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Heart Failure Care Plan

Hello I believe anyone diagnosed with HF should have a care plan either through their GP or Heart Failure Nurse. Just wondering does anyone know what a " Care...

Hello I believe anyone diagnosed with HF should have a care plan either through ...

Prada47

•5 years ago

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Should i

Hi everyone i dont know what to do I have heart failure and main tablet is ramipril I'm having it increased 1.25 every few month Iuntil it gets to 10mg...

Hi everyone i dont know what to do I have heart failure and main tablet is ramip...

Nanasboys

•5 years ago

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Worried I'm suffering from anxiety/PTSD

I have an appointment with my go tomorrow to talk over possible PTSD. I have complete congental heart block and a heart murmur which needed a pace maker fitted...

I have an appointment with my go tomorrow to talk over possible PTSD. I have com...

Piggy2

•5 years ago

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Kelo Cote

Hi everyone. Has anyone used Kelo-Cote on their keloid scars? I've just started to use it and interested if anyone else had had successes with this and how...

Hi everyone. Has anyone used Kelo-Cote on their keloid scars? I've just starte...

wiltsgirl

•5 years ago

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GTN Spray

Hi, as you may have gathered from some previous posts I am trying to find out the answer to the strange gas sensations I continually have in my chest? Can I...

Hi, as you may have gathered from some previous posts I am trying to find out th...

Calm2

•5 years ago

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Pacemaker for atrial fibrillation

My AF causes me to have fast heart rates which are not controlled by maximum dose of Bisoprolol 10 mg a day. Being 87 years of age and after one catheter...

My AF causes me to have fast heart rates which are not controlled by maximum do...

Peepal

•5 years ago

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new to this heart disease business and terrified!

Hi. I am booked for my angiogram next week and really really scared. I started my 'journey' 2 months ago when I was admitted with high BP of 220/135. Stared...

Hi. I am booked for my angiogram next week and really really scared. I started m...

Cyclemania

•5 years ago

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Blood Test Results - What should I think?

Hi All, As we speed towards Christmas I finally received my blood results. After 3 weeks of chasing the doctor I was told they had not been sent because there...

Hi All, As we speed towards Christmas I finally received my blood results. After...

Jimmygallo

•5 years ago

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Thank you Donation to the British Heart Foundation

It occurred to me today that I have used the BHF website a huge amount over the last few months, all free, easy to access and excellent quality information....

It occurred to me today that I have used the BHF website a huge amount over the ...

LadyLaTiLa

•5 years ago

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Chest pain and sob

Hi I have been having chest pain most of the time for a couple of weeks now and terrible Permanent heart burn and exhaustion and breathlessness. My blood...

Hi I have been having chest pain most of the time for a couple of weeks now and ...

Seeings

•5 years ago

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LHCH appointment

At Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Today for Appointment with Dr Rao didn’t see her but one of her colleagues nice guy very helpful anyway the downside is I...

At Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Today for Appointment with Dr Rao didn’t s...

daveofpensby

•5 years ago

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Reassurance with titration down

I dropped the ramipril back to 1.25mg under advisement from the heart failure nurse. eGFR is now back up at 44 which is a vast improvement on the 6 I had back...

I dropped the ramipril back to 1.25mg under advisement from the heart failure nu...

BenThom-Wood

•5 years ago

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Wenckebach symptoms?

Hi all, managed to get loop recorder fitted after getting a cancellation luckily. I've recorded a couple of times when feeling missed beats and the...

Hi all, managed to get loop recorder fitted after getting a cancellation luckily...

Bigdan

•5 years ago

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Dentist appointments- blood thinners!

Hi, after my husbands HA last month, he is now on lots of meds inc. aspirin, bisoprolol and tricagrelor. He pecked a small spot on his head recently that took...

Hi, after my husbands HA last month, he is now on lots of meds inc. aspirin, bis...

VickiMB

•5 years ago

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Heart spasms ??

Hi I have been SOB and not able to do my usual exercise x 4 weekly. I have had chest pain and nausea and complete tiredness/ brain fog Today saw a new...

Hi I have been SOB and not able to do my usual exercise x 4 weekly. I have had...

samz1

•5 years ago

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Near faints

Hi for the last 5 months I have been having 'episodes' a strange feeling comes over me then I get a rush to my head that goes down my body I then go very weak...

Hi for the last 5 months I have been having 'episodes' a strange feeling comes o...

Mikamoo2

•5 years ago

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Android App for Meds

Now that I am taking warfarin, I'm looking for an app for my phone to record all my details, Warfarin and other medicines, so that even if my phone is locked a...

Now that I am taking warfarin, I'm looking for an app for my phone to record all...

it-whiz

•5 years ago

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Heart Rate Change on Entresto

Hi Just a question Anyone on Entresto found that their Heart Beats have changed on this Medication. I have had Multiple Ectopic Beats even to the extent of...

Hi Just a question Anyone on Entresto found that their Heart Beats have changed ...

Prada47

•5 years ago

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School concert

Usual format nativity play. Mary and Joseph sitting by the crib. Enter the first, very small, wise man bearing a gift. " Thank you" said Mary. The second...

Usual format nativity play. Mary and Joseph sitting by the crib. Enter the fir...

Ianc2

•5 years ago

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L Knee & foot xrays show calcification of arteries

Hi everyone, I'm new here (1st post). Could anyone explain how xrays can show calcification of arteries? Saw GP today for xray results & that is what I was...

Hi everyone, I'm new here (1st post). Could anyone explain how xrays can show ca...

Ilovebunnies

•5 years ago

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severe constipation

I am having severe constipation is it the betablockers I am taking after heart attack or is it the linlgliptin I take for type 2 diabetes I eat healthily and...

I am having severe constipation is it the betablockers I am taking after heart a...

mauselos

•5 years ago

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Q Anti depressants

I have a leaking aorta valve plus pacemaker fitted. I need to know as to whether taking St Johns Wort or Quite Life tablets would be harmful to me ??...

I have a leaking aorta valve plus pacemaker fitted. I need to know as to wheth...

ericrw

•5 years ago

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SVT

I had my 8th attack of svt a few days ago, 190 beats and it took them 4 hours to get it back to 90 in A and E. I refused the ablation a year ago because I...

I had my 8th attack of svt a few days ago, 190 beats and it took them 4 hours to...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Plaque in the left anterior descending artery

Hello, My mother has very recently been diagnosed with plaque in the left anterior descending artery, she is only 64, doesn’t smoke and walks every day. I am...

Hello, My mother has very recently been diagnosed with plaque in the left anter...

Tryingtohelpmum

•5 years ago

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MRI Cardiac rest/stress perfusion

Hi, I have an appointment to have an MRI scan next week on the 18th. On the form it says Cardiac stress perfusion, then Cardiac rest perfusion. I get the...

Hi, I have an appointment to have an MRI scan next week on the 18th. On the form...

Grayjay

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Talking about pain

Does anyone else on here have problems when they ask you to talk about your (heart) pain? I can feel it, imagine it, but actually describing it is very...

Does anyone else on here have problems when they ask you to talk about your (hea...

HectorsDad

•5 years ago

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Persistent coughing.

morning all im in moderate heart failure and although i understand a cough is part of it l still wanted to ask if anyone had found anything that has help the...

morning all im in moderate heart failure and although i understand a cough is pa...

firstdates

•5 years ago

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New Pacemaker Tomorrow

Hi, I’m having a new pacemaker tomorrow and can’t take my own advice about looking ahead instead of dwelling on the procedure! Why is it so hard to do the...

Hi, I’m having a new pacemaker tomorrow and can’t take my own advice about looki...

fantasyfanuk

•5 years ago

16 Replies

Extra beat

Hi, a little help is needed please. Not really into googling as 9/10 times you’re going to die of whatever it is you’ve googled! Went to drs about having ‘gas’...

Hi, a little help is needed please. Not really into googling as 9/10 times you’r...

Calm2

•5 years ago

15 Replies

Online GP account

I have been online with my GP for 20 years, after I was recently told "you have exceeded the maximum number of appointments" and sorting that out I have now...

I have been online with my GP for 20 years, after I was recently told "you have...

Motorman

•5 years ago

44 Replies

Posts - British Heart Foundation | HealthUnlocked

British Heart Foundation

All posts for December 2019

Heart Failure Care Plan

Should i

Worried I'm suffering from anxiety/PTSD

Kelo Cote

GTN Spray

Pacemaker for atrial fibrillation

new to this heart disease business and terrified!

Blood Test Results - What should I think?

Thank you Donation to the British Heart Foundation

Chest pain and sob

LHCH appointment

Reassurance with titration down

Wenckebach symptoms?

Dentist appointments- blood thinners!

Heart spasms ??

Near faints

Android App for Meds

Heart Rate Change on Entresto

School concert

L Knee & foot xrays show calcification of arteries

severe constipation

Q Anti depressants

SVT

Plaque in the left anterior descending artery

MRI Cardiac rest/stress perfusion

Talking about pain

Persistent coughing.

New Pacemaker Tomorrow

Extra beat

Online GP account

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