Congestive Heart Failure!!

Question 1 What’s a symptom of congestive heart failure?? A. shortness of breath B. chest pain C. No appetite D. all of the above

Question 2 If you are looking diagnosis you look for the signs of crackling in the heart or faulty valves T/F

Question 3 Other options besides medications are heart transplants and pace makers T/F

Question 4 Ways to prevent congestive heart failure? A. quit smoking B. Limit Alcohol C. Get daily exercise D. all of the above

Question 5 300,000 people die from congestive heart failure every year T/F

What is Congestive Heart Failure ?? Is a disease in which the heart can’t provide enough rich oxygenated blood to the heart and the rest of the body.

Causes of Congestive Heart Failure? 1. Diseases that weaken the heart muscle. Ex: Heart attack, and infections 2. Diseases that cause the stiffening of the heart muscle. Ex: Hemochromatosis and amyloidosis 3. Diseases that demand more oxygen for tissues that the body can provide. (Kulick)

New York Heart Association (NYHA) Classification System for Heart Failure!! Doctors often use the New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification system to classify symptoms of heart disease, including heart failure. The NYHA system can help doctors determine the best course of therapy for heart failure patients. The system relates the symptoms patients are having to the everyday activities that cause those symptoms to get worse. Unlike with other heart failure staging systems, the NYHA class can shift from one level to another. This means that if patients are responding well to a treatment and getting better, then their NYHA class would go down. If they are not responding to treatment and their symptoms are getting worse, then their NYHA class would go up. ( Stethoscope)

The different class levels!! Class I (mild) Patients have heart disease, but it does not limit their physical activity. Ordinary physical activity does not cause tiredness (fatigue), heart palpitations, or shortness of breath (called dyspnea). Class II (mild) Patients are only slightly limited during physical activity. They are comfortable at rest, but ordinary physical activity causes fatigue, heart palpitations, dyspnea, and chest pain (angina). Class III (moderate) Patients are more limited during physical activity. They are comfortable at rest, but less- than-ordinary activity causes fatigue, heart palpitations, dyspnea, and angina. Class IV (severe) Patients cannot do any physical activity without discomfort. Their heart failure symptoms may be present all the time, even at rest. If patients try any physical activity, their discomfort increases. ( Stethoscope)

Symptoms Congestive Heart Failure!! Shortness and trouble of catching breath when lying flat in bed Feeling tired or weak and are unable to perform everyday tasks when it comes to exercise and other daily tasks. Chest Pain No appetite Your skin tends to be sweaty and cold (Kulick)

How to figure out if someone has congestive heart failure? Give a physical examination to the person Listen to the chest of the person for any crackling sound or faulty valves Chest X-ray to examine the heart to see if its bigger and has any fluid around it EkG- to examine if there is stress or arrhythmia and signs of previous heart attacks. Encardiograph can be used to figure out if there is a problem with the valves, heart walls or heart size. (Stethoscope)

Medications for the disease Ace Inhibitors- blocks the formation of angiotensin 2 which can have adverse affects on the heart and the circulatory system with patients with Heart Failure. Ex: Captopril, Vasotec and Altace just to name a few. (Kulick)

More Medication Options Beta- Blockers - such a norepinephrine and epinephrine stop the stimulating hormones on the beta receptors of the tissues help depress the function of the heart muscle. Ex:Torporal XL and Coreg medicines (KULICK)

Other Options Heart Transplant- Usually given too people that are under 70 years old and do not have other medical problems. Theres a long waiting list to get a heart transplant, but only a select few can have the operations due to the severity of the procedure and the complications with it too. Another less servere procedure could be getting a pacemaker to help with the contractions of the heart. (Stethoscope).

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Prevention Options!! Get daily exercise to improve the strength of the heart muscle. Eat foods low in Na+ for the higher the Na+ content the more pressure that is exerted on the walls of the arteries and veins. Quit Smoking Limit alcohol intake Following these will help with the prevention of the (CHF). (Stethoscope)

People Most likely to get the disease? Most people that develop the disease are older aged men and women, but can occur in children as well just not as common. Estimated 500 million people in United states have heart failure and an estimated 300,000 die from it. People that usually get have diabetes, high BP and or coronary artery disease. (Heart Failure: MedlinePlus)

Research being done Erectile disfunction is a predictor for older men to have a heart failure problem. Studies showed that people with (ED) and (CVD) were more likely to suffer from heart failure then guys with just (CVD). There were 1,300 different men studied from 13 different countries. The men also had higher prevalence for hypertension and diabetes and stroke. 1.9 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease (Erectile Dysfunction)

Works Citied " Erectile Dysfunction Strong Predictor of Death, Cardiovascular Outcomes." AHA Newsroom. Web. 7 May "Heart Failure: MedlinePlus." National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health. Web. 7 May Kulick, Daniel. "Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment Information on MedicineNet.com." Congestive Heart Failure. Web. 10 May Stethoscope, With A. "Congestive Heart Failure - Heart Information Center." Texas Heart Institute. Web. 5 May