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Congestive heart failure symptoms

Congestive heart failure.

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is also called congestive cardiac failure and heart failure. It is the inability, of the heart, to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body. It is also the requirement of elevated filling pressures to pump effectively.

The term, heart failure, is frequently misused. This is especially when given as cause of death. It is not synonymous with "cessation of heartbeat".

There are many ways to categorize heart failure. This includes the side of the heart involved (left heart failure vs. right heart failure). Also, it describes whether it is due to contraction, or relaxation, of the heart (systolic heart failure vs. diastolic heart failure). congestive heart failure symptoms

Individuals, with heart failure, are sensitive to small shifts, in their intravascular volume status (the amount of fluid in their circulatory system). By increasing the volume, in their circulatory system, it causes symptoms and signs of decompensated heart failure. Decreases in the volume, in the circulatory system, cause hypotension.

Signs, of decompensated heart failure, include pulmonary edema. This is fluid building in the lungs. In addition, there is peripheral edema. This is fluid building in dependent portions of the body. congestive heart failure symptoms

Congestive heart failure symptoms.

Symptoms, of decompensated heart failure, include the following:
  • dyspnea on exertion (e.g. shortness of breath),
  • fatigue,
  • paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (e.g. shortness of breath when lying down).
A commonly used way to gauge the progression of CHF, in a particular patient, is with the NYHA functional class. It determines how much CHF limits their lifestyle. It does not apply to a particular, decompensated episode. congestive heart failure symptoms


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