Congestive Heart Failure
By: Allie Rohwer
Background Information
Congestive heart failure summary
The process the heart pumps blood
Cardiomegaly compared to a healthy heart
Hapatomegaly
Causes and symptoms for Congestive Heart Failure
Symptoms of CHF usually go unnoticed until the patient may experience cardiac arrest. Although there are some noticeable symptoms such as, dyspnea (when doing normal day to day activities such as walking or not moving at all), edema in the ankles and legs, and coughing or wheezing , and ultimately death.
Diagnosis and Treatment
"Treatment does not cure CHF, but it can slow its progression, and lesson the symptoms." (Gale). Some treatments are lifestyle changes such as diet and exercise, drug therapy, transplant surgeries, and other alternative surgeries." (Gale).
Word Analysis and Definitions
Brady-(P)- slow
-cardi/o- (CF)- heart
Definition: abnormally slow heartbeat
dyspnea
dys (P)- bad, difficult, abnormal, painful
pnea (S)- breathing
Definition: difficulty breathing
cardiomegaly
cardi/o- (P)- heart
-megaly (S)- enlargement, large
Definition: The enlargement of the heat
hypertension
Hyper- (P)- above, beyond, excessive
tension- (S)- tension
Definition: abnormally high blood pressure
Hepatomegaly
hepat/o (Cf)- liver
megaly (S)- enlargement, large
Definition: The enlargement of the liver
Cardiologist
cardi/o(P)-heart
-log (R) - study
-ist (S)- one who specializes, agent
Definition: one who specialized is the study of the heart
Other Definitions:
edema- swelling
pulmonary edema- fluid accumulation in the lungs
systolic- the period when the heart contracts
diastolic- the period when the heart relaxes
Works Cited
Congestive Heart Failure Gail Encyclopedia of Medicine. (2015). Retrieved October 21, 2016, from http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.unwsp.edu/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&u=mnabernt&id=GALE|CX3623300469&v=2.1&it=r&sid=summon&userGroup=mnabernt
C. (2016). Congestive heart failure. Retrieved October 21, 2016, from http://search.credoreference.com.ezproxy.unwsp.edu/content/entry/columency/congestive_heart_failure/0
Congestive heart failure. (2014). Retrieved October 21, 2016, from http://search.credoreference.com.ezproxy.unwsp.edu/content/entry/ebconcise/congestive_heart_failure/0