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History Bookmarks People Window Help Find the Mean of X H ESI Assessmen x G different types o X Wishlist | SHEIN X You .com/courses/1072/discussion_topics/8938 1. Explain, in detail, all of the following for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). A Right-Sided CHF 1. What are some of the causes? 2. Explain the disease process. 3. What are the signs and symptoms? 4. How might the body compensate for the effects caused by the disease process? B. Left-Sided CHF 1. What are some of the causes? 2. Explain the disease process. 3. What are the signs and symptoms? 4. How might the body compensate for the effects caused by the disease process? Make sure that you include your sources. Some of you are forgetting this. Search entries or author Unread A D BIVA - A - I EX31XXE - BOO T 120 - Paragraph

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A)

1) Causes of right sided CHF are

• Left sided CHF
• Right ventricular myocardial infarction
• Pulmonary embolus
• Chronic lung diseases like COPD, Obstructive sleep apnea, etc
• Valvular heart disease
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Congenital heart diseases like ASD and VSD
• Hypertension

2) In right sided CHF, the right chamber has lost its ability to pump blood. As a result of this, right side of heart can't fill with enough blood, and the blood enters back into the veins. This results into swelling of legs, ankles, abdomen, etc.

3) Signs and symptoms of right sided CHF are :-

• Dyspnea (shortness of breath)
• Edema (swelling) in ankles, lower extremities, and abdomen
• Weakness
• Lethargy
• Ascites (accumulation of fluid in abdominal cavity)
• Loss of appetite (anorexia)
• Loss of consciousness

4) In right sided CHF, body compensates by increasing blood pressure, holding on to salt and water in the body, and increasing the heart rate. Hormones and nervous system of the body is involved in this compensation mechanism.

B)

1) Causes of left sided CHF are :-

• Heart attacks
• Valvular heart diseases
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Alcohol and tobacco use

​​​​​​​2) In left sided CHF, left side of the heart fails to pump out blood to the body. It has to work harder to pump the same amount of blood to the body. In systolic left sided CHF, the left ventricle loses its ability to contract normally. In diastolic left sided CHF, the left ventricle loses its ability to relax normally because of the muscular stiffness.

​​​​​​​3) Signs and symptoms of left sided CHF are :-

• Dyspnea
• Chronic coughing and wheezing
• Fatigue and lethargy
• Anorexia
• Edema in the ankles, lower extremities, and abdomen
• Rapid or irregular heart beat
• Nausea
• Ascites

​​​​​​​4) In left sided CHF, body compensates by increasing blood pressure, holding on to salt and water, and increasing heart rate by the help of hormones and nervous system of the body.

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