re: #250 Dark_Falcon

I’ve never really understood the ‘congestive’ aspect of that condition. What does it mean?

A heart that is having a difficult time (for whatever reason) pumping blood, also is having a hard time moving blood through the kidneys to remove waste. The extra liquid still in the body builds up and “Congests” the body.

If you’re in CHF, you watch the salt intake, watch the liquid intake, and take diuretics. You also check your weight everyday. Everyone has a different threshold, but the rule for me is more than 3 pound weight gain overnight without a good explanation (Party where I indulged a bit to much, for example) take an extra diuretic.

And occasionally you have to go to the hospital and get a high powered IV diuretic that works *quite* well!