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Severe heart failure can feel 'like drowning'
Severe heart failure can feel 'like drowning'
Severe heart failure (тяжелая сердечная недостаточность) can cause the lungs to fill with fluid (жидкость) , leaving people feeling like they are drowning, says a new campaign by the British Heart Foundation. But a BHF survey (обзор) suggests that 80% of adults are unaware (не знают) of its impact on everyday life. There is no cure for heart failure, which can lead to extreme exhaustion and breathlessness. Experts say stem cell research (исследования стволовых клеток) could be the key to repairing damaged hearts. More than 750,000 people in the UK currently live with heart failure, which means that the heart is not pumping blood around the body as well as it used to. It is commonly caused by a heart attack. While patients with mild (мягкий) heart failure can live a relatively normal life with the help of drugs, those with severe heart failure can suffer prolonged pain and distress because everyday tasks such as having a shower or doing the shopping require enormous amounts of energy and leave them exhausted. No repair Past UK research suggests that around 28% of all heart failure patients face a daily struggle (борьба) as a result of permanent (постоянный) damage to the heart muscle. However, the survey of 2,170 adults by the British Heart Foundation suggests that more than three-quarters of respondents are unaware of the effects of severe heart failure on people's lives. More than a third of those surveyed thought that heart failure meant that the heart stopped working altogether and 33% wrongly believed the heart could repair itself. Dr Mike Knapton, associate medical director at the BHF, say more and more people are surviving heart attacks due to advances in medicine but this creates its own problem. "People with acute, severe heart failure have a worse prognosis than most cancers. Heart failure has a very significant effect on morbidity (заболеваемость). It can be disabling(отключение), it can leave people breathless and they can end up chair-bound and bed-bound." The priority now, he says, is to find out how to repair damage to the heart with the help of the BHF's Mending Broken Hearts Appeal. "The human heart cell is not able to regenerate, unlike the liver, and we want to understand why in order to improve new treatments for the future. "We aim to raise money to carry out basic research into regenerative medicine. Stem cells could help by offering therapeutic interventions." He added that it was possible that a cure for heart failure could be achieved within 10 to 15 years.
Do you know what is severe heart failure ? Do you know how to deal with this disease? How do you think is it possible to cured from this disease? Do you believe that research of stem cells can help to cure many diseases? The information in this article help you?
My grandmother was a doctor. Therefore, since childhood I have interested in various research in medicine and inventions of new drugs. Nowadays there are many harmful drugs that only worsen a human condition.But I believe that it's important to think not just about money, but about health of the human nation.
It is very interesting article for me,because i am interested in medicine,too.Unfortunately,many people die from such diseases as heart failure.I think modern doctors should invent ways to treat this diseases.
I agree that our heart is the most important authority in people`s organism!!!People should protect this important authority. This article is very useful. Everybody should know more about it
