales. When there’s fluid in the lungs it can also cause cyanosis which will then develop as a late sign of pulmonary edema. Left sided can cause a backwards failure of the atrium and ventricles that will which causes the patient to become dyspnea on exertion. When a patient lies down they will become breathless and feel like they are drowning which is called orthopnea. Also another symptom of left sided can cause paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea which is counted by how many number of pillows it takes for the patient to sleep comfortably and cause scare them because they cough to the point where they will wake up from a deep sleep.
Right sided CHF signs and symptoms for physically can cause peripheral edema which is fluid into the lower extremities causing ankle swelling and foot. Nocturia which means frequent urination which can occur when the fluid is brought back into the bloodstream while lying supine at night. When fluid is in the bloodstream it can also cause liver enlargement that can cause jaundice and even cause increase in blood …show more content…
The doctor will also check the weight from time to time to see if the fluid in the body is building up to make the patient gain weight. If the heart failure gets to severe then they will proceed to immediate surgery. If the left ventricle and the right ventricles do not operate at the same time causing disruption of the heart pumping blood then they will proceed to implanting a pacemaker which helps the heart contract at the same time. Some patients with left ventricle heart failure will have a mechanical heart pump which pumps blood into the body, or the last result is having a heart
Congestive Heart Failure can be very dangerous, painful, and life threatening. CHF is caused by progressive failure events of pumping the heart. They say it is referred to as a simple heart failure but the contrast of heart failure and congestive heart failure is that it is fluid buildup around …show more content…
Left side ventricle CHF have common respiratory signs are increased rate of breathing and also in increase of working to breath such as jugular venous distention. Rales or crackles can also occur because of the buildup of fluid in the lungs that can be heard when the patient inhales and exhales. When there’s fluid in the lungs it can also cause cyanosis which will then develop as a late sign of pulmonary edema. Left sided can cause a backwards failure of the atrium and ventricles that will which causes the patient to become dyspnea on exertion. When a patient lies down they will become breathless and feel like they are drowning which is called orthopnea. Also another symptom of left sided can cause paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea which is counted by how many number of pillows it takes for the patient to sleep comfortably and cause scare them because they cough to the point where they will wake up from a deep sleep.
Right sided CHF signs and symptoms for physically can cause peripheral edema which is fluid into the lower extremities causing ankle swelling and foot. Nocturia which means frequent urination which can occur when the fluid is brought back into the bloodstream while lying supine at night. When fluid is in the bloodstream it can also cause liver enlargement that can cause jaundice and even cause increase in blood …show more content…
The doctor will also check the weight from time to time to see if the fluid in the body is building up to make the patient gain weight. If the heart failure gets to severe then they will proceed to immediate surgery. If the left ventricle and the right ventricles do not operate at the same time causing disruption of the heart pumping blood then they will proceed to implanting a pacemaker which helps the heart contract at the same time. Some patients with left ventricle heart failure will have a mechanical heart pump which pumps blood into the body, or the last result is having a heart