4 Steps for Successfully Managing Your Heart Failure Take Your Medications

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4 Steps for Successfully Managing Your Heart Failure
 
1. Take Your Medications
• Know your medications, including recent changes
• Take all your medication, every day
• Call immediately if you are missing any medications
2. Restrict Your Daily Salt and Fluid Intake
• Low Salt: <2000mg per day max. Salt attracts water.
• Fluids: <64oz (8 cups-or-2 quarts) per day maximum
3. Chart the Following Every Day:
• Weight and blood pressure
• Symptoms (worsening breathing, nausea, dizzy, swelling)
• Sodium and fluid Intake
4. Daily Exercise
• Walk 30 minutes at a comfortable pace.
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Let Your Doctor Know If You Experience Any Problems. Call If You:
• Gain five or more pounds
• Experience changing or worsening:
- Shortness of breath
- Swelling
- Nausea and vomiting
- Dizziness
- Decreased urination
• Run out of medication
• Experience systolic blood pressure less than 90 (top number)
If you experience any of the above, call the doctor who is treating your heart failure immediately, 
whether that is your primary care physician or your cardiologist. Let your provider help you before 
your condition worsens. 

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SUCCESS CHART
DATE
WEIGHT
BP/HR
SODIUM
<2000mg
LIQUIDS
<8 CUPS
SYMPTOM
CHANGES
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