Beware of Symptoms of Easy Fatigue, Could Be Heart Failure

Tribunnews.com Reporter, Rina Ayu

TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – The emergence of disease heart failure is often diagnosed late because the symptoms that appear resemble those of other diseases.

For example, the most common are tired easilyquickly out of breath, coughing or hard to breatheswelling (edema) especially in the legs, and abdominal bloating or pain in the abdomen.

“Heart failure is a serious condition. Unfortunately, many of the patients are not aware that they have heart failure. Even though the symptoms caused greatly reduce their quality of life,” said the Head of the Heart Failure Working Group of the Indonesian Cardiovascular Specialist Doctors Association (Pokja Heart Failure PERKI) dr. Siti Elkana NauliSpJP(K), FIHA, in a webinar, Tuesday (31/5/2022).

Doctor Nauli explained, heart failure is a serious chronic condition when the heart can no longer pump enough blood to meet the body’s oxygen needs, due to weakening of the heart muscle over time.

Heart failure can happen to anyone and at any age.

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Pokja data shows, the cause heart failure most are uncontrolled underlying disease conditions (hypertension, diabetes, obesity) or part of the natural course of underlying disease (age, smoking, congenital disorders).

“They might normally be able to walk long and long distances, but now they feel a little tired; or maybe those who used to take the stairs normally have now become difficult; or those who had been able to sleep comfortably and comfortably, now feel more congested and at times sleepy. eventually had to sleep in a sitting position,” he explained.

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In Indonesia, the prevalence of heart failure reached 5 percent and was more common in men (66 percent) than women (34 percent).

Disease heart failure It can occur at any age, but becomes more common with age.

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