Monitoring Heart Failure At Home

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This video explains how to monitor the symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure, what the patients are supposed to look for and how to decide when to seek medical help.

Key points to be remembered by the patient:

1. Tracking daily body weight.
2.  Look for early symptoms like shortness of breath, swelling of legs, can help patients to be on top of things.
3. Watch the salt intake.
4.Balance the fluid intake and urine output.

Remember that CHF is a chronic condition and the helping patients to  learn about their symptoms will minimize their visits to the hospital.
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