What is Heart Failure?

When referring to the medical term “heart failure” it is not meaning that the person’s heart has quit working. It is meaning that the heart’s power to pump has decreased and became weaker than its normal activities. When a person is experiencing heart failure, their blood is moving throughout their body and heart at a slower pace, while the pressure that is within a person’s heart is increasing. As the results, their heart is not able to pump the sufficient amount of nutrients and oxygen that is needed in a person’s body. The heart’s chambers begin to react by expanding to store the blood that is pumping throughout their body. It then starts to become very thick and stiff. For a short period, this will help, than the heart’s walls become weak and cannot pump like normal.

When these stages of heart failure are occurring, it is also affecting a person’s kidneys. The kidneys will start retain sodium and fluids. When the fluid start to build up on a person’s ankles, arms, legs, lungs, feet, and other organs, a person’s body begins to develop congestions. Leading to congestive heart failure.