Advice From Sqad Please.

[Caran]

OH is suffering fro swollen ankles and has a niggly cough.
Someone has mentioned a possible connection to heart problems.
Is there any truth in this?
He has a doctors appointment Wednesday next week.

[bednobs]

i am not sqad, but your friend may be thinking of \lvf which cn cause swollen nkles and dry cough - is he breathless?

[Caran]

Not breathless but his chest rattles a lot.
What is \lvf please.

[Buenchico]

Many, many years ago, my father told me on the phone that he'd got problems with swollen ankles. I urged him to see a doctor, as I knew that it was likely to be a circulatory problem, probably related to his heart. He asked me what the doctor might do. I told him that he'd probably say "Give up booze" and prescribe rat poison (Warfarin) for the rest of his life.

The next time I spoke to my father on the phone, he told me that he'd seen his GP in the morning and then been given ECG and heart echo tests at hospital on the same day, followed by seeing a consultant straight away. He told my father to give up the booze and prescribed Warfarin.

Maybe I should have been a doctor myself?

;-)

[bednobs]

it's a typo - i meant LVF (left ventricular failure)

[Caran]

Thank you Chris, very informative.

[Buenchico]

LVF = left ventricular failure (a.k.a LVSD = left ventricular systolic dysfunction)
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Heart-Failure/Pages/Introduction.aspx

[Caran]

Thank you bed nobs.

[masma]

Mr M swelled up like a balloon - ankles, fingers, breathless and so on, scared himself so went to doc then to hospital for heart scans. Diagnosed with LVF, put on tablets = sorted.

[Caran]

Thanks masma and every one else.

[Sqad]

\\\OH is suffering fro swollen ankles and has a niggly cough.
Someone has mentioned a possible connection to heart problems.
Is there any truth in this? \\\

Yes, there is a connection and this has to be excluded and if confirmed treated.