What are the symptoms of heart failure?

There are several: The symptoms associated with heart failure often depend on the severity of failure. People can experience shortness of breath and fatigue. Some are unable to lie flat w/o sob (orthopnea) and sometimes they suddenly wake up short of breath. They may need to urinate many times at night. Frequent cough with frothy white sputum can occur. And sometimes chest pain. There are many more.

The symptoms of Heart failure include:: Difficulty breathing, Crackles in lungs, Chest pain, Difficulty breathing when lying down, Lower leg swelling, Enlarged liver, Pounding heartbeat, Pleural effusion, Wheezing, Nocturia, Cough, Fever, Heart murmur, Distended neck veins, Enlarged heart, Swelling, Fatigue, Lethargy.

Breathless: Below are the more common symptoms but usually starts with breathlessness on exertion and decreased exercise tolerance; Feeling breathless on exertion and when lying flat. waking up in the night breathless. ankle swelling. cough. fatigue. decreased exercise tolerance. confusion in elderly. nausea or abdominal pain.

Right or Left: Generally, left heart failure causes you to be short of breath (breathlessness). This is generally worse when you exert yourself (for example, walking up hill) or when you are lying flat in bed. This shortness of breath can be associated with a cough. The main symptom of right heart failure is swollen ankles and legs (buildup of fluid) Your liver may also become enlarged.

Fatigue and ...: Fatigue and shortness of breath are common symptoms of congestive heart failure along with, at times, leg edema. Unfortunately, none of these symptoms are specific to heart failure and one has to have an evaluation by a cardiologist before the diagnosis is made.

CHF: Shortness of breath with activities or even at rest, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (sob and cough at night), palpitations, chest pain, ankle edema, fatigue. All above symptoms depend how acute or chronic is the cause if the chf.

Edema: Ankle swelling, and shortness of breath are common symptoms of heart failure.

Several; see below: Symptoms of heart failure include: shortness of breath; sometimes breathing more easily while sitting straight up or standing; tiredness, weakness, or dizziness; rapid or irregular heartbeat; swollen ankles, legs or abdomen; and weight gain. Whether some or all of these symptoms occur may depend on the severity of heart failure.

Breathless: Below are the more common symptoms but usually starts with breathlessness on exertion and decreased exercise tolerance; Feeling breathless on exertion and when lying flat. waking up in the night breathless. ankle swelling. cough. fatigue. decreased exercise tolerance. confusion in elderly. nausea or abdominal pain.

Typically: Shortness of breath, fluid retention (edema) & fatigue.

Shortness of breath: Shortness of breth with activity then at rest. Patients wake up from their sleep with breathing difficulty. To be able to sleep better they keep their head elevated with multiple pillows. They get short of breath when they lay flat. Edema in the legs and fluid retention is another findings. Patients may get tired and have dry cough.

Breathlessness: Below are the more common symptoms but usually starts with breathlessness on exertion and decreased exercise tolerance; Feeling breathless on exertion and when lying flat. waking up in the night breathless. ankle swelling. cough. fatigue. decreased exercise tolerance. confusion in elderly. nausea or abdominal pain.