Cardiology

  To help CHF patients recover quickly, there are food items that they should avoid. This post will brief you about such food items and ways to avoid for effective congestive heart failure treatment process.   Congestive heart failure (CHF) is caused when the pumping of the heart and delivery of oxygen to other parts of the body is affected. This happens when the body consumes extra sodium/salt or retain too much fluids. Therefore, congestive heart failure treatment is effective by having a proper diet withthe consumption of restrictive sodium and fluids. Following are the waysto avoid such food items in the diet:     1.     Reduce salt quantity: It is imperative to reduce salt in daily food. This can be done in various ways: -        Supplementing snacks with fruits -        Trying alternative seasoning like herbs -        Adding pepper and l...

Heart block is an abnormal medical condition where the heart beats too slowly because of a disruption in the blood flow between the upper and lower chambers of the heart.  A heart block is usually measured in degrees of severity. In this blog, we shall expand upon heart blockage treatment , diagnosis, and most importantly, its causes. Causes of Heart Block In most cases, heart block is acquired by a patient over time, i.e. some type of damage to one's heart eventually leads to a heart block.  This damage can be a previous heart attack, hypersensitive heart disease (caused by high blood pressure), ageing of conduction system with growing age, over-medication, or a trauma from a previous heart surgery.  Moreover, People suffering from diseases like sarcoidosis and Lenegre’s disease have a high risk of developing a heart block. Furthermore, babies born to mothers with autoimmune conditions can also suffer heart blocks. In such scenarios, mother’s antibodie...