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What Causes Swelling In The Feet While Suffering From Congestive Heart Failure?
My wife has congestive heart failure sometimes her feet swell but her feet have been swollen for a month now when she lays one foot on top of the other for awhile she says she can see blood floating around inside the water in her feet. I mention taking two water pills instead of one to what happens,what do you think.
Fri, 28 Apr 2017
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as your wife is a known case of heart failure, now having swelling in feet, it does indicates that she is having right side heart failure . it causes pitting oedema in foot as indicated by impression mark when pressure is applied by thumb over bony prominence. you need to consult cardiologist for the same as without his opinion change in dose of medicine can effect adversely.
thanks
thanks for using HCM.
as your wife is a known case of heart failure, now having swelling in feet, it does indicates that she is having right side heart failure . it causes pitting oedema in foot as indicated by impression mark when pressure is applied by thumb over bony prominence. you need to consult cardiologist for the same as without his opinion change in dose of medicine can effect adversely.
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