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Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on living with congestive heart failure.
11 doctors weighed in across 5 answers
Ignore: Avoid salt, continue to exercise (walking), take your medications and weigh yourself every day.
Answered 2/24/2018
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Ignore: HF fatigue and dyspnea, can be improved with meds & exercise, but sunny dispositions help too!
Answered 7/16/2014
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Ignore: Reducing salt intake may help control symptoms.
Answered 1/16/2019
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Ignore: Weigh yourself daily and report increases in weight > 2 #s. Minimize your salt intake to.
Answered 9/24/2014
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Ignore: Daily weights can be helpful to assess your fluid retention. Increasing Lasix (furosemide) dose temporarily helps.
Answered 1/2/2015
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