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Congestive Heart Failure Right Sided

When the right side of the heart starts malfunctioning or poorly performs its task to pump the blood, is medically known as congestive heart failure right sided. In this case the right part of the heart ceases working efficiently. Congestive heart failure right sided is much more common than that of left sided. Surveys vividly indicate that 5 out 100 people face congestive heart failure right sided; whereas 1 to 3 out of 100 in the case of left sided heart failure congestion has been witnessed. [1]

Congestive Heart Failure Right Sided

Reasons of congestive heart failure right sided:
The foremost reason of congestive heart failure right sided is that the right ventricle of heart doesn’t pump the sufficient amount of blood; consequently the blood flows to wrong parts of the body. Due to congestion not only the liver but also the gastrointestinal tract suffers. Moreover in this ailment the right ventricle feels helpless to forward blood to the lungs as well as to the left side of the heart in a suitable manner. Sometimes the failure in the left side becomes an immediate cause of the congestive heart failure right sided. If a person is suffering from chronic bronchitis or pulmonary hypertension, he may get congestive heart failure right sided.
Signs of congestive heart failure right sided:

• Trouble in breathing due to the lack of oxygen generation
• Due to collection of liquid in the body, the legs and feet get swollen
• The patients of congestive heart failure right sided desire to pass urine time and again, especially during night [1]
• Speedy heart beat that causes anxiety and even illness
• Patients of congestive heart failure right sided start feeling immensely tired and adopt a passive attitude towards life 

Reference:

1. Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY., 2006.