Heart failure is a very common disease; whereby around 670,000 people are diagnosed with the disease every year (Lien, & Alexis, 2012). There is increased hospitalization of people aged above 65 years because of congestive heart failure. It is characterized with the slow movement of the blood through the heart and an increased pressure in the heart. The heart fails to pump adequate oxygen and nutrients in the body satisfaction. Because of retention of salt and fluid, one might have kidney problems. The issue of congestive heart failure needs to be effectively managed.
Brief literature review According to the argument put forth by Tissot, da Cruz, and Miyamoto, (2014), many people are diagnosed with congestive heart failure resulting from the major causes such as high blood pressure, increased body weight and shortness of breath as well as diabetes. Tamariz,et al, (2011) identify that high blood pressure is a health condition where a patient experiences flow of blood at a high rate. It is the condition where the high force at which the blood flows is very high and against the artery walls.
As articulated by Abraham, et al, (2011), hypertension is one of the major causes of heart disease and it is easily detected through the patient undergoing a test. High blood pressure is associated with feeling of severe and occasional headaches, as well as other symptoms of hypertension. Puckett, Shapiro, and Goodlin, (2013) assert that the rate of flow of the blood in the body might exceed the capacity of the capillaries to transport the blood in parts of the body. Fisher, et al, (2014) argue that sugary foods are associated with increase in body weight since they lead to increase in the serum lipids and levels of lipoproteins.
Additionally, when the cholesterol level is high, this could directly affect one’s body weight and considering one’s age and height, it is possible to judge if one is overweight. It is widely realized that high cholesterol in a person’s blood influences his/her body weight. According to the argument put forth by Choueiri, et al, (2011), the heart as the role of removing carbon dioxide and transporting oxygen into the body tissues and once one of the two develops some problem, a person experience breathing difficulty.
There are different factors leading to shortness of breath and they include; damage of the lung tissues through some toxins, clotting found in the lungs during the circulation of blood because of rapid breathing, and infections in the lungs resulting from pneumonia and bronchitis. Unintentional weight and appetite loss results from shortness of breath and it is normally accompanied by sweating, fainting, persistent and chronic cough, swelling of the feet and ankle, fatigue, fever, wheezing, as well as production of sputum when coughing.
Alosco, et al, (2013) argue that failure to monitor the cholesterol level in the body leads to increased risk of high blood sugar because it is one of the causes of increased levels of blood sugar. Description of the case/situation/conditions In this case, patient X was admitted in the hospital after having a severe heart failure, which required urgent attendance and usage of the machine to capacitate his heart functionality.
Patient X was diagnosed a number of health problems associated with chronic heart failure and they include; high blood pressure, diabetes, oxygen saturation and shortness of breath, body weight or high level of cholesterol in the body, pain in the chest, swelling at the feet and legs, and high temperature at some times. Among these problems, some problems required to be handled urgently and effectively since they are likely to increase the risk of chronic heart failure. These are the problems that are directly related to occurrence of heart problems or the ones that cause his heart disease.
Patient X was a drug addict, thus the experience of cardiomyopathy. After the admission, the patient was treated and his condition was managed successfully. There was observation of his progress for some days through which he continued receiving education on how to live well. Detailed explanation of the synthesized literature findings According to the literature, congestive heart disease is directly connected with high blood pressure, shortness of breath, overweight, and diabetes. High blood pressure associated with alcohol abuse and smoking leads to one’s lungs and kidney developing problems (Shorr, et al. 2011).
The functioning of the lungs and heart stops being normal, but problematic. Kidney problem is one of the causes of secondary high blood pressure. High blood pressure also occurs because of having poor diet. Body weight is the health condition, which is caused by having a poor eating habit and failure of one to conduct of exercise. Failure of one to engage into much physical exercise, such as; going to the gym, engaging into sports and other games regularly, and taking some walks after work leads to increased body weight.
Weight gain also results from eating sugary meals and staying idle. Shortness of breath is a health condition where a person has trouble when breathing (Calvin, et al, 2012). Shortness of breath or the dyspnea occurs the moment the lungs or the heart has a particular condition, thus leading to breathing difficulties. Failure of the heart to pump adequate or enough blood in the body leads to breathlessness. A person experiences some impaired breathing because of his heart problem where its capacity to pump blood in the body.
It is clear that shortness of breath is directly related to chronic heart failure. This is because of muscle wasting, as well as chronic fatigue, which is the result of the cardiac output. The heart is a ‘muscle in-and-off in itself (Smart, et al, 2012). When it happens to become weak, the heart fails to pump the expected or sufficient amount of the oxygen-rich blood to the tissues, cells, as well as organs of the human body. This indicates that a patient suffers from heart attack or chronic heart failure. It is noticed that many people who experience diabetes also suffer rom chronic heart failure.
These people are mostly at risk of having chronic heart problems because the body to produce some chemicals that are likely to the condition of metabolic and cardiovascular systems in a patient’s body (Arena, Myers, & Guazzi, 2011). Summary of the case Patient X was overweight because of poor diet and not engaging in body exercises. It is clear that Patient X was experiencing sweating according to the records and he could feel some pain and discomfort in his chest especially when coughing where he used to produce some sputum.
Patient X was overweight and this lead to him having the problem of high blood glucose, which influenced the problem of chronic heart failure. He also stated not to be active in his job life because he was not engaging into physical exercises or engaging into some games. After the diagnoses and the conduct of non-invasive telemonitoring, patient X was provided with some medications, and educated on how to eat healthy conduct body exercises, and avoiding intake of drugs. Proposed solutions through technology elements Congestive heart disease can be managed through the effective management of the associated condition (Smart, et al, 2012).
Different technology elements are used to provide care through treatment and monitoring the patient at the care setting and at home. Telemonitoring technology is applied in collaboration with usual care (UC). One should take healthy diets to avoid being overweight and having high blood pressure (Lien, & Alexis, 2012). One should avoid taking meals with high level of cholesterol, but take food cooked with little or no cholesterol, the level of body cholesterol increases. The patient is encouraged to conduct telemonitoring while at home using the structured telephone support.
Taking much water would be efficient in enhancing proper circulation of the blood cholesterol and fats in the body since water allows effective digestion of food in the body (Tamariz, et al. 2011). There should be regular telemonitoring of blood sugar the same case with blood pressure because they occur with less or minimal symptoms. The health provider applies telemanagement programs and automated monitoring tools for the disease management. The patient is provided with in-home monitoring devices, such as weight scale and other portable devices like pacemaker monitors.
Lowering of the blood cholesterol is done through different ways such as, doing exercise, diet control, and weight loses (Abraham, et al. 2011). Most people who experience the of high blood sugar are advised to stay with the testing gadget and insulin at their homes in order to take effective control and to understand when it is necessary to seek for medical professional attention (Puckett, Shapiro, & Goodlin, 2013). At home, care is supported through the computer to transfer records to the management system. The patient needs to have access to HeartCare website for urgent reporting.
Conclusion Congestive heart disease is highly associated with poor diet, and lack of exercise, as well as drug abuse. Once the cholesterol is reduced in the body, the body weight becomes maintained, thus lowering the risks of chronic heart disease. If a person could lose his weight, this could be of great help to him in lowering the level of blood cholesterol, hence avoidance of heart disease. The reduction of body weight is directly associated with taking control of the level of blood cholesterol in the body and reduction of the risk of heart problems in a patient.
Maintenance of body weight, taking healthy diet, and engaging into body exercises enhances effective control of the blood cholesterol in the body, thus being safe from occurrence of problems. People experience shortness of breath because of some provoking agents and allergies, when lying down or sleeping, when exercising, as well as when resting even when one could be standing up. People with shortness of breath tend to suffer from chronic heart failure. This is a condition that should be controlled effectively in order to prevent occurrence of many deaths that result from shortness of breath to people having heart diseases.