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Living with Heart Failure

 
 
 
To reduce symptoms of heart failure and help you feel
 
better doctors recommend a combination of both
 
medications and lifestyle changes. The following
 
recommendations are given to most patients with
 
heart failure.4
 
 
 

 

Stop smoking, if you do not smoke do not start.

 

Reduce alcohol intake

 

Loose weight if you are overweight

 

Limit salt intake to less than 3 grams per day

 

Limit fluid intake if advised by your phycician or health

 

care provider

 

Exercise