DID YOU KNOW......?

Patients with diabetes are almost twice as often at risk of heart failure as patients without diabetes.

Patients with chronic kidney disease also often struggle with heart failure on a daily basis. 

• a healthy lifestyle

• regular physical activity tailored to one's abilities

• avoiding smoking

• avoiding the consumption of alcohol and other stimulants

• a healthy, balanced diet on a daily basis

• regular checkups

 

• worsening of exercise tolerance (weakness, easy fatigue)

• difficulty breathing when lying down

• dyspnea on exertion or at rest

• swelling of the lower extremities

• weight gain

• heart palpitations