has anyone had or know anyone that has had congestive heart failure??

Question:

i have a friend diagnosed with this and i would love advice on how dangerous this is and what can i do to help. he is only 33. ive searched the net but would love to hear from people with personal experience with this condition.

Answers:
Congestive heart failure (AKA CHF) is a very treatable disease. I have had both professional and personal experience with others that have had it.

Most likely your friend's CHF is blood pressure related; he might have been predisposed to it by heredity/genetics, been "born" with it (or congenital in nature) or he might have been a product of his environment and caused it on his own (unknowingly). Whatever the origin is, it is essential to have the ventricles of the heart to stop working so hard. Blood pressure, especially the lower number (diastyolic rate) inflames and stretches the ventricles and eventually the ventricles start to malfunction and the heart becomes out of rythym, irregular and inefficient. All the fluids, including blood, start to back up. Some people will have swelling of the ankles, abdomen and hands.

Although the aforementioned sounds bad, it CAN be treated. Doctors often prescribe diuretics to rid the body of excess water, blood pressure medicine to lower the blood pressure and blood thinners to avoid thickening and clotting of the blood. If the patient follows the doctors instructions to the T, this could possibly be a temporary condition. It can be reversable.

I wish your friend good luck in his treatment.

I have not only had CHF but I am also an Intensive Care Nurse. CHF is a very serious condition but with proper treatment a person can live many years with it. This means following a special diet and taking prescription medicines. What medicine is your friend taking?

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