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   How can I prevent chronic heart failure (CHF)?

   • Weighing yourself daily provides information to prevent CHF through early intervention with medications such as diuretics (water or fluid pills). Elevated blood pressure and heart rate can also signal a change in your heart’s function and prompt a medication adjustment.

   A Patient’s Guide to Living Confidently With Chronic Heart Failure

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   How can a healthy lifestyle help with heart failure?

   • Following recommendations about eating patterns, exercise and other habits can help alleviate heart failure symptoms, slow your disease’s progression and improve your everyday life. Making some of these lifestyle changes can be easier said than done.

   Lifestyle Changes for Heart Failure

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   What should I do if I have congestive heart failure?

   • Congestive heart failure is a chronic, long-term illness that can get worse quickly, so it’s a good idea to let your provider and family know your preferences for medical care. You can complete an advance directive or living will to let everyone involved in your care know what you want.

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   What is chronic heart failure (CHF)?

   • Chronic heart failure (CHF) refers to the ongoing condition of your heart’s inability to pump sufficient blood to meet your body’s demands. The name of any medical condition that includes the word failure can be intimidating, particularly when it concerns your heart. After all, failure implies there is no hope, right? Wrong!

   A Patient’s Guide to Living Confidently With Chronic Heart Failure

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   What are the goals for CHF patients?

   • For CHF patients, these ambitious goals involve developing confidence in each aspect of the treatment plan, spanning disease confidence, device confidence, and QoL confidence. Disease confidence is a way of thinking and feeling about your disease that results in a greater sense of personal security and empowerment.

   A Patient’s Guide to Living Confidently With Chronic Heart Failure

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2. www.hopkinsmedicine.org › health › conditions-andCongestive Heart Failure: Prevention, Treatment and Research

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   The best way to avoid congestive heart failure is to avoid the conditions that contribute to it, or to carefully manage these conditions if they develop, says Jones. Stop smoking—better yet, don’t start.

3. my.clevelandclinic.org › health › diseasesCongestive Heart Failure: Symptoms, Stages & Treatment

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   Mar 10, 2023 · One study says that people with congestive heart failure have a life span 10 years shorter than those who don’t have heart failure. Another study showed that the survival rates of people with chronic heart failure were: 80% to 90% for one year. 50% to 60% for year five. 30% for 10 years.

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   Apr 1, 2022 · For HF, there are several clinical models to consider that include the spectrum of HF based on EF and clinical setting. For chronic HF, the Seattle Heart Failure Model, 2 the Heart Failure Survival score, 1 and the MAGGIC score 3 have commonly been used to provide estimates of survival. The MAGGIC predictive model may be quite useful given its ...

5. www.heart.org › en › health-topicsLifestyle Changes for Heart Failure

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   Jul 10, 2023 · Following recommendations about eating patterns, exercise and other habits can help alleviate heart failure symptoms, slow your disease’s progression and improve your everyday life. Making some of these lifestyle changes can be easier said than done.

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   Apr 2, 2013 · Weighing yourself daily provides information to prevent CHF through early intervention with medications such as diuretics (water or fluid pills). Elevated blood pressure and heart rate can also signal a change in your heart’s function and prompt a medication adjustment.

   • Author: Samuel F. Sears, Lawrence Woodrow, Katherine Cutitta, Jessica Ford, Julie B. Shea, John Cahill

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7. www.heart.org › en › health-topicsManaging Heart Failure Symptoms - American Heart Association

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   Jun 13, 2023 · Health Topics. Heart Failure Signs and Symptoms. Managing Heart Failure Symptoms. Your body and your heart can often respond to effects of heart failure so that you never notice any symptoms. Your heart compensates for added strain by working harder.

8. www.mayoclinic.org › diseases-conditions › heartHeart failure - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

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   Apr 20, 2023 · Moderate exercise helps keep the heart and body healthy. But be sure to talk to your health care provider about an exercise program that's right for you. If you have heart failure, your provider may suggest a walking program or a cardiac rehabilitation program at your local hospital. Reduce stress.