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What It Is
1 - Healthy Heart / CHF Weak Heart
2 - Why A Weak Heart Makes You Feel Tired
3 - CHF & Too Much Water in Your Body
4 - Pneumonia!
5 - Heart Failure & High Blood Pressure
6 - How HBP Causes Heart Failure
7 - The Long Haul, & What To Do About It
What To Do About It
1 - Stay As Healthy As You Can
2 - Medication Adherence
3 - Water Pills (AKA Diuretics)
4 - Pressure Pills
5 - Antibiotics
6 - Take Care of Those Swollen Legs
7 - Keep Leg Swelling Under Control
8 - Warning Signs
CHF: What To Do - 6
What It Is
1 - Healthy Heart / CHF Weak Heart
2 - Why A Weak Heart Makes You Feel Tired
3 - CHF & Too Much Water in Your Body
4 - Pneumonia!
5 - Heart Failure & High Blood Pressure
6 - How HBP Causes Heart Failure
7 - The Long Haul, & What To Do About It
What To Do About It
1 - Stay As Healthy As You Can
2 - Medication Adherence
3 - Water Pills (AKA Diuretics)
4 - Pressure Pills
5 - Antibiotics
6 - Take Care of Those Swollen Legs
7 - Keep Leg Swelling Under Control
8 - Warning Signs
6 - Take Care Of Those Swollen Legs
5 - Antibiotics
7 - Keep Leg Swelling Under Control
take care of those swollen legs
if you have chf, you have extra water in your body
some of that water is probably in your belly (if you're kinda round, that may be one reason why)
water in the legs
gravity pulls water down
out of a pitcher
out of your belly
into your legs,
making them swell up
on top of that, chf water has chemicals in it that are bad for skin
those water meanies eat away at your leg skin
they make the skin dark,
usually brown or purple
then hard, crusty
patches can form
finally, you can get venous stasis ulcers, or "swelling sores"
if you see any of this happening, tell the doctor right away!
stop the problem
in its tracks!
because once swelling problems start -
they can last for years
leg swelling stretches
the skin
making skin thin and weak
swelling is bad for the skin on your lower legs
cellulitis
another problem that can happen with
swollen legs is a cellulitis infection
the skin on your legs turns red
the skin gets warm or hot.
when someone touches it, it hurts!
if one of your legs are
red
,
painful when touched
,
or
warm
call the doctor right away!
because cellulitis infections can
get worse fast -> spread to your blood
-> and put you in the hospital
5 - Antibiotics
7 - Keep Leg Swelling Under Control
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