Yuri Konev, a cardiologist, spoke about the characteristic signs of acute heart failure. This condition requires immediate assistance.
According to him, a chronic process can develop for a long time, and acute heart failure can end quickly and fatally
– It develops very quickly, before our eyes practically. Symptoms: severe shortness of breath occurs, various changes in the color of the lips, for example, blue,, the doctor noted Pravda.Ru.
Such situations without emergency medical care can end in death, he stressed.
The main causes of acute heart failure are irregular treatment, acute myocardial infarction and arrhythmias.
How to understand that a person has acute heart failure? Symptoms:
- Shortness of breath.
- Swelling of the legs, arms, abdomen.
- Feeling tired, weak in the legs.
- Dry cough.
- Nausea, loss of appetite, bloating.
- Confusion, dizziness, lightheadedness.
- Frequent or irregular heartbeat.
Where does it hurt with heart failure?
The pain can be given to the left arm, left shoulder, lower jaw. Less often – in the right shoulder, right hand. Pain can be felt in the upper abdomen, sometimes accompanied by vomiting. This is a sign, in particular, of diseases of the cardiovascular system.
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