Living With Heart Failure Pdf

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Living with heart failure pdf.

Once you have it you ll always have it. Living well with heart failure national heart foundation of australia acknowledgements we would like to thank the heart failure team and patients at eastern health vic and st vincent s health vic. Illicit drugs such as cocaine 6. The heart is a pump.

Are living with heart failure hf and 550 000 new cases of hf are diagnosed each year. It s true that procedures such as angioplasty. This publication was adapted from the heart foundation s resource living every day. Causes of heart failure causes of heart failure include.

When you first learn that you have heart failure you may feel frightened or alarmed. You may also have many questions or concerns. Ask your doctor or nurse if you have a sodium limit. Certain conditions such as narrowed arteries in your heart coronary artery disease or high blood pressure gradually leave your heart too weak or stiff to fill and pump efficiently.

Care supporters community share support and lean on others who like you are caring for others. When it comes to living with heart failure knowledge is power. Hypertension high blood pressure 2. Many patients with heart failure are told to watch their sodium or eat a low salt diet.

What is heart failure heart failure hf is sometimes called congestive heart failure chf. Heart stroke living with heart failure join a community and learn more at heartandstroke ca connect community of survivors for people living with heart disease or stroke. Defective heart valves 4. Exercise is an important part of your treatment plan.

This binder is designed to help you understand heart failure answer your questions and manage your condition. All patients with heart disease or at risk for heart disease should follow a heart healthy diet. The power of community. A wakeup call 2 if you have heart disease you may understandably hope that it s only a temporary ailment one that can be cured with medicine or surgery.

11 10 04 minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire the following questions ask how much your heart failure heart condition affected your life during the past month 4 weeks. It is the most common cause of hospitalization in people over 65. But heart disease is a lifelong condition. Heart failure sometimes known as congestive heart failure occurs when your heart muscle doesn t pump blood as well as it should.

Idiopathic unknown cause heart failure is generally not curable but it can be treated. Heart failure occurs when the heart is not working as well as it should. With care all played a role in putting this heart failure guide together. 3 introduction 222370 6 10 indd 3 6 7 10 8 46 23 am.