Huge numbers of people are suffering from heart failure in recent days. Heart failure is also known as congestive heart failure, and this mainly occurs when the arteries of the heart cannot pass the blood properly to the heat. It happens as the passages of the arteries get narrowed.
Symptoms of heart failure:
Many times patients complain of chronic congestion on the chest, or sometimes they suddenly start feeling pain in their chests. One needs to understand the symptoms and signs of heart failure.
- Patients will feel shortness of breath
- You will start facing exhaustion and weakness.
- You will notice swelling on your legs and ankles.
- You will feel uncomfortable with irregular heartbeats.
- A patient will need to urinate at night.
- You may feel swelling in your abdomen, and you may face a rapid weight gain too.
- Many times patients suffer from a lack of appetite.
When you need to visit a doctor:
While you feel that you feel congestion on the chest or pain on the chest, you need to visit a doctor at the earliest. When you are feeling the following symptoms, you need to rush to the doctor.
- Chronic and sudden chest pain.
- A sudden feeling of fatigue and weakness.
- Irregular heartbeat along with shortness of breath.
Treatments:
If you are suffering from the symptoms of heart failure, the doctor will suggest certain physical tests.
- A blood test is normal to check the signs of heart failure.
- Doctors will suggest a chest X-Ray. This test will help to diagnose the condition of the heart and lungs.
- ECG is one of the most vital tests to check the heart rhythm.
- If the condition of the patient is severe, doctors suggest for cardiac CT scan.
- Doctors suggest for myocardial biopsy to detect the heart muscle problems that can cause heart failure.
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