The most common symptoms of right heart failure

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Right heart failure is one of the most common symptoms of heart failure. In fact, if we want to achieve a better therapeutic effect, it is necessary to understand these related symptoms. Let's talk about the main symptoms of right heart failure, so as to facilitate the treatment.

The most common symptoms of right heart failure

The upper abdomen is full. It is an early symptom of right heart failure. Often accompanied by loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, which is caused by liver, spleen and gastrointestinal congestion. Acute right heart failure, acute congestion and swelling of the liver, upper abdominal distension and pain, can be misdiagnosed as acute abdomen. Long term chronic liver congestion and hypoxia can cause hepatocyte degeneration, necrosis, and eventually develop into cardiogenic cirrhosis, abnormal liver function or jaundice. If tricuspid regurgitation coexists, dilated pulsation can be felt by palpating the liver.

  neurological symptoms. May have the symptom and so on nervousness, insomnia, drowsiness. Severe cases may have mental disorder, which may be caused by cerebral congestion, hypoxia or electrolyte disorders.

  cardiac signs. Because right heart failure is often secondary to left heart failure, both left and right heart can be enlarged. When tricuspid regurgitation is caused by right ventricular enlargement, blowing systolic murmur can be heard in tricuspid valve auscultation. The symptoms of pulmonary congestion caused by left heart failure and hyperactivity of the second heart sound in pulmonary valve area can be alleviated by the appearance of right heart failure

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These are the symptoms of right heart failure that we often encounter. Most people in the treatment of heart failure, do not know where to start, also do not know what symptoms we must focus on. I hope all of these can help you recover as soon as possible.