Why should you drink less water in heart failure? This article tells you how to protect your heart correctly!

It causes blood stasis in the venous system, but this does not necessarily apply to patients with heart failure. Patients with heart failure will accumulate in the lungs, liver, gastrointestinal tract and other areas due to the decline of heart pumping function. May cause liver function loss, loss of appetite and other symptoms. Therefore, in patients with severe heart failure and severe fluid retention, daily urine volume and body weight should be monitored in patients with severe heart failure. For patients with mild heart failure, diuretics are the first choice to control fluid balance in patients with heart failure. Hydrochlorothiazide is generally used in patients with mild heart failure, both of which may cause hypokalemia. Hypokalemia will increase the risk of arrhythmia, so patients with heart failure sometimes need to take potassium-preserving diuretics, heart failure should be actively treated, mainly the use of diuretics to dilate blood vessels and cardiotonic drugs to treat.

Heart failure, also known as heart failure, means that due to the systolic and / or diastolic function of the heart, the heart can not completely drain the blood of the heart, resulting in blood stasis in the venous system and insufficient blood perfusion in the arterial system. Cardiac circulatory disturbance syndrome is characterized by pulmonary congestion and vena cava congestion. Heart failure is not an independent disease, but a terminal heart disease. The vast majority of heart failure begins with left heart failure and begins with congestion in the pulmonary circulation.

Water as one of the most important substances in the human body, normal people need to drink about 1500-2000ml every day, but this is not necessarily suitable for patients with heart failure. Patients with heart failure due to the decline of heart pumping function, blood can not be transported to the whole body in time to be used, but will become a burden, they will accumulate in the lungs, liver, gastrointestinal tract and other parts. When the blood accumulates in the lungs, there may be symptoms such as dyspnea, not lying flat at night, and waking up; when the blood accumulates in the liver and gastrointestinal tract, it may cause symptoms such as liver function and loss of appetite. Under the influence of gravity, when the blood stasis is too serious, there may also be edema of the calves and feet.

For patients with heart failure, their various life activities also need sufficient water, but due to heart pumping dysfunction, they do not have the ability to expel water out of the body in time. Under normal circumstances, if we eat enough water every day, we will discharge 1500ml (about 3 mineral water bottles) of urine every day, but for patients with heart failure, their urine may be significantly lower than this number, so heart failure patients with severe cardiac function decline and severe fluid retention should strictly limit fluid intake. For them, the most appropriate amount of water to drink every day is about the previous day's urine volume + 500ml. Therefore, patients with severe heart failure should monitor daily urine volume, body weight and other indicators, in order to better control the disease.

Of course, for patients with mild heart failure, they do not have to be so strict with water control, but there is also a prerequisite that they have received reasonable medication. Diuretics are the first choice for controlling fluid balance in patients with heart failure. Furosemide and hydrochlorothiazide are familiar diuretics. Although furosemide and hydrochlorothiazide are both diuretics, they have different mechanisms of action and diuretic intensity. Hydrochlorothiazide is generally used in patients with mild heart failure and furosemide is generally used in patients with severe conditions. Both diuretics may cause hypokalemia, which increases the risk of arrhythmia, so patients with heart failure sometimes need to take potassium-preserving diuretics to maintain electrolyte balance.

So how should heart failure be treated with drugs?

Heart failure should be actively treated, mainly with diuretics, vasodilators and cardiotonic drugs, and active use of drugs for primary diseases if there are primary diseases. at the same time, continuous oxygen inhalation can effectively improve the symptoms.

On top of the standard treatment, Qili can be used in combination to strengthen the heart, which has the effects of diuresis, cardiotonic and inhibition of ventricular remodeling. Related studies have found that, with the decrease of BNP as the main evaluation index, the combination of this product on the standard treatment regimen can further reduce the level of BNP compared with the control group. BNP is the main indicator to assess the severity of psychological failure, so long-term use can benefit. The inhibitory effect of Qili on ventricular remodeling can improve the long-term prognosis of patients with heart failure and indirectly prolong the survival time of patients.

Related studies have found that patients with heart failure on the basis of standard treatment combined with Qili cardiotonic, compared with the control group can significantly reduce the BNP of patients with chronic heart failure, proving that the drug can further improve the condition of patients with heart failure. In addition to the effect of diuresis, it also has a certain cardiotonic effect and improves circulation, so it is a drug with multiple effects, and for this reason, it has also been written into the "guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Heart failure in China" as a recommended product.