Discharge instructions for heart failure patients

Heart failure patients are repeatedly hospitalized, what should be noted after discharge to improve the quality of life and reduce the number of hospitalizations? 1. Diet Low salt and low fat diet, less than 6 grams of salt intake per day. Do not eat animal oil, fatty meat, offal, try to eat lean meat, such as chicken, fish, cooking with vegetable oil, and less. 2, exercise Advocate moderate exercise, the sun comes out in the morning and then go, with a slight sweat on the body is appropriate, the heart rate does not exceed 120, no chest tightness, chest pain, panic, shortness of breath and other uncomfortable symptoms. 3, limit water intake Drinking more water will increase the burden on the heart, inducing heart failure, there is a little trick, every morning defecation fasting weighing, if the three days increased by two kilograms, drinking more water, should increase the diuretic. 4, prevention of colds Most heart failure is induced by respiratory infections, many patients have experience, the cold on the heart failure, so the seasonal changes to strictly prevent colds. 5, quit smoking and limit alcohol cigarettes must be quit, this needless to say, in the hospital doctor most of the words is to quit smoking. Tobacco has great damage to the cardiovascular, must quit. Limit alcohol, less than 25g per day, that is, half a tael, but still recommend that patients do not drink alcohol, because they are taking drugs, drinking has an impact, it is best not to drink. 6, take medication on time Our heart failure patients have to take a lot of drugs, a handful every day, some people in the hospital compliance is very good, go home and stop the medication, this is not good, heart failure patients each drug is selected by the doctor to benefit the patient can benefit, there are large-scale clinical trials to support the really effective, so the medication must be adhered to. I hope that all of our heart failure patients will take a break, reduce the number of hospitalizations, and improve their quality of life.