Srčno popuščanje je manj poznana bolezen, ki jo ljudje slabo razumejo. 1 Včasih je srčno popuščanje težko prepoznati, ker so njegovi znaki lahko podobni kot pri drugih boleznih.
Nekateri ljudje lahko imajo simptome, ne da bi se zavedali, da ti lahko kažejo na srčno popuščanje, ali pa domnevajo, da so ti simptomi samo naravni del staranja. 2,3
Med pogostimi simptomi so 4,5:
Če imate katere od zgoraj omenjenih simptomov, je pomembno, da se o njih pogovorite s svojim zdravnikom, saj lahko kažejo na srčno popuščanje. 6 Če imate srčno popuščanje, sta zgodnja diagnoza in zgodnje zdravljenje lahko bistvena za vaše zdravje in počutje. 7
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