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How To Treat Breath Shortness With Enlarged Heart?
My sister is suffering of shortness of breath that gets worse when she walks or bends down. She has an enlarged heart and is functioning at 60 percent according to recent tests, had a cath of the heart that came back normal. Had an exray last night showing no fluid in lungs and no swelling of legs and feet. She recently overcame an infection of the right lung that finally got treated five months later ( I guess it got worse with time and created scarring of the right lung as a result). She takes med for CHF and is on a diuretic . She is like 20 lbs overweight . Please advise on what can be done to help her because they keep sending her back home from the hospital and she cannot work feeling this way as her job is physical. Please help. Thanks
Mon, 8 Jun 2015
Hello,I have gone through your question .for guiding you properly I need exact reports of echo n cath.as you have mentioned that functioning is 60% ,that does not match with CHF.as per your information cath is normal.There is some paradoxical information .so if can send me proper details I can guide you precisely.
She may have cardiomyopathy and diastolic dysfunction.
But please provide full details.
My best wishes
Dr.Teli,MD
She may have cardiomyopathy and diastolic dysfunction.
But please provide full details.
My best wishes
Dr.Teli,MD
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