what is the need for a "water pill" for heart treatment, whats it do?

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A "water pill" or diuretic is used to reduce the excess body fluids stored in body tissue. A good sign of excess fluid is puffy or apparently swollen ankles. If you press your thumb fairly hard into the puffiness and a hollow is formed where thumb pressed, then you have excess fluid. If left uncontrolled it will eventually lead to short breath and finally heart failure. Don't panic - I've been on "water pills" for years.

in hypertension it decreases circulating fluid volume thereby reducing pressure...in heart failure the same mechanism.

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