The heart is a blood pump that beats and pumps blood 24 hours a day. Once its function is impaired, it cannot carry much blood through the body, and this is called heart failure. Heart failure is actually an end-state of all heart diseases, not a separate disease. Coronary heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy can all lead to heart failure. If left untreated, heart failure symptoms get worse and worse, with each exacerbation causing irreversible damage to the heart. Heart failure is the “last battlefield” in cardiovascular disease that has not yet been conquered, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be prevented and treated. Today we will look at how to prevent heart failure in the early stages of heart disease? (1) Treatment of primary diseases 1) Standardized diagnosis and treatment of heart failure is particularly critical, and hypertension, diabetes, myocardial infarction, chronic kidney disease, obesity and metabolic syndrome are all risk factors for heart failure. Actively treat the original disease, usually patients with a not-so-good heart, pay attention to treat the original disease as soon as possible, take medication on time according to the doctor’s instructions, so that the body can recover as soon as possible, so as to reduce the occurrence of heart failure. 2) Prevent respiratory infections. Patients with cardiovascular disease should increase or decrease their clothes according to weather changes, pay attention to cold and warmth, especially when the climate changes suddenly or when there is an epidemic of respiratory infections, pay attention to the prevention of colds, flu and lung infections, so as not to induce heart failure. (3) Avoid large amounts of infusions over multiple periods of time. Patients with heart disease must be careful to infuse slowly when treating other diseases with infusion therapy, to avoid excessive fluid input in a short period of time leading to increased heart burden resulting in heart failure. 2, lifestyle attention 1) maintain a healthy lifestyle, regular and healthy life then the chances of suffering from heart disease will be greatly reduced. Pay attention to ensure sufficient sleep, do not do heavy physical labor, do not participate in more strenuous exercise, avoid overwork. 2) Pay attention to dietary health, pay attention to a balanced diet with nutrition, it is advisable to eat low-fat, high-protein, vitamin and mineral-rich food, seven or eight minutes full at each meal. Do not eat too greasy, too salty, too spicy food, do not drink strong tea, coffee. Here to emphasize the point must be less low-salt diet. 3) Quit smoking and alcohol, smoking and alcohol are very harmful to the body, some middle-aged and elderly people should reduce smoking and alcohol, for the sake of their health, should always pay attention to the prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, away from smoking and alcohol. 4) Master the amount of exercise. Patients with cardiovascular disease can help improve their symptoms with moderate exercise when their condition is stable. But should listen to the doctor’s guidance, choose a suitable exercise, such as walking, brisk walking, playing tai chi, etc., step by step, exercise to feel comfortable after the appropriate. 5) Emotional pleasure to prevent fluctuations. Irritability and irritability, anxiety and depression and other adverse emotions, induced heart failure. Therefore, patients with cardiovascular disease should control their mindset, prevent mood swings, and maintain psychological balance. 3, regular review and physical examination Patients with chronic heart disease need to adhere to long-term drug therapy. Patients should also have regular outpatient review, the purpose is to adjust the dose of therapeutic drugs and deal with adverse reactions or side effects that occur after taking drugs, so as not to delay the disease, resulting in adverse consequences. 4, the occurrence of heart failure early treatment Cardiovascular disease patients once the ankle appears progressive swelling, easy fatigue after activity, cough, shortness of breath and other symptoms that look like bronchitis or bronchial asthma, or emotional, mental abnormalities and other symptoms that look like mental illness or cerebrovascular disease, is likely to be an early signal of heart failure, should be timely to the hospital cardiology department to see a doctor, early diagnosis, early treatment. As we can see from the previous article, the prerequisite for heart failure is the presence of various diseases in the heart, so strengthening the prevention of heart disease can significantly reduce the possibility of heart failure. The most important measure to prevent heart failure is to actively prevent and control various factors that may lead to heart disease, and to actively treat heart disease formally after it occurs, so that the risk of heart failure can be greatly reduced.