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Q: Can a person live with Congestive heart failure?
I had hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, which i just found out this week has turned into dialated cardiomyopathy with congestive heart failure. Is it possible to get it under control and live with congestive heart failure?

A: I suggest you try this website. It is a gold mine of information and you’ll find out about everything there is to know about CHF or join in the forum and ask you own questions. This site covers it all..http://www.chfpatients.com…Good Luck
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Q: What is the difference between Chronic and Congestive Heart Failure?
I see CHF used as an acronym all the time, for both chronic heart failure and congestive heart failure. Is there a difference between these two? Is one term more correct than the other?

A: chronic means bad ,worst chf is chronic to so they are both chronics

Q: What are the risks associated with congestive heart failure and pregnancy?
My friend recently found out she is pregnant. When giving birth to her son the dr’s discovered she has congestive heart failure. She has made an appointment with her dr. but we were wanting to find out in advance what the risks are. Please list credible web sites that may help.

A: Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare disorder in which a heart muscle weakening is noted within the final month of pregnancy or within 5 months after delivery.

http://cardiophile.com/what-is-peripartum-cardiomyopathy

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000188.htm

Q: Is a rapid heart rate one of the symptoms of congestive heart failure?
I have a friend who has been diagnosed with acute congestive heart failure. He does not qualify for a heart transplant for several reasons. I remember reading somewhere that towards the end, the heart rate will increase to compensate for the heart damage. Is this a symptom that he may die soon?

A: Arrhythmias occur in congestive heart failure. And a rapid heartbeat does not necessarily mean he’s going to die soon; chf patients experience episodes of arrhythmia.

My brother died of chf, and his heart was beating normally.

Q: What is the difference between Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease?
For all you really smart people out there:

What is the difference between Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease?

A: CHF means that the heart is becoming an ineffective pump. As a result, fluid starts backing up in to the lungs and body. CAD means that plaque buildup is narrowing the blood vessels supplying the heart, the precursor to having a heart attack

Q: How long can a young person live with congestive heart failure?
My fiance is only 20 and has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure. I’m in a panic because all of my online research says most people with this condition only live 5 or 10 years. Is this still true if you are diagnosed so young?
Does anyone know someone that was diagnosed with this early in life and live a long full life?

A: good advise here , i have chf since 2001 . i had to stop those fast foods and salt, take my medications and i have contact with the nurse once a week , and i have a new pacemaker . keep your appointments with your doctor, your fiance can have a normal life.

Q: How do you prevent congestive heart failure?
I have lost two grandparents, an aunt and an uncle…all died of congestive heart failure. It looks like an awful way to die.

Is this genetic? What can I do now, while I am young, to keep it from happening to me when I am older? Am I doomed from my genetics? Can I prevent it?

A: Prevention
Treat your high blood pressure with diet, exercise, and medication if necessary.
Treat your high cholesterol with diet, exercise, and medication if necessary.
DO NOT smoke
Avoid alcohol use
Take an ACE inhibitor if you have heart disease, diabetes, or high blood pressure.
Treat arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms) and keep your heart rate under control.
Treat an underlying thyroid disorder.
Also, consider the following lifestyle habits, especially if you have a strong family history of CHF:
Reduce salt intake.
Exercise
Please see the webages for more details on Heart failure.

Q: Do people with congestive heart failure have hypertension or hypotension?
I know that hypertension can cause congestive heart failure. However, once a person has congestive heart failure, do they have hypotension or hypertension?

My husband contends hypotension, but I think hypertension. Who’s right?

A: CHF has more than one cause, so the answer is “both”.

For example a patient with CHF from a weak heart (from multiple heart attacks) tends to have a low BP. Some other conditions cause CHF with normal or high BP.

Q: Can anyone help me understand about congestive heart failure?
My gandmother is 81 and she had a stroke about 2 years ago, which has left her paralized on her left side. Last night she was admitted into the hospital with congestive heart failure. What does this mean and what are the chances of her living through this?

A: Sorry about your grandmother; I know it must be difficult for you.

Congestive heart failure means the heart muscle is weakening and is becoming unable to keep up with the demands of keeping the body supplied with oxygen.

This is considered a chronic condition, but there are treatments such as medications and devices that can assist the heart. Your grandmother’s doctors will also consider her age when deciding on treatment.

Q: how long does the average person live after congestive heart failure?
I had a heart attack on dec 25th of last year 2007, they had to put in three stints, the next night a blood clot caused my stints to collapse causing once again another heart attack. They explained to me that i have congestive heart failure with an ejection fraction of 30-35%. I have looked up various sites on the subject, but still have no answer. The doctors don’t help me either. Could someone please help me to obtain an answer?

A: Congestive heart failure is often undiagnosed due to a lack of a universally agreed definition and difficulties in diagnosis, particularly when the condition is considered “mild”. Even with the best therapy, heart failure is associated with an annual mortality of 10%. It is the leading cause of hospitalization in people older than 65.

Dr. James Jeah MD

Q: Help with essay on congestive heart failure?
I need to write a paper on the following. Does anyone know of any good websites with good information:

“Your mother’s elderly aunt has congestive heart failure. Your mother asks you what does this mean? Explain in detail what has happened to the cardiovascular system, the normal compensations which occur but make the situation wore and value of medications and therapies prescribed by the physician in charge.

What does “wore” mean in this context?

A: Try the AHA and medicinenet.com websites as both are very valuable resources.

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4585

http://www.medicinenet.com/congestive_heart_failure/article.htm

Q: Do people with congestive heart failure throw up?
My Dad was hospitalized for congestive heart failure a couple of years ago and did not heed calls to lose weight or to stop eating so much.

Now he just sits in his chair (in fact also sleeps in his chair because he has to sleep sitting up due to congestion) and watches tv.

He can’t go get the newspaper without having trouble walking and has to sit down and rest while doing anything, like even cooking his breakfast.

Now, he has been throwing up. Do you think this is related to his congestive heart failure?

A: sing and symptom of chronic heart failure:
–Fatigue and weakness
–Rapid or irregular heartbeat
–Shortness of breath (dyspnea) when you exert yourself or when you lie down
–Reduced ability to exercise
–Persistent cough or wheezing with white or pink blood-tinged phlegm
–Swelling (edema) in your legs, ankles and feet
–Swelling of your abdomen (ascites)
–Sudden weight gain from fluid retention
–Lack of appetite and *nausea *
–Difficulty concentrating or decreased alertness
as you see nausea is a symptom of CHF that may leading to throwing up.

Q: My dog has congestive heart failure. can i give him an extra dose of furosemide?
My dog has congestive heart failure. He has been doing bad lately and the docter hasn’t been in to see him. We are going to put him down tuesday but until then we want to make him as comfortable as possible. I was wondering if anyone knows if it is okay to give him a second dose of furosemide 20mg pills even if it wasn’t directed by the doctor to do so?

A: Normally, I’d say no. But in this case, I can’t see any harm. Since he’ll be put down soon, it can only make him more comfortable.

Best of luck.

Q: Can someone get better from congestive heart failure?
My grandmother just went into the hospital, and was told she has congestive heart failure. She also has emphysema. However, she is being released after they drained a lot of fluid from her. (Sorry for the lack of medical termenology). Can she recover from the heart failure? I know she cannot recover from the emphysema, but I thought once you had heart failure, there was nothing they could do…is this true?

I know this is not enough detail to say for sure, any answer would be great. Thanks in advance.

A: Congestive heart failure can be treated with medicines and most people get good relief. There are several persons fairly controlled on medications, living for years. If there is a reversible cause which can be corrected by surgery or angioplasty, then the results are much better.

There is a modern type of pacemaker which can be used to treat selected cases of congestive heart failure known as cardiac resynchronization therapy.

There is also a final option of heart transplantation, though often done only in younger individuals.

Q: how is cardiovascular disease and congestive heart failure different?
After my daughter’s baby was born 8 years ago, my daughter had congestive heart failure. She had another baby 2 years later. My daughter had high blood pressure. She passed away Dec 23, 2009, 2 days before her 36th birthday. We just found out yesterday she died of a heart attack, caused by cardiovascular disease and somehow asthma played a part. I need your help trying to understand this, please
My daughter was diagnosed with a heart murmur when she was a child

A: The fact that she had asthma is very strongly indicative of the fact that she was NOT breast fed for 2 years and was fed solid food before she was 2 years old to allow the “inner lumen” of her intestines to fully develop to give her good immunity. Congestive heart failure can be due to the heart becoming weak and giving a false signal to the kidneys that she was dehydrated. This causes the kidney to shut down and fluid to build up in the lungs. When this happens, that could have created an asthma event as well.

Cardiovascular disease is caused by the blood becoming sticky as a result of homocystein proteins being generated in the blood due to deficiencies of vitamin B-6, B-12, and Folic acid. I also strongly suspect she had acid indigestion issues as well as a result of low stomach acid that allowed the nanobacteria to get into her body. This bacteria is a major cause of inflammation in the arteries around the heart where calcium builds up around the bacteria creating hardening of the arteries. This bacteria also attacks the kidneys and / or the pancreas.

The heart murmur itself most likely was not the primary event, but could have contributed to the weak heart condition.

All these events are guesses and without more information difficult to say how each of these events actually happened, but it certainly is plausible based on what you said in your question.

good luck to you

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