Heart Failure
Heart Failure which in medical terms is called "Heart Failure or Cardiac Failure", is a medical emergency in which the amount of blood pumped by the heart a person every minute {cardiac output } is unable to meet the needs of the body's normal metabolism.
The impact of rapid heart failure affect the deficiency of blood supply, causing cell death due to lack of oxygen carried in the blood of the fancy itself. Lack of oxygen supply to the brain (cerebral hypoxia), causing a person to lose consciousness and stop breathing suddenly leading to death.
Congestive heart failure in infants and children is an emergency that is frequently encountered by health workers everywhere. Complaints and symptoms vary greatly so it is often difficult to distinguish from other diseases outside the heart.
Conditions on disease heart failure does not mean that the heart stops working (cardiac arrest), but the heart is no longer able to pump blood as well as the daily duties of a person's body.
# Classification of Diseases Heart Failure
The heart chamber is divided into four chambers of the Veranda right and left of the foyer are separated by a septum intratrial, then room right and left ventricle are separated by the interventricular septum.
Heart failure can occur on one side of the heart, such as heart failure or left side heart failure right-hand part only.
# Cause Heart Failure Disease
Heart failure can be caused by a primary disorder of heart muscle itself or the excessive burden of the heart or a combination of both. Broadly speaking, the possible factors that cause disease to heart failure are the ones who have hipertenisi disease, hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol), smoking, diabetes (diabetes), obesity (overweight) and someone who has a family history of heart disease and life course patterns irregular and less air-sports.
# Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure
Signs and symptoms of heart failure can be distinguished by which part of the heart's impaired pumping of blood, more details as follows:
1. Left heart failure; cause collection of fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema), which causes severe shortness of breath. Initially perceived shortness of breath only when someone is doing the activity, but in line with the worsening of the disease is shortness of breath will also arise when the patient is not doing the activity. While the other is a sign of fatigue (fatigue), anxiety / worry (anxity), rapid heartbeat (tachycardia), cough and irregular heart rhythm (Arrhythmia).
2. While the right of heart failure; tends to result in the collection of blood flowing to the right of heart. So this causes swelling in the legs, ankles, legs, abdomen (ascites) and liver (Hepatomegaly). Other signs are nausea, vomiting, fatigue, rapid heartbeat, and frequent urination (urine) at night (nocturia).
# Diagnosis of Heart Failure Disease
Usually, the diagnosis is established based on signs and symptoms complained of or seen directly during the examination. To confirm the diagnosis, the doctor will do various checks, for example;
1. Physical examination, the pulse weak and rapid pulse, decreased blood pressure, abnormal heart sounds, enlarged heart, swollen neck veins, fluid in the lungs, liver enlargement, rapid weight gain, swelling of the abdomen or legs.
2. X-ray examinations or X-ray (X-ray), in the chest may reveal an enlarged heart and fluid collection in the lungs.
3. Echocardiography examination (using sound waves to describe the heart) and electrocardiography (to assess the electrical activity of the heart).
In the management or care of patients with congestive heart disease cases, there are three fundamental things that a reference, among others; Treatment of heart failure itself, Treatment of the underlying disease and treatment of precipitating factors.
Included in the medical treatment is to reduce fluid and salt retention, increased cardiac contractility and reduce burden. While the treatment generally involves resting, setting the temperature and humidity, oxygen, fluids and diet.
Provision of drugs, such as inotropic drugs (digitalis, intravenous inotropic medications), vasodilator drugs (arteriolar dilator: hidralazin), venodilator (nitrate, nitroglycerin), mixed dilator (prazosin, captopril, nitroprusid), diuretics and drugs dysrhythmias.
Surgery, this is typically done to cope with congenital heart disease (palliative, corrective) and acquired heart disease (valvuloplasti, valve replacement).
# Disease Prevention Heart Failure
For those of you who feel the signs and symptoms as mentioned above, you should immediately checked by a doctor. Reduce the factors that can cause heart failure conditions, stop smoking, reduce the consumption of fatty foods, try exercise, patterns or danger of life regularly.
Of course, for those who suffered or suffer from illnesses that can result in heart failure should lead to regular attacks to checked by a doctor regular. for example, people with high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes (Diabetes), the buildup of plaque (cholesterol or other) in heart blood vessels ( Coronary Artery Disease).
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