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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth
Goodness...
The man has had some sort of myocardial infarction and he, against all good wisdom and thinking, is going to hit the road again...
THEN... on top of that... OP sends him to eat good ole greasy ribs...
Well Steadfast... Maybe your walking in faith...
But you are certainly walking in SOMETHING. 
Not wise... not prudent... poorly thought out.
But... who am I? |
No, not myocardial infarction, Congestive Heart Failure which, if untreated, causes great damage to the heart, so great that death can result.
Congestive Heart Failure usually begins in the left side of the heart, where something (often untreated or poorly treated hypertension) puts too much continual strain on that side of the heart (it is the left side of the heart that pumps oxygenated blood to the body). As the left side of the heart continues to be overworked, it begins to fail to properly push all of the blood out into the body. This back up of blood causes a back up in the lungs (which brings about the symptoms of frothy sputum, extreme shortness of breath). A continued failing of the left side of the heart will eventually damage the lungs, and cause the back up of blood in the lungs to affect the right side of the heart (which is the side of the heart that pumps blood from the body to the lungs to exchange carbon dioxide for oxygen). When right sided heart failure happens, blood coming in from the body starts to back up in the major blood vessels (vena cava, jugular veins, etc), and fluid begins to accumulate in the tissues in the extremities (causing edema). This edema then worsens the pressure that the left side of the heart is attempting to work against, and the cycle of Congestive Heart Failure continues, causing more and more damage to the heart (and the lungs). This is why I continue to be very, very concerned for Bro. Steadfast. The fact that he is still "not 100%" tells me that his CHF is unresolved, and the probability is extremely high that damage is still being done to this dear elder's heart.
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