HELLO! Is your heart okay with all this pandemic stress? Today I'm going to talk about 10 SIGNS that your heart may not be right, and what you can do if you have one of these signs or symptoms.
Heart failure affects any age group and about 2% of the Brazilian population has some degree of heart failure, that is, almost 10 million Brazilians. Furthermore, as it is the COMMON final route of all attacks on the heart, it increases with age, and after 70 years of age, more than 10% of these elderly people are affected. That's why this subject is very important.
I will try to answer the most frequently asked questions about Heart failure: what is it, what are the causes of heart failure, what are the risk factors, what types of heart failure, and finally, the most important part, what symptoms should you? worry and what to do if you or any of your family members are experiencing one of these symptoms. So don't miss it!
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What medications DO YOU TAKE? What part of Brazil are you from? Write there to help others know more about heart failure and its symptoms ———— What is heart failure?
Heart failure, also known as HF or CHF, occurs when the heart muscle does not pump blood as it should. Every cell in your body depends on this pumping of the heart to receive oxygen-rich and nutrient-rich blood so that the body can function normally. How the Heart Works A healthy heart is a muscle that continually pumps blood through its blood vessels.
The heart has four chambers the upper two chambers are called the atria and the lower two chambers are called the ventricles The right atrium takes oxygen-poor blood from the rest of the body and sends it through the right ventricle to be oxygenated in the lungs. The lungs will exchange gas and oxygen-rich blood travels from the lungs to the left atrium, then to the left ventricle, and is pumped out to the rest of the body. That's why the left ventricle is the most important part of the heart.
It is he who has to have the strength to pump blood to the rest of the body. Knowing this, we can understand more about heart failure In heart failure, the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. In the beginning the heart tries to compensate for this: How?
The left ventricle is enlarged. The heart expands to contract harder and pump more blood. Over time, this causes the heart to weaken.
But there are cases in which the heart may not dilate, but thicken its walls, becoming muscular, as in hypertension. This is also bad. Why?
Imagine a pot that holds a liter of water. You decide to pour cement into the pot. After drying, this pan will no longer hold a liter of water.
And, over time, that heart, too, can dilate. Another way the heart can try to compensate is by pumping faster and the person becoming tachycardic, to increase cardiac output. And the body itself tries to counterbalance it in other ways, too: For example Blood vessels narrow to keep blood pressure high, trying to compensate for the loss of heart power .
Eventually, the heart becomes weaker and heart failure worsens until this compensation no longer works. And that's when the person will feel the symptoms more intensely. What Causes Heart Failure Heart failure is often caused by other medical conditions that damage or overload your heart.
Acute heart failure can be caused by myocarditis, which is inflammation of the heart muscle (covid can cause myocarditis) and also by an injury that damages your heart such as a heart attack or pulmonary embolism that that right ventricle, which pumps blood to your heart. lungs, will be overloaded. .
But chronic heart failure is the most frequent and left side. In addition there are two types of left-sided heart failure. In heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction, the left ventricle of the heart is weak and cannot pump enough blood to the rest of the body.
Causes like heart attack or even coronary obstructions can cause this. Other causes: valvular heart disease - such as mitral regurgitation, arctic regurgitation, congenital heart disease, alcohol abuse and also, in Brazil, very frequent Chagas disease. In heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, the left side of your heart is too rigid to fully relax between heartbeats.
This is the case with cement in the pan. He can't get the right volume of blood to eject to the rest of his body. Causes such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity fall under this heading.
What are the risk factors for heart failure? Many factors can increase your risk of heart failure. Some factors you can control and others you cannot, including your age, your genetics - Infections like myocarditis - increase the risk of HF - obesity, hypertension, diabetes, sleep apnea, chronic kidney disease, anemia, Hyperthyroidism, hemochromatosis that's that Iron overload also increases the risk.
Cancer treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy can damage your heart and increase your risk. Atrial fibrillation, alcohol abuse and coronary artery disease. How is heart failure diagnosed?
echocardiography is the most effective way to diagnose heart failure. It can identify how strong your heart is, what your valves are like, what size your heart is, and how thick or thick your heart muscle is. A blood test is also useful to identify whether that shortness of breath is from the heart or lungs, which is BNP.
BNP is a substance secreted by the heart—blood levels rise when heart failure symptoms worsen and fall when heart failure is under control. And now the most important part of the video - What are the 10 symptoms you should be concerned about? The first symptom you should look out for is shortness of breath or dyspnea, especially when you are trying hard or when you go to bed.
People start putting more pillows, to see if they sleep better. You think fatigue on exertion is due to age, and sometimes it isn't The second symptom you should look out for Fast or irregular heartbeat. As I mentioned earlier, the heart tends to increase its heart rate to pump more blood, causing tachycardia.
Also, a person with a dilated heart can have arrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation or even extrasystoles, which are heart failures. On our channel we have several videos about arrhythmia. It is worth checking.
The third symptom- Persistent cough or wheezing with white or pink phlegm. Meaning they have fluid in their lungs, in their alveoli. It's important that you don't let that cough go.
Fourth symptom - you wake up too much at night to urinate - what we call nocturia This may be due to the person retaining more fluid as their heart and circulation are not working properly. So, at night, this excess fluid needs to be eliminated. Fifth symptom: Very fast weight gain.
Also, due to fluid retention. The kidneys are less able to eliminate sodium and water, which also causes fluid retention in the tissues. Sixth Symptom Swelling in ankles, feet, legs, abdomen and neck and jugular veins.
I've already done a video about leg swelling. And heart failure is one of those houses of edema. The Ankle is fluffy, looking like that bread that is baking, when you press it, it makes that dimple, that locker sign.
A right heart failure, as in sores, we very often see the swelling in the belly, that difficulty even in eating, as a result of ascites. Seventh Symptom Inability to sleep lying down. The person has to sleep in a chair.
Or also waking up suffocated during the night, which we call paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. Eighth Symptom Generalized weakness - feeling tired all the time and difficulty in daily activities, such as shopping, climbing stairs, carrying groceries or walking. The heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body's muscles and tissues.
The body diverts blood from less vital organs and sends it to the heart and brain. Ninth Symptom Lack of appetite, nausea, feeling full or upset stomach. This because?
Either the digestive system is swollen, swollen, or the digestive system receives less blood, causing digestion problems. And finally the Tenth Symptom Mental confusion, impaired thinking, memory loss or a feeling of disorientation. Changing the levels of certain electrolytes, especially those like sodium, can cause confusion.
But also, low cardiac output, lack of pump, can also harm blood reaching the brain. What are the treatments for heart failure. Today, luckily, we have many medicines that can improve the strength of the heart and also improve symptoms.
There are more treatment options available for heart failure than ever before. When I was an intern a little over twenty years ago, we had few effective weapons for heart failure, look how cardiology has evolved quickly. In addition to medicines, you have to change your life, reduce salt, sometimes have to reduce fluids.
And in advanced cases, we can think about cardiac resynchronization and even heart transplantation. The goals of heart failure treatment are primarily to slow the progression of the disease and decrease symptoms and to improve the quality of life. The sooner you detect heart failure, the better for you and your heart.
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