Heart failure is divided into left heart failure, right heart failure and complete heart failure. Only symptomatic treatment, there is no other good way! Give some health advice: 1. Prevent colds. In the cold season or in the case of sudden climate change, patients should go out less, wear masks and add clothes when going out, and patients should also go to crowded places less. If the patient has a respiratory infection, it is very easy to make the condition deteriorate sharply. 2. Moderate activities Do some physical activities within your power, but don't be too active and intense. You can't participate in more intense activities to avoid sudden aggravation of heart failure. The diet should be light and salty. Diet should be less greasy and more fruits and vegetables. For patients with heart failure, salt intake must be controlled. Excessive salt intake will aggravate fluid retention and edema, but it is not necessary to completely avoid salt. 4. A healthy lifestyle must stop smoking and drinking, keep a balance of mind, prevent emotions from being too excited and fluctuating, and ensure adequate sleep. Early signs of heart failure in the elderly ① dyspnea when working or going upstairs; ② Sudden dyspnea during sleep and improvement when sitting up; (3) edema of lower limbs and decreased urine output; ④ Cough, excessive phlegm, palpitation and shortness of breath without catching a cold; 5 insomnia, fatigue, loss of appetite; ⑥ The condition worsened, limbs twitched, apnea and cyanosis, but they returned to normal immediately after the attack; ⑦ Blood pressure drops, heart rate increases, complexion is pale, skin is wet and cold, and fidgety; ⑧ Breathing is extremely difficult, with a sense of suffocation, coughing and coughing up a lot of pink foamy sputum. If it can meet 1-5 in the above symptoms, it is a typical manifestation of early heart failure and should be paid attention to; If there are six items that can match the number, it is cardiogenic syncope caused by cerebral ischemia; If they all have acute pulmonary edema, Matters needing attention in daily nursing: First, keep the ward environment quiet, comfortable and clean, the air is fresh, and keep warm in winter to prevent respiratory infection from aggravating the condition. Oxygen therapy can improve the hypoxia state of the body, promote tissue metabolism and maintain life activities, which is one of the important measures to treat cardiac insufficiency. Oxygen supply should start from a small flow rate, and the flow rate should be adjusted as needed after the patient adapts. Patients with cardiac insufficiency should take appropriate posture treatment according to the degree of cardiac insufficiency. General patients should sleep in a high pillow position; Take a semi-lying position or a sitting position for the heavier person, which can alleviate the symptoms of dyspnea such as shortness of breath and wheezing at night. For patients with severe cardiac insufficiency or acute left cardiac insufficiency, they should sit up at the same time, and their lower limbs droop, so that the blood volume decreases, the diaphragm shrinks, the thoracic volume expands, and the vital capacity increases, which can alleviate dyspnea; For patients with mild cardiac insufficiency, it is not appropriate to do heavy physical activity, and if allowed, it can be limited to daily activities. For patients with moderate cardiac insufficiency, increase bed rest and avoid strenuous exercise, which is more suitable for light activities such as walking and stop when symptoms of cardiac insufficiency appear; Patients with severe cardiac insufficiency should definitely stay in bed. After the heart function is improved, exercise should be done as soon as possible according to the recovery of the disease to prevent muscle atrophy, digestive dysfunction and venous thrombosis caused by long-term bed rest. These activities should be gradual. Strawberry 1, patients with mild heart failure, limit physical activity. Patients with severe heart failure mainly stay in bed; After the heart function is improved, you should get out of bed properly to avoid thrombosis and lower limb lung infection. Second, to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, it is advisable to eat more meals in small quantities and properly control the total daily intake. It is advisable to adopt a low-salt diet, and the daily salt should not exceed 5g (1 yuan); Avoid salty food and roasted seeds and nuts with salt. Heart failure, due to gastrointestinal congestion and low digestive function, is easy to cause abdominal distension. If you eat too much or too much, it will easily lead to diaphragm spasm and affect cardiopulmonary function. Therefore, the dietary principle of patients with heart failure is to give priority to digestible and light semi-liquid or soft food, and eat less and more meals. Smoking, drinking and not drinking strong tea or coffee are strictly prohibited. Four, in strict accordance with the doctor's advice, not to change the usage and dosage of drugs, especially when taking diuretics and digoxin, so as not to cause adverse consequences. See a doctor as soon as possible when you have a cold, diarrhea, fever or change your condition. Six, it should be noted that women of childbearing age should do a good job of contraception.