#Heart_disease is an umbrella term, meaning it describes many conditions that affect a person’s #heart_health. Heart disease describes conditions that affect a person’s #heart_muscle, #heart_valves, #coronary_arteries, or heart rhythm. Each of these components plays an important part in a person’s overall heart health. When a person learns they have heart disease, it’s important for them to make lifestyle changes to slow the progression of the disease. Heart disease can cause many potentially fatal complications if left untreated

#Heart_failure occurs when the heart cannot adequately pump blood throughout the body. The heart muscle is very strong. However, over time, the muscle can be affected and have trouble doing its job. The heart starts to compensate by beating faster, building up more muscle, or stretching to accommodate more blood. Over time, these methods of compensating can affect the #heart’s function and result in heart failure. This can cause shortness of breath, dizziness, confusion, and the buildup of fluid in the body, #causing swelling.

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