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    Congestive heart failure is a disease in which the heart is unable to adequately pump the blood of the heart to the rest of the body, and thus the blood is not circulated properly. The blood that is not circulated can do a backward overflow into the lungs, and create problems breathing. Congestive heart failure thus can create edema, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeat, coughing, and fatigue. The problem that a lot of the elderly congestive heart failure patients deal with is being…

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    The heart Congestive heart failure is when the heart fail to pump blood to the body and other organs That can cause in several other conditions as - Coronary artery disease - Heart infections Page 650 chap 26 Yes both side of the heart can be affective that can led to shortness of breath congestive heart failure (CHF) specifically refers the stage in which fluid builds up around the heart. Fluid accumulate happen from lack filtration and other bodily functions, most important…

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    today, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is the most common. CHF is the failure of the heart to distribute adequate blood supply back to the body through the heart. The heart muscle is weakened and is no longer able to pump blood back through the heart and often becomes enlarged due to the workload it must take on. When the heart begins to fail, the lungs also tend to suffer. The lungs can fill with blood; which is known as pulmonary congestion. There are four types of heart failure that have been…

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    What is Congestive heart failure? Heart Failure (HF) is also known as Congestive heart failure (CHF). The disorder occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to maintain blood flow to all parts of the body (Grimshaw & Khunti, 2015).It affects many people and causes numerous health problem in the developed world. Heart failure can affect 1-2% of the adult population and 6–10% of people over the age of 65 . This disease is associated with many visits to hospital, patients being re-admitted to…

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    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…

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    Though heart failure can occur suddenly, weakening of the heart is more likely to slowly develop over a period of time, often over many years as the heart becomes weaker and is unable to work as efficiently, which is why is it more prominent in the elderly population. Typically conditions and diseases that damage or overwork the heart lead to congestive heart failure. The major conditions and factors that cause congestive heart failure include: • Coronary artery disease • Heart valve disease •…

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    Finally, the last importance of congestive heart failure are treatments to help residents help maintain and ease the pain by understanding a healthy lifestyle. Through treatment plans with four different stages and in each one explains what is expected for the resident to follow by to help with having congestive heart failure. When a patient is diagnosing with STAGE ONE use a treatment of the patients to maintain regular exercising, to either to stop smoking or continue without starting to…

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    When you think of congestive heart failure what comes to mind? Many may think there heart has stopped working or is on the verge to. However, that is not the case. Congestive heart failure, or CHF, is the condition where the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. This inability to pump blood appropriately can affect one or both sides of the heart. The weakened heart can cause many complications like edema, shortness of breath, weakness, arrhythmias, and it can cause blood and…

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    Systolic Heart Failure

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    “Aerobic conditioning activities such as running, rowing and walking along with resistance strength training exercises have been shown to be inversely associated with the risk of coronary heart disease.” (WCPT organization). The intersection between aging and cardiovascular disease is very important. The average lifespan of person increases. Human beings 65 or older are at higher risk for cardiovascular diseases. Within this age group cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death. The…

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    Heart Failure Epidemiology

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    adopt, Javed Butler discusses the problems with heart failure being the primary reason for “12-15 million…

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