Heart Failure - Types, Causes, Signs & Symptoms |How Do You Know If You Have Heart Failure?

heart failure is a condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood adequately to meet the metabolic demand of the body tissues it is mainly caused by heart muscle or myocardial failure but may also occur in the presence of normal or near normal heart function under conditions of high demand such as vigorous exercise in this video our main goal is to explore the common signs and symptoms of heart failure heart failure can be broadly categorized as acute heart failure and chronic heart failure causes of chronic heart failure include the following myocardial infarction or heart attack diabetes melodus hypertension or high blood pressure valvular heart disease cardiac Arias infection of the heart muscle also called myocarditis cardiomyopathies congenital heart diseases drugs such as cocaine and doxorubicin alcohol and constrictive pericarditis causes of acute heart failure include the following acute valvular regurgitation myocardial infarction myocarditis cardiac Arias drugs such as cocaine calcium channel blockers and beta blockers and sepsis sometimes heart failure can occur in the setting of high cardiac output this is called high output heart failure it can be caused by anemia systemic arterovenous fistula hyperthyroidism padet disease of bone multiple Myoma pregnancy glomerulo nephritis and pothena Vera sometimes only the right side of the heart can be failed causes of right heart failure include the following left ventricular failure right sided myocardial infarctions pulmonary hypertension pulmonary valve stenosis pulmonary embolism chronic pulmonary diseases and neuromuscular disorders now let's discuss the signs and symptoms of of heart failure Progressive dnia or shortness of breath is a cardinal symptom in left ventricular failure initially it occurs during exertion and gradually progresses into orthopnea paroxysmal nocturnal dnia DNE at rest and acute pulmonary edema patients may also experience chest pain or pressure and palpitations other signs and symptoms may include fatigue and weakness due to poor perfusion of skeletal muscles nocturia and oliguria neurological symptoms such as confusion memory impairment anxiety headache difficulty sleeping and rarely psychosis delirium and hallucinations physical examination findings include the following chronic marked elevation of systemic Venus pressure can cause EXO thalos and tricuspid regurgitation pulse may be weak threy and Rapid in severe heart failure patients will have central cyanosis and iuris jugular veinous distension and bilateral ankle edema a sites an advanced disease rails over lung bases due to pulmonary edema hepatoma in chronic right heart failure favor in severe decompensated heart failure due to cutaneous basoc constriction tachicardia poar and diaphoresis due to increased adrenergic activity