Avoiding Triggers For Sudden Heart Failure

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Sudden heart failure can be prevented by avoiding the triggers that cause it.
Not all people are sensitive to or react to the same triggers. What may cause sudden heart failure in one person may not cause another person any difficulty.
To avoid sudden heart failure:
- Pay attention to your symptoms. Changes in your weight, difficulty breathing, decreased appetite, and swelling (usually first noticed in the feet and legs) may be signs that your heart failure is getting worse.
- Keep your diet, exercise, and medicine routine as close to the same schedule as possible.
- Avoid things that you know can trigger heart failure, such as eating too much salt.

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Last updated:	September 01, 2006
Author:	Robin Parks, MS
Reviewed By:	Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology
Editors:	Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Terrina Vail

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