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Daily Heart Failure Management: Understand Your Zones for Better Health

Managing heart failure requires daily attention to your symptoms and weight. Weigh yourself each morning before breakfast and compare it to the previous day. Take your medications as prescribed, and monitor for swelling in your feet, ankles, and abdomen. Maintain a low-salt diet and balance your activity with rest. Identify your heart failure zone: GREEN (under control), YELLOW (warning), or RED (emergency). Knowing your zone helps you take appropriate action for your health. Always consult your doctor for any concerning changes.

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Daily Heart Failure Management: Understand Your Zones for Better Health

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  1. HEART FAILURE ZONES • EVERY DAY: • Weigh yourself in the morning before breakfast, write it down and compare to yesterday’s weight. • Take your medicine as prescribed. • Check for swelling in your feet, ankles, hands and stomach. • Eat low salt food. • Balance activity and rest periods. • Which Heart Failure Zone are you today? GREEN, YELLOW or RED? • ALL CLEAR – This zone is your goal • Your symptoms are under control. You have: • No shortness of breath. • No weight gain more than 2 pounds. (it may change 1 or 2 pounds some days). • No swelling of your feet, ankles, hands or stomach. • No chest pain. • CAUTION –This zone is a warning • Call your doctor’s office if: • You have weight gain of 3 pounds in 1 day or a weight gain of 5 pounds or more in 1 week. • More shortness of breath. • More swelling of your feet, ankles, hands or stomach. • Feeling more tired. No energy. • Dry hacky cough. • New or increased chest pain. • Feeling uneasy, you know something is not right. • It is harder for you to breathe when lying down. You are needing to sleep sitting up in a chair. • EMERGENCY • Go to the emergency room or call 911 if you have any of the following: • Struggling to breathe. Unrelieved shortness of breath while sitting still. • Have chest pain. • Have confusion or can’t think clearly. EVERY DAY GREEN ZONE YELLOW ZONE RED ZONE

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