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CHF: What To Do - 7

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

7 - Keep Leg Swelling Under Control

6 - Take Care Of Those Swollen Legs

8 - Warning Signs

what to do to keep leg swelling under control:

1

take your water pills - all of them!

swollen
legs

taking water
pills as
prescribed

peeing!

less swelling
in legs

2

wear compression stockings if your doctor tells you to

easy to put on!

comfortable!

effective!

3

don't sleep in front of the tv in a
chair (especially overnight)!

for hours
(that can cause a
lot of swelling)

if you watch tv when
you sleep, put a tv in
your bedroom

6 - Take Care Of Those Swollen Legs

8 - Warning Signs