What is Heart Failure?
• Heart failure means the heart cannot pump blood well.
• When your heart doesn’ t pump efficiently, it can make you feel weak, tired or dizzy.
• Heart failure causes water to leak out of your blood vessels. This water can fill up in your lungs and make you short of breath. It can also cause your legs or belly to swell.
WATER IN LUNGS can make you short of breath
WATER IN LEGS causes swelling
WATER IN BELLY causes swelling
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