Questions and tip for better life with heart failure
Hello
My father has heart failure and diabetes .
i have several questions with my own research and some tips i wish you all share with your knowledge and exeprience
My questions are :
what is the best sleeping position and elavation ?
I read that
Leg elavation and head elavation like wider v shape is the best also sleeping on the right side .
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My father takes Furosemide
What is the best time to take diuretic if he takes it 2 times a day ?
At morning and the then after 7 hours .
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can natural food with diuretic effect help?
I read that cucumber , parslay , dandelion are some of those
I also thinking to give give him dandelion supplements .
My tips are
Eat healthy as possible
specialy garlic parcly cucumber and salad mix at empty stomach
visit the beach and sea as much as possible and any place quit with nature
it helps improve mentaly and physicaly
that all i have for now .
Hope you all the health and good life possible .
Hi. Thank you for your post and for your question. I see you are new to our community, having just joined yesterday. Welcome to our community. Glad to see that you are already engaging in the forums here. Those are some great tips to share with the community -- plus some good questions as well. I do look forward to hearing what community members have to say about your questions. I am aware that sleeping with your head up can help with breathing, and with your feet up can help with swelling in your feet and ankles. I have also seen studies showing that sleeping on your right side can also be helpful with heart failure. I will have to do further studies to learn why this is. I am not sure about your question when to take furosimide. Perhaps other community members will chime in with their thoughts to this question. Or this also may be a good one for your doctor. I hope this helps. Wishing you all the best. John. heart-failure.net community moderator.
Thank you from your kind replay .
I was looking online for information on heart failure and found this great placeYou are welcome. It is our pleasure to help you in any way that we can. Wishing you all the best. John. heart-failure.net community moderator.
Hello! Welcome to our community! This is a great question, I've linked some articles that may be able to help you. I hope this helps you! Olivia Rose -Moderator
https://heart-failure.net/living/more-tips
https://heart-failure.net/living/realistic-tips
https://heart-failure.net/living/managing-fatiguethank you .
In reference to your question about sleeping positions, I personally used two pillows to elevate my head and sleep on my side. As a former congenital heart patient, I was told by my pediatric cardiologist as a child to use two pillows to help with my breathing and sleep on the left side or on my back.
As an patient who was prescribed Lasix for a little over 20 years, early on I took my pills around 7 am and 7 pm, but as time went on I changed it to predominantly in the evening hours such as 7 or 8 pm at night simply because I was a teacher who had a classroom full of students and I didn’t have the luxury to run to the bathroom every 5 minutes. Thank you sharing. Leslie (Community Moderator)
