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How Long Can Old Man With Heart Failure And Diarrhea Survive?
my granda had heart 3 heart attacks and w heart failrues in the last 5 years and most recently suffered from heart failure. He is now back at home and on many tablets and has become very weak and unable to do most day to day jobs by himself. He also has diarrhoea every day. Is he going to be ok?
Mon, 13 Oct 2014
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1.Heart failure has stages 1 to iv depending upon increasing severity. As he is not able to do most of day to day job so he is either stage iii or iv heart failure.
2. Old age, associated condition like diabetes, etc (co morbidity), elevated BUN, creatinine,systolic BP level, Pulse rate and many other factors are to be evaluated for predicting any survival.
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1.Heart failure has stages 1 to iv depending upon increasing severity. As he is not able to do most of day to day job so he is either stage iii or iv heart failure.
2. Old age, associated condition like diabetes, etc (co morbidity), elevated BUN, creatinine,systolic BP level, Pulse rate and many other factors are to be evaluated for predicting any survival.
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