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What Is The Treatment For Afib With Loss Of Weight,appetite And Confusion?
My mother is 89 yrs. old, has afib - heart rate run 100 to 128, has congestive heart failure and lost 5 pounds due to Lasic, but is now continue to lose and additional 7 pounds in 1 week. SHe is losing her appetite, and is now showing signs of severe confusion.... not knowing people in the family, including. BP is 108/80 (usually runs a lot higher) , HR 128, O2 94. In morning her lips look a little blue (very faint, but gerd better after she gets up and moves around. SHe had stitch put in in Auguest and then had intestional surgery in oct. when her intestine fell into her hernias and it estrangulated. How would you diagnois her?
Fri, 8 Jun 2018
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I think that this pounds are liquids that need to go out of the body of a patient with congestiv heart failure in an acute faze. Elimination of liquids must be compare with the liquids that a patient drinks. I suggest you to see a cardiologist and to see if there is any need to low Lasix doses, to see electrolyts balance and to give a medication for high heart rate , like beta blockers or digoxin.
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I think that this pounds are liquids that need to go out of the body of a patient with congestiv heart failure in an acute faze. Elimination of liquids must be compare with the liquids that a patient drinks. I suggest you to see a cardiologist and to see if there is any need to low Lasix doses, to see electrolyts balance and to give a medication for high heart rate , like beta blockers or digoxin.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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