Heart Failure Symptoms

Your doctor and health care team are experts at what they do. This does not mean you should feel intimidated or embarrassed to ask questions, but rather, feel more confident in asking your questions in knowing you will receive a thoughtful and pertinent... Full Answer

If you have heart failure, your legs and feet may swell. Swelling often occurs because your heart cannot pump the blood around your body effectively, so the blood backs up in your body; causing the swelling. This is similar to when a sink backs up and is... Full Answer

Symptoms of heart failure may be ongoing (chronic) or sudden (acute). Symptoms of chronic heart failure include shortness of breath (dyspnea), especially during exercise or when lying down. Heart failure is also associated with fatigue. Swelling (edema)... Full Answer

Tell your doctor right away if... You gain 3 or more pounds in a day or so. You see that your feet, ankles or other parts of your body are puffy. It’s hard to breathe. You can’t do what you could do the day before. You have “the... Full Answer

Diastolic dysfunction means that your heart is having trouble relaxing between beats. This limits the amount of blood the ventricles can collect for the next heartbeat. Since each contraction pumps less blood, the heart works harder to make up the... Full Answer

Heart failure symptoms usually start very slowly at first. You might notice that you have difficulty breathing while you are physically active or during exercise. Then, after awhile, you may have shortness of breath even when lying down. Some... Full Answer

Shortness of breath is a common symptom for both heart failure and severe lung disease. Severe lung disease can also lead to heart failure especially of the right lower chamber of the heart. Heart failure tends to cause swelling of the feet and ankles... Full Answer

The deep indentation on your leg that you are describing may be a condition called pitting edema. In addition the smothering feeling and the phlegm may be signs that the furosemide is not enough to help pull the excess fluid out of your body at this... Full Answer

Symptoms for right-sided heart failure include swelling (edema), especially in the lower portion of the body. Fluids are drawn to and accumulate in the lowest point in the body by the effects of gravity. When standing, swelling occurs in the feet, legs,... Full Answer

Symptoms for left-sided heart failure include fatigue, weakness, and shortness of breath. Left-sided heart failure is the most common form of heart failure. During left-sided heart failure, fluid accumulates in the lungs. At first, the accumulation may... Full Answer