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What Causes Foam In Heart Failure Patients?

hie, my grandpa died on 2nd september due to a heart failure but i don't get it. why did foam come out of his mouth when he died. he wasn't poisoned or didn't have a drug overdose or anything like that. it was a heart failure . why would foam come out of his mouth.
Wed, 20 Aug 2014
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Well come to HCM
This is not the poisoning, because of the heart failure fluid get collected in side the lungs this is kind of pulmonary edema and this comes out at the time of death in the form of foam and this not the sing of poisoning, hope this helps
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What Causes Foam In Heart Failure Patients?

HI Well come to HCM This is not the poisoning, because of the heart failure fluid get collected in side the lungs this is kind of pulmonary edema and this comes out at the time of death in the form of foam and this not the sing of poisoning, hope this helps