Patient's question:
Because of lung disease, I went to the hospital for a thorough examination and was suspected of having heart failure. I'm not sure what's going on. I've thought about it several times, wondering what the symptoms of heart failure are?Doctor's answer:
The most common symptom of heart failure is shortness of breath. Patients may experience chest tightness, shortness of breath, and limb edema, especially during physical activity. The main characteristics are shortness of breath, edema, and fatigue, but these symptoms do not always appear simultaneously. Generally, compensatory cardiac dilation or hypertrophy, as well as other compensatory mechanisms, are present. This is often accompanied by elevated venous pressure, leading to congestive pathological changes in organs. There may be mural thrombi in the atria or ventricles, as well as venous thrombosis. The main causes of chronic heart failure in adults are coronary heart disease, hypertension, valve disease, and dilated cardiomyopathy. This syndrome of symptoms manifests as pulmonary congestion and venous clots. Even after the lung disease is cured, if shortness of breath persists, it indicates that you have heart failure.