Ask a Health Professional Each week health professionals give their educated opinions on relatable health questions. We believe that knowledge is power! HFSCA HEART FAILURE SURVIVAL CENTER OF AMERICA Marinette 1281 Marinette Ave. Marinette, WI 54143 920-939-6058 Crivitz 515 N. U.S. Hwy. 141. Crivitz, WI 54114 715-854-7050 Dr. Yasser Salem Question: A New Plan for your Heart When it comes to your A: life. Shortness of breath, fatigue, leg weakness, swelling in your ankles or legs or feeling an irregualr'rapid heart beat are just some symptoms that should be checked out by a physician (Cleveland Clinic, 2020). Feeling bloated, weight gain or having episodes of dizziness should also be reported before they lead to more severe problems. heart it is difficult to tell if what you're feeling is an emergeney or just a call the doctor's ofice. The American Heart Association published an excellent guide to help you make the right decision. The "Self-Check Plan for Heart Adults already diagnossed with heart failure Failure Management" is specifically designed to help adults with congestive heart failure determine can avoid the doctor by following the American Heart Association's Self-Check Plan: www. symptoms that are normal and those that, if not dealt with, could lkad to an emergency. In the simplest of terms, heart failure means that the riseabovehf.org (AHA, 2015). This plan outlines how to maintain your plan of care with daily weight checks, assessing your breathing and eating low sodium foods. It also defines when to check in with your doctor and when your heart is not pumping like it should. There are different kinds of heart failure depending on what parts of the heart are affected, Right sided condition is severe enough to call 911. Using heart failure occurs when the heart's chambers this simple guide to notify your physician of a change in youar condition, before your situation gets worse, will keep you out of the hospital and doing the things you love! do not fully fill with blood and with left sided heart failure the heart can not pump enough oxygenated blood around the body (NIH, 2017). While heart failure is not quite that simple, there Kitt Cleereman, RN are many other variations of both right and left sided heart failure, this at least gives you an idea of what is happening. One thing is certain, heart failure, which ever version it is, causes long- HFSCA/Quantu Health American Heart Association. (2015). Self-Check plan for hf management. www.riscabovehforg Ceveland Clinic.(2020). Heart failure: Understanding heart failures, https//myclevelandelinic.org/bealth term damage to your heart if left untreated. There are currently 5.7 million Americans diagnosed with heart failure and "550,000 new cases each year" (Cleveland Clinic, 2020). The diseases/17069heart-failure-understanding-heart-failure National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (2017). Heart failure. https://www.nblbe. 2017 Wisconsin Health Public Health Profile for nih govihealth-topics/heart-failure Marinette County showed heart disease as the leading cause of hospitalization and death (DHS 2017). With heart discase and heart failure being so prevalent in Marinette County, watching out for symptoms of heart failure could save your Wisconsin Department of Health Services, (2017). Wisconsin public health profiles Marinette county. hmps://www.dha.wisconsin gov poblications/pl/p45358-2017-marinette pdf Ask a Health Professional Each week health professionals give their educated opinions on relatable health questions. We believe that knowledge is power! HFSCA HEART FAILURE SURVIVAL CENTER OF AMERICA Marinette 1281 Marinette Ave. Marinette, WI 54143 920-939-6058 Crivitz 515 N. U.S. Hwy. 141. Crivitz, WI 54114 715-854-7050 Dr. Yasser Salem Question: A New Plan for your Heart When it comes to your A: life. Shortness of breath, fatigue, leg weakness, swelling in your ankles or legs or feeling an irregualr'rapid heart beat are just some symptoms that should be checked out by a physician (Cleveland Clinic, 2020). Feeling bloated, weight gain or having episodes of dizziness should also be reported before they lead to more severe problems. heart it is difficult to tell if what you're feeling is an emergeney or just a call the doctor's ofice. The American Heart Association published an excellent guide to help you make the right decision. The "Self-Check Plan for Heart Adults already diagnossed with heart failure Failure Management" is specifically designed to help adults with congestive heart failure determine can avoid the doctor by following the American Heart Association's Self-Check Plan: www. symptoms that are normal and those that, if not dealt with, could lkad to an emergency. In the simplest of terms, heart failure means that the riseabovehf.org (AHA, 2015). This plan outlines how to maintain your plan of care with daily weight checks, assessing your breathing and eating low sodium foods. It also defines when to check in with your doctor and when your heart is not pumping like it should. There are different kinds of heart failure depending on what parts of the heart are affected, Right sided condition is severe enough to call 911. Using heart failure occurs when the heart's chambers this simple guide to notify your physician of a change in youar condition, before your situation gets worse, will keep you out of the hospital and doing the things you love! do not fully fill with blood and with left sided heart failure the heart can not pump enough oxygenated blood around the body (NIH, 2017). While heart failure is not quite that simple, there Kitt Cleereman, RN are many other variations of both right and left sided heart failure, this at least gives you an idea of what is happening. One thing is certain, heart failure, which ever version it is, causes long- HFSCA/Quantu Health American Heart Association. (2015). Self-Check plan for hf management. www.riscabovehforg Ceveland Clinic.(2020). Heart failure: Understanding heart failures, https//myclevelandelinic.org/bealth term damage to your heart if left untreated. There are currently 5.7 million Americans diagnosed with heart failure and "550,000 new cases each year" (Cleveland Clinic, 2020). The diseases/17069heart-failure-understanding-heart-failure National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (2017). Heart failure. https://www.nblbe. 2017 Wisconsin Health Public Health Profile for nih govihealth-topics/heart-failure Marinette County showed heart disease as the leading cause of hospitalization and death (DHS 2017). With heart discase and heart failure being so prevalent in Marinette County, watching out for symptoms of heart failure could save your Wisconsin Department of Health Services, (2017). Wisconsin public health profiles Marinette county. hmps://www.dha.wisconsin gov poblications/pl/p45358-2017-marinette pdf