Can someone help me understand…...Hi friends. I went to the ER yesterday. I had been having labored breathing and thought it was from a previous sickness. I was at work and I started shaking...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesSymptomsDiagnosis
Estate Planning: Don’t Forget About Your Fur Babies...No one likes to think about death – much less their own. When you have a chronic condition, like heart failure, making plans about your health care should also include...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
A Guide to Common Drugs Prescribed After a Heart Attack (Part 2)...Editor's note: this is part 2 of a series. Be sure to check out part 1! This article continues the discussion of commonly prescribed drugs after a heart attack. Antihypertensives...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Severe Anxiety after heart attack...Just curious, am I crazy? Recently had a double stent procedure of LAD & CIRC arteries, and facing my own mortality has really messed with me. I am 49 years...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesTips & AdviceComorbiditiesCoping
Meet Your Moderators: Tina Marie Marsden...Welcome to the Heart-Failure.net Meet Your Moderators series! These articles are intended to help our community members better know the people who moderate on our various channels. Heart failure plays...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Sod1 gene linked to heart risks....https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp/rs1041740?horizontal_tab=true What does having the alternate alleles mean with rs1041740 I have T/T and according to the site linked below it counts as a cardiovascular risk. How much more likely...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTips & AdviceResearch & Clinical TrialsAwareness
The EF Game - Why Do We Care About This Number?..."I hate it when patients fixate on ejection fraction (EF)," I heard from a cardiologist on a clubhouse talk one night. Why do we worry about our EF, and why...Reactions0reactionsComments11 comments
Nausea and Vomiting in Heart Failure...Loss of appetite and nausea are potential symptoms that people with heart failure (HF) experience. It can relate to a feeling of being full and having a bloated abdomen, despite...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
My Cardiologist asked me to give my data to a billing company!...Hi, Everyone! My Cardiologist have recently been changed because the previous one moves out of country. Now there's a new one for all my check ups, it's kind a whole...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesHealthcare TeamCaregiving
What Is Tachycardia? ...Tachycardia is a type of heart rhythm. It means that your heart is beating faster than normal. So what does this really mean? What causes it? How might this contribute...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Minimalism and Heart Failure...I am a big proponent of minimalism. Simply put, minimalism is a movement where people get rid of items that they do not need. It’s about minimizing obsession with materialistic...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Taken for Granted...Recently, two friends of mine had pacemakers installed to regulate their heartbeats and to combat atrial fibrillation. Both of them are doing very well, having regained energy and lost some...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Medication combination...Diagnosed with Afib l was given beta blockers and blood thinners. Later had cardioversion and was prescribed Amioderone. I am concerned that the combination has led to bradycardia and chronic...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesSide Effects
Tips for Learning to Tolerate BiPAP and CPAP Machines...So, you have qualified for BiPAP or CPAP. Your doctor believes it will help you sleep better at night and feel better during the daytime. Here are some tips to...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
How Can We Get Others to Take Their Cardiovascular Risks Seriously?...Heart failure is hard. Really REALLY hard. One of the things that helped me get through is the hope that I can use my experiences to help others take their...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
A Guide to Common Drugs Prescribed After a Heart Attack (Part 1)...The first heart attack can be an extremely overwhelming and frightening experience. It is not uncommon for people to stay admitted in the hospital for up to 5 days following...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How Immunomodulatory Drugs May Prevent, Cure Heart Failure...Your immune system may play a role in heart diseases and researchers have suspected this for many years now. In fact, this was something they investigated in the 1960s and...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Surgery with HF...I am contemplating having a cochlear implant but am afraid of having surgery when I have HF. Have others had surgery with going d outcomes?...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Is Tylenol Safe for People With HF?...There are several drugs that should not be used in people with heart failure (HF). We went over some of these drugs that should be avoided in a previous article...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Chest pain ...I am interested in finding out if the community has any in put as to the different types of chect pain ,their duration, their intensity and really important to me...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesSymptoms
