What is the difference between heart failure and heart insufficiency

There are many types of heart diseases. Because the symptoms are similar, many patients do not determine what disease they have during treatment and accidentally take medication, which is very dangerous. Heart failure and heart failure have some of the same symptoms, so everyone should pay more attention.

Diagnostic tests for heart failure

1. Pay attention to the medical history for severe burn shock, severe infection, excessive and rapid infusion, severe inhalation injury and post-burn respiratory failure, and misuse of vasoconstrictor drugs.

2. Perform routine examinations according to general heart failure and distinguish between left heart failure, right heart failure or total heart failure based on clinical symptoms and examination results.

3. Due to the complexity of burns and chest eschar, the accuracy of chest examination is affected. The symptoms are often confused with the burn itself, shock and infection. For patients with severe burns, especially those in shock, cardiac monitoring should be strengthened to avoid missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis.

Symptoms and signs of heart failure

The most typical symptom of heart failure is varying degrees of dyspnea, which worsens during activity. In severe cases, the patient may sit up to breathe, cough with large amounts of white, fluffy, pink foamy sputum, decreased appetite, and edema of both lower limbs. In addition, patients with rheumatic heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertension, etc. should be more vigilant when the hot summer comes and need to check their hearts regularly.

The weather is hot in summer, and the human body will dilate surface blood vessels to dissipate heat. Blood is mostly distributed on the surface of the body, and the blood supply to the heart and brain is reduced. It will aggravate the ischemic and hypoxic response of patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, increase the damage and necrosis of heart and brain cells, and aggravate the disease. In addition, hot and humid weather can make patients irritable, which can cause sympathetic nerve excitement, increase heart rate, and increase myocardial oxygen consumption. In addition, the hot weather in summer can also greatly reduce the quality of sleep. These may easily cause people with fragile hearts to suffer from heart failure in summer. Heart failure is the final result of various cardiovascular diseases and the most common cause of death from cardiovascular diseases. It has a high mortality rate and a 5-year survival rate similar to that of malignant tumors, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients.