HEART FAILURE
Disease information
HEART FAILURE
The blood
has
like main
function
the one to transport oxygen and the nutritious substances by all the body so that they arrive at
each
one from the cells, weaves and organs that conform it.
The
function
of the heart that is
a
very powerful
muscle
, consists of receiving and to impel blood towards all the organism with the purpose of satisfying its necessities with oxygen and nutrimentos,
for it
, this so powerful
muscle
, that it never rests, pumps 60 normally mml. of blood in
each
beat and these they are repeated between 70 and 75 per minute.
The insufficiency
cardiac
is one of the suffering that causes greater amount of deaths in the world. It can affect more to men than to women and
has
much to do the race, the place in where it is lived, the socioeconomic level and the education. With the age it is accentuated
a
problem
that in general begins around the 45 years and its incidence increases with the age outpost.
The insufficiency
cardiac
is
a
serious
syndrome
, that must be taken care of on time, is generally progressive and irreversible and if it does not treat on time, finally mortal and it can be complicated much with any other
problem
of the heart or other
diseases
. It is the first cause of hospitalization in greater people and causes sudden death in many people who suffer it and who in many occasions do not present / display any symptom.
Is defined it as the set of resulting
anomalies
when the heart is incapable to pump
a
volume of blood sufficient to cover the necessities with the organism and it takes place generally by
a
fault in the contraction of the
muscle
cardiac
. This causes among other things, that as the
disease
advances, the blood that in
normal
conditions would pump the heart is accumulated in the lungs.
The person who suffers insufficiency
cardiac
,
has
minor quality of life, greater necessity of medical
attention
and specialized medicines to control the
problem
.
The specialists indicate between their possible causes having narrow
coronary
arteries, the damaged
muscle
cardiac
, the defective valves
cardiac
,
arterial
hypertension
or antecedents of an
attack
to the heart or
a
congenital
cardiopathy.
IMPORTANT:
The content of this note is informative and it does not replace the medical diagnosis reason why we do not become people in
charge
on its use.
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