Im Getting My Congestive Heart Failure Under Control.... Diet Exercise

Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2019

Medically reviewed by Ask A Doctor - 24x7 Medical Review Team

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 Answered on

Last reviewed on

Question : im getting my congestive heart failure under control.... diet exercise etc. My doctor also has me on flurisomide 3 times a week ..... but im still suffering from water rentention in my belly..... how long til that goes away?????? i look pregnant!!

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
I would explain as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome to Ask a Doctor service!

I understand your concern and would explain that your symptoms are suggestive of increased fluid retention.

For this reason, an optimization of your therapy is needed ( increase the dose of torasemide, etc.).

It is also important performing some tests to examine your heart function and exclude other metabolic disorders:

- a resting ECG and cardiac ultrasound
-NT pro BNP levels
- blood electrolytes
- kidney and liver function tests.

Hope you will find this answer helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr.Ilir Sharka Cardiologist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad