Living With Heart Failure
Heart failure sometimes known as congestive heart failure occurs when your heart muscle doesn t pump blood as well as it should.
Living with heart failure. This article addresses many lifestyle questions you may have and offers. The important word there. This results in symptoms such as shortness of breath fatigue ankle swelling and even a cough. By making lifestyle changes you can take an active role in treating your heart failure while maintaining a productive life.
Congestive heart failure is when the heart is unable to pump effectively to meet the body s needs. First of all heart failure is an unfortunate and inaccurate term says lynne warner stevenson md the director of the cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Queen latifah s mother rita owens has died after living with heart failure for 14 years the actress and singer said yesterday.