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How quickly can heart failure develop?

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Created: 2022-07-10 13:45:09

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Symptoms can develop quickly (acute heart failure) or gradually over weeks or months (chronic heart failure).


Can heart failure come on suddenly?

Heart failure means your heart can't pump enough blood to meet your body's demands. This can be chronic, meaning it happens slowly over time. Or it can be acute, meaning it happens suddenly. It's estimated that 64 million people worldwide are living with heart failure.

How fast can you develop heart failure?

Acute heart failure symptoms develop quickly. 5 Symptoms of acute heart failure from a heart attack can appear within minutes to hours, whereas symptoms from a virus or toxic incident can appear within hours to days.

How long can you experience heart failure?

The life expectancy for congestive heart failure depends on the cause of heart failure, its severity, and other underlying medical conditions. In general, about half of all people diagnosed with congestive heart failure will survive five years. About 30% will survive for 10 years.

Can you have heart failure and not know it?

If you have heart failure, you may not have any symptoms, or the symptoms may range from mild to severe. Symptoms can be constant or can come and go. Heart failure symptoms are related to the changes that occur to your heart and body, and the severity depends on how weak your heart is.

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