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Describe Congestive Heart Failure

In order to describe congestive heart failure, we shall have to analyze all the possible facets of this hazardous dismay. Doctors describe congestive heart failure as a disorder when the heart muscle becomes weak to pump enough blood for the smooth functioning of body. In this process lung congestion is experienced and the body of the patient becomes unable to generate adequate oxygen; consequently experts describe it as a congestive heart failure. [1]

Describe Congestive Heart Failure

Some people describe congestive heart failure in lop sided manner by replacing it with the term heart attack. In order to describe congestive heart failure in its exact mode, we should understand that it’s not a process where the heart stoops working, but a situation when the inefficiency in the functioning of heart takes place. People of all age groups can develop the symptoms of congestive heart failure; still the elderly patients have much more chances to be clutched by this disorder.
 
One who is suffering from coronary artery disease has acute chances of congestive heart failure. The term heart failure describes congestive heart failure as a swift and impulsive discontinue of the functioning of heart. But in reality it’s a gradual process that lasts for years. Doctors describe congestive heart failure such as a hidden foe that nags stealthily, which has two classifications.
 

• Systolic heart failure: Experts describe congestive heart failure due to systolic, as a feature when the heart of the patient can’t contract properly. Due to reduced contraction the pumping of blood gets poor and it retreats back to the lungs. [1] This pulmonary congestion is very dangerous for survival.

• Diastolic heart failure: During this ailment the heart’s ability to relax itself decreases. The heart muscle becomes rigid and the level of relaxation comes to an end. [1] In other words we may say that the easiest way to describe congestive heart failure is to focus just on systolic and diastolic heart failure.

Reference:
   
1. Singh V. N. “Congestive Heart Failure”, 2006.