Medical Research & Public Health Infrastructure
Here is the Reason Why Heart Failure is a Major Problem for Folks Living in Rural Neighborhoods
The Solution to the Rural-Urban Heart Failure Risk Disparity Surly Benefits from a Cyber-Physical Human System (CPHS)
Heart failure, also referred to as congestive heart failure, is a chronic progressive ailment of the Cardiac muscle. The affected patient's heart muscle fails to pump enough blood to their body and organs to sustain its vitality.
The failure to pump blood through the body causes the blood to back up in the lungs yielding shortness of breath or other parts of the body, ensuing swelling, organ failures, and disability.
Those with heart failure can suffer from various symptoms, including shortness of breath with activity or when lying down, fatigue and weakness, swelling in the legs, ankles, and feet, rapid or irregular heartbeat, and chest pain if a heart attack causes heart failure. They can also have other symptoms such as decreased exercise tolerance, intractable cough or wheezing, swelling of the abdomen, very rapid weight gain from fluid buildup, nausea and lack of appetite, and difficulty concentrating.
