1. How does heart failure affect health?
Heart failure is the result of physical damage or dysfunction of the heart, leading to the inability of the ventricles to receive blood, the amount of blood pumped to supply the heart is reduced, weakened. Heart failure greatly affects the health of patients.
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- Patients who exert themselves or carry heavy loads will experience shortness of breath, chest tightness, shortness of breath, shortness of breath and fatigue.
- Always feeling tired like body weakness due to insufficient blood supply to the body.
- People with heart failure often have poor blood flow to the brain, so they can't sleep well.
- Frequent dizziness, dizziness, may faint when too tired and exerted.
- Or palpitations, palpitations, and rapid heartbeat.
- Severe heart failure can cause leg edema, weight gain due to poor blood circulation, which reduces fluid excretion through the kidneys, causing the body to retain water.
- People with heart failure often have frequent urination at night, nausea and loss of appetite.
Heart failure is curable no longer depends on the cause of the disease
What causes heart failure?
Whether heart failure is curable depends on the cause of the disease. The onset of heart failure is different for each person. Most of the causes come from pre-existing conditions such as high blood pressure. High blood pressure makes the heart always work harder. Over time, the heart weakens.
Heart failure is very common in people with congenital diseases such as: cardiomyopathy, valvular regurgitation, valvular stenosis, coronary artery disease, arrhythmia, diabetes, thyroid disease, obstructive pulmonary disease ,...
Health effects of heart failure
People with heart failure are often unwell, pale, pale skin, fainting often. Poor health makes patients unable to do heavy work, poor work efficiency. This greatly affects daily life, work and work.
People with heart disease have a poor quality of life, short life expectancy. If there is no treatment solution, prolonged heart failure can easily lead to dangerous conditions such as cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction and death at any time. However, whether heart failure is curable depends on the individual case. Sometimes the treatment solution is only temporary, supporting the patient to prolong life, but not improving the health as the original.
Long-term heart failure often causes other complications such as liver failure, kidney failure, pulmonary edema, digestive disorders, stroke, etc. It leads to the deterioration of other organs and parts in the body. . Complications are life-threatening.
Heart failure has a huge impact on health
2. Common types of heart failure
There are many ways to classify heart failure to classify it from mild to severe:
Classification of heart failure according to function
- Grade 1: this is the onset and mildest stage. Most patients have no clear symptoms, sometimes shortness of breath and fatigue when exertion.
- Grade 2: have heart disease causing mild disturbance in physical activity, physical activity causes chest tightness, shortness of breath, fatigue, palpitations, decreased at rest.
- Grade 3: At this time, the patient, even with light work, can feel chest pain and shortness of breath, restricting movement.
- Grade 4: this is the most severe stage, the patient even at rest has difficulty breathing, chest tightness, fatigue, all physical activities must be minimized. Symptoms are worse with activity.
- The diagnosis of heart failure stage and stage will determine which treatment regimen is applied to heart failure patients. The earlier the stage, the fewer signs, the more effective the treatment, monitoring and care.
Progression of clinical stages of heart failure: Cardiac dysfunction without symptoms, compensated heart failure, decompensated heart failure, refractory heart failure.
3. Can heart failure be cured?
The answer depends on each case. Because most heart failure is caused by an underlying medical condition or by lifestyle. Therefore, depending on the cause, the doctor will have a treatment when detecting the disease. At the same time, the stage of disease detection also greatly determines the rate of effective treatment of heart failure. In the initial stage, the heart has not been weakened much, the ability to respond well to medical treatment will be the most effective stage of treatment. However, whether heart failure is curable and completely cured is not certain.
Therefore, when you have any signs of heart failure, you need to immediately consult a reputable medical facility. At the same time, it is advisable to have regular health check-ups to detect the disease at the earliest stage.
Patients with heart failure must be checked regularly
Whether heart failure is curable depends on the time of diagnosis and the cause of onset. Treatment solutions are all about supporting heart function. It is important for the patient to practice a healthy lifestyle, eliminate the risk of severe disease progression to gradually improve the quality of life.
Currently, the Cardiology Department of MEDLATEC General Hospital is equipped with modern and advanced machines and equipment, serving the examination and diagnosis of customers' health problems. In addition, with a team of highly qualified and experienced medical doctors will bring peace of mind to patients when they need to visit here.