Congestive Heart Failure

What kind of symptons are u expriencing?

I have quit smoking. Very little alcohol, going to see cardiologist tommorrow. I was experiencing all the classsic symptoms of CHF. Mainly’ breathing was becoming very diffucult. Have you experienced andt CHF syptoms?

Well I have experience real bad chest pains, burning sensations, way worse than “heart Burn” my heart doc says all my tests like ekg are normal, but he dosen’t like this pain i am having, had a echo cartigram done, a stress test treadmill done, but i could possibly have a blockage or somthing…, so he is gonna take a real live pic of my heart and found out what’s really going on, at first my insur did not want to pay for it, but he insisted, and pushed, and they gave in, by the way what dose CHF stand for? I am learning so so much medical conditions from Mayo Clinic Blog site….

Hi CHF stands for Congestic Heart Failure and I’m, so glad that your having further tests done. Hopefully your pain will ease soon and you’ll feel alot better Take care Piglit

sorry should be Congestive Heart Failure

I am 83 and was diagnosed with CHF five years ago after having experienced quintuple bypass–which in itself was a huge surprise. Of course, low salt, etc. I have fluid build up on my abdomen, which is uncomfortable. A low-salt diet is difficult to maintain, and when I don't, I suffer. I wonder if anyone has had good success with low salt diet alterations. It becomes really difficult when eating out.

Hello @dickey, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. There is a more recently active discussion on Congestive Heart Failure taking place here, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/congestive-heart-failure-chf/, that may be worth your time to explore and meet members in.

You bring up a great question with the low salt diet and congestive heart failure. It may be beneficial to the community to start a discussion dedicated to this exact topic. If you'd like, you can start a new discussion by doing the following:

– Click on the Heart & Blood Health support group, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/heart-blood-vessel-conditions/
– Under the search bar, click on the "Start a new discussion +" tab
– Give a descriptive title, like "Congestive Heart Failure & The Low Salt Diet"
– Type you question click the "Post discussion" tab

From there, I could help tag members talking about this topic to your discussion.