Earlier Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive heart failure (heart fails to pump required volume of blood to the body) kills millions of people every year. Exact treatment and life style modification can help you in controlling your heart diseases, but to get the proper treatment at the correct time needs diagnose your symptoms as early as possible before any worse condition develops. Early symptoms of congestive heart failure are not specific. Fatigue is the primary sign of congestive heart failure identified in most cases. Since fatigue is caused by some more other diseases, you need to diagnose some other symptoms of congestive heart failure. Following list shows more specific symptoms of congestive heart failure:

• Swelling: As fluid building in the body by congestive heart failure edema can be seen remarkably in ankles, leg and abdomen.
• Shortness of breath: Fluid retention in lungs causes shortness of breath severely when sleeping so; you have to awaken at night.
• Increased urination: Kidney works hard to excrete extra fluid loaded in the body.
• Loss of appetite: Extra fluid load in intestines makes loss of appetite.
• Constipation
• Cough and wheezing
• Rapid weight gain

When you notice any of these congestive heart failure symptoms call your caregivers immediately. So, you can sustain your life.