Sometimes, the medication needed to treat adult heart failure is not good for children who have heart failure. Medications in the class of “Beta-Blockers” are very expensive and do not have the same effects on children as adults. What is significant in the trial that was done was that 50% of the children ended up getting better on their own. Watch the video to learn more.
In order to be able to understand CHF to the fullest extent, one must comprehend the parts of the heart and the way they work together. I have read many articles on congestive heart failure and one skill that I have developed is to understand the medical terminology. When you read a new report on the drugs that are being developed to treat CHF, you can not really learn from the article unless you understand some of the jargon. This video allows you to understand the heart and all the big words that are associated with it. You will understand how the heart pumps blood, which is vital to comprehend ing heart failure. Enjoy!
There was a post in the past about the function of ICDs and their importance to heart failure patients. Just to recap, ICDs are miniature versions of those huge emergency defibrillators. Many people that suffer from heart failure develop arrhythmias which can be potentially dangerous. ICDs are responsible to correct these problems and to record the heart’s activities in the device memory to be studied by doctors’ who can better treat the patient. These devices are truly heart savers. The following link shows the process in which these devices are installed and their importance in the medical world. This truly is an interesting video and there is a doctor present to describe everything that is going on. Enjoy the following link thanks to Or-live.com. LINK
Well I got a lot of response for the last post about the way a heart attack damages heart muscle. Here is a video that describes the symptoms of a heart attack. This one is probably more important, because if you ever feel many of the symptoms given, you should immediately go the emergency room to get checked out.