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What Causes Shortness Of Breath While Suffering From Congestive Heart Failure?

my husband has congestive heart problems.. his heart dr. says he is doing good. but he is having problems with breathing. His stomach seems to swell at times. the breathing is what worries me. he s not sleeping at night because his lungs seem to be swollen and he can t take a normal breath of air. we have talked with his regular physican can find no reason for his shortage of breath. help
Mon, 30 Jul 2018
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Breathing difficulty is the prime symptom of congestive heart disease but it get well soon as soon as the medicine started and it is very less likely that patient continue to have breathing difficulty even after taking proper medicine for heart disease of congestion and if this is so then there must be something else beside congestive heart disease and that need to be found out, you can have the second clinical opinion, condition can be functional too.

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What Causes Shortness Of Breath While Suffering From Congestive Heart Failure?

Welcome to Ask a Doctor service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Breathing difficulty is the prime symptom of congestive heart disease but it get well soon as soon as the medicine started and it is very less likely that patient continue to have breathing difficulty even after taking proper medicine for heart disease of congestion and if this is so then there must be something else beside congestive heart disease and that need to be found out, you can have the second clinical opinion, condition can be functional too. Hope I have answered your query, Let me know for further assistance.