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What are the Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure?

Common symptoms of heart failure are the
 
result of fluid build up, congestion in your
 
lungs and less oxygen-rich blood circulating
 
in your body. Symptoms of heart failure
 
include:2 
 

Difficulty breathing when lying down

 

Shortness of breath

 

Dry, hacking cough

 

Weight Gain

 

Swelling

 

Fatigue

 

Weakness

 

Loss of appetite

 

Rapid heart beat

 

Confusion and/or impaired memory


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Brescia, MD  “The heart and the lungs

 

are anatomically and physiologically intimately

 

related. Usually, when either system develops a

 

problem, the other is sure to develop one as well”. 

 

 

 

  

 

 

To remember heart failure common signs and

 

symptoms think FACES:

 

F    Fatigue

 

A    Activities limited

 

C   Chest congestion

 

E    Edema or swelling i.e.  ankle  swelling

 

S    Shortness of breath www.abouthf.org