something is wrong with your heart. Small upsets like these are what we fail to pay attention to with our bodies and though self-diagnosing can be overwhelming and not 100 percent accurate, it’s a good start. You don’t even need to jump into the negative. Just acknowledging that something isn’t right puts you ahead of what might be wrong.
Different Types of Heart Failure
Now when you think of heart failure, usually you only think of one type right? The one that affects the heart obviously but here’s a fun fact: there are 3 different types of heart failure.
The first type is Left-Sided Heart Failure. Left-sided heart failure is when the left side of the heart has to work a lot harder to pump the same amount of blood as the right side and there are two types of heart failures that come with it.
Systolic Failure, when the heart can’t pump with enough force to push a certain amount of blood into circulation.
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The other is Diastolic Failure, when the heart doesn’t fill with blood between each beat (during the resting time).
The second type is Right-Sided Heart Failure. Right-sided heart failure usually occurs because of left-sided failure. When the left side fails, there is an increase in the pressure of fluid, which then gets pushed back through the lungs and damages the heart’s right side. Once the right side can no longer pump well, blood backs up into the veins in the body.
The third type of heart failure is Congestive Heart Failure. Congestive heart failure is when blood begins to flow out of the heart slowly and the blood that is supposed to return to the heart begins to back up in the veins in your body. This causes congestion in the body tissues.
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What To Do Next
If you begin to notice persistent changes, the first thing you should do is make note of them. Write them down if you can or store them in your phone or on something where you can access the information at any time. Jot down what you’re experiencing, if the symptoms are worsening and how you feel and how long they have been occurring. Once you do that, schedule an appointment with your doctor and show them what’s going on (the information you jotted down). These few steps will put you on the path to figuring out what’s going on and how to fix it.
