1.Keep a regular life. 2, good psychological adjustment, improve self-control. First of all, we must build up confidence and courage to overcome the disease. The same heart failure, but different emotions, the prognosis is significantly different. Emotional dullness and excessive mental stress can increase the burden on the heart and aggravate heart failure. 3, emphasize the combination of static and dynamic, according to the function of the heart, appropriate activities and exercise. Reasonable arrangement of work and rest time, adhere to the daily lunch break of about 1 hour. Under the guidance of the doctor, appropriate activities can avoid the formation of bedsores and venous thrombosis on the one hand, and on the other hand can improve the cardiac function reserve, enhance the ability to resist disease and reduce infection, because infection is one of the main causes of heart failure. When exercising, patients should master the “degree”, in order not to feel fatigue, the highest heart rate per minute does not exceed 120 times for the degree of activity, such as heart function level 1 patients, can jogging, playing tai chi, doing exercises. Patients with heart function level II-III can go for a walk outside on flat ground and do some activities that they can do. 4.Keep the indoor temperature relatively constant, preferably around 20 degrees Celsius in winter, and avoid direct blowing of wind in summer when using electric fans. 5, indoor ventilation. Winter indoor ventilation at least twice a day, half an hour each time, but pay attention to the patient can keep themselves warm, to avoid air convection caused by the cold. 6, prevention of respiratory infections. Respiratory infections can induce heart failure. When going out, increase or decrease clothes according to the season, and pay attention to oral hygiene. 7, the regulation of diet. Usually the food should be high quality protein rich in essential amino acids, such as milk, lean meat, freshwater fish, etc., and the calories should not be too high. Avoid drinking stimulating beverages, such as strong tea, coffee, soft drinks, etc., and quit smoking and alcohol. Pay attention to the control of sodium chloride, the intake should not exceed 2 grams per day, you can make more dishes with sweet and sour and vinegar flavors, and pay attention to avoid hidden high-salt foods, such as skinny eggs, pickles, cured meat, etc. Do not overeat, it is advisable to eat less and more meals, especially dinner do not eat too much, so as not to increase the burden on the heart. 8.Keep the bowel movement smooth, avoid excessive straining when constipated. 9. Self-monitoring. Heart failure patients usually pay attention to their pulse rate, blood pressure, face color, urine volume, weight changes. It is best to weigh yourself at the same time every day (after urination) and wear a similar weight of clothes. Before going to bed at night, you should observe whether your ankles are swollen and whether you feel awakened by suffocation during night sleep. Pay attention to the daily urine volume, it is best to use a container to collect a day’s urine volume: when there is panic, cough, breathing difficulty, difficulty lying down, swelling, bad habit heart, vomiting, urine volume reduction, weight increase of more than 1000 grams in a day, instructions heart failure disease aggravation, should immediately go to the hospital so that the doctor with time to adjust the treatment plan. 10, randomly stopping the drug, reduce the drug is harmful. Diuretics are used to control liquefied gas retention and involve electrolyte balance. Patients who reduce, increase or stop their own doses can lead to sodium retention and electrolyte disorders. Serious cardiac arrhythmias can be produced. Another important class of drugs, β-blockers, can produce
Another important class of drugs, beta-blockers, all have a transient short-term negative inotropic effect before they have a long-term effect. It is easy for patients to stop the drug when they do not see the spicy effect, which is unfavorable for the long-term control and prognosis of heart failure. 11, regular follow-up. The treatment of heart failure is a long-term process. When the condition is stable, patients must visit the heart failure clinic or cardiovascular specialist clinic every 2-3 weeks to adjust the medication and have regular echocardiograms, electrocardiograms and other tests. 12, adhere to the medication medication and storage. Remember the name of the medicine taken, put it in a fixed place, clarify the method of taking the medicine, and take it on time. When you go to the pharmacy to buy prescription or non-prescription drugs, you should take the initiative to tell the pharmacist the drugs you are taking so that the pharmacy can judge whether the drugs can be used together.