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How Can Congestive Heart Failure Be Treated While Suffering From Diabetes?

1.My grandmother is a diabetic patient and her heart is working only 15% to 20% and sometimes she feels so uneasy what was the precautions to recover?
2.Sometimes when we nemolise her with the medicine Asthalin and Duolin then she feels good? 3. She takes the medicine for blood thinner?
4.and what diet is good for her?
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
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Greetings
Welcome to healthcaremagic.
Congestive heart failure and diabetes happen together in a large percentage of patient throughout the world.
15 -20% of heart function is a problem that should be taken seriously at all time because it is more than half of what a normal heart has to do.And have diabetes with it makes things complicated if not managed well. Taking care of few points will help prevent the worsening of the condition.

As far as heart is concerned , it has a low percentage of function which is required for a normal individual.Firstly you have to visit a cardiologist who will perform different tests like ECG,Echocardiography and may be an angiography to identify the exact problem of the weak heart and if a solution can be identified for surgical correction like a blocked or narrow blood vessel in the heart. There is also a new type of scan called as Thallium Scan which will help the doctor identify the health of the muscles of the heart and treat it accordingly. Then blood pressure have to be taken care of either low or high. In case of high BP medications have to given in order to keep it low so that the heart does not have to work hard and further worsen.
Now lets come to the medication used for Nebulization. She seems to be using 2 similar medication for her breathing problems . They both contain a medicine named as salbutamol which if used in large doses can cause heart rate to rise and hence make the heart work more . Therefore it is advised to use Duolin only . Secondly there are few medications which can be given to make the heart gain power and work more efficiently.These can be prescribed by your physicians with care which may reduce you breathing difficulty also. Plus there is a medication to reduce excess fluids from the body and reduce any fluid accumulated in the lungs. These medications are called as Diuretics.
As far as blood thinners are concerned , they are an important group of drugs that are given to almost all heart patients . But which blood thinner to be used is based on the other conditions like kidney problems , blood issues etc. Therefore your physician will guide you to take which of those . Two types might also be taken for increased effect if there are no risks for you .
Diet plays an important role patients with cardiac failure especially with diabetes. If taking heart problem alone then there should be restriction of salt to avoid high blood pressure and increase in body fluids. Then comes the fat content which needs to contain less fat and that also unsaturated ones like olive oil etc .Animal fat should be avoided. Consuption of alcohol and smoking should be stopped and mild to moderate exercise should be done daily. In her case specifically the exercise should be mild and with some one to take care .

In diabetes with heart failure it is usually advised to use insulin for diabetes control as the risk of worsening of heart condition with high blood sugar levels is great. Therefore a good control is required although not too tight control.

I hope the answer was helpful . In case you need any further information,feel free to contact us in writing .

Regards.
Dr Talal hussain.
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How Can Congestive Heart Failure Be Treated While Suffering From Diabetes?

Greetings Welcome to healthcaremagic. Congestive heart failure and diabetes happen together in a large percentage of patient throughout the world. 15 -20% of heart function is a problem that should be taken seriously at all time because it is more than half of what a normal heart has to do.And have diabetes with it makes things complicated if not managed well. Taking care of few points will help prevent the worsening of the condition. As far as heart is concerned , it has a low percentage of function which is required for a normal individual.Firstly you have to visit a cardiologist who will perform different tests like ECG,Echocardiography and may be an angiography to identify the exact problem of the weak heart and if a solution can be identified for surgical correction like a blocked or narrow blood vessel in the heart. There is also a new type of scan called as Thallium Scan which will help the doctor identify the health of the muscles of the heart and treat it accordingly. Then blood pressure have to be taken care of either low or high. In case of high BP medications have to given in order to keep it low so that the heart does not have to work hard and further worsen. Now lets come to the medication used for Nebulization. She seems to be using 2 similar medication for her breathing problems . They both contain a medicine named as salbutamol which if used in large doses can cause heart rate to rise and hence make the heart work more . Therefore it is advised to use Duolin only . Secondly there are few medications which can be given to make the heart gain power and work more efficiently.These can be prescribed by your physicians with care which may reduce you breathing difficulty also. Plus there is a medication to reduce excess fluids from the body and reduce any fluid accumulated in the lungs. These medications are called as Diuretics. As far as blood thinners are concerned , they are an important group of drugs that are given to almost all heart patients . But which blood thinner to be used is based on the other conditions like kidney problems , blood issues etc. Therefore your physician will guide you to take which of those . Two types might also be taken for increased effect if there are no risks for you . Diet plays an important role patients with cardiac failure especially with diabetes. If taking heart problem alone then there should be restriction of salt to avoid high blood pressure and increase in body fluids. Then comes the fat content which needs to contain less fat and that also unsaturated ones like olive oil etc .Animal fat should be avoided. Consuption of alcohol and smoking should be stopped and mild to moderate exercise should be done daily. In her case specifically the exercise should be mild and with some one to take care . In diabetes with heart failure it is usually advised to use insulin for diabetes control as the risk of worsening of heart condition with high blood sugar levels is great. Therefore a good control is required although not too tight control. I hope the answer was helpful . In case you need any further information,feel free to contact us in writing . Regards. Dr Talal hussain.