10 Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure
Symptom #9: Bloating
When your heart is operating at peak efficiency, it is effectively pumping various fluids around the body. The heart’s engine will help the rest of the body to pick up fluids from one place and transport them to where they are needed.
However, with congestive heart failure fluids may not always be collected by the blood flow as they should be. This causes fluids to accumulate in the abdomen as well as elsewhere in the body. The pooling up of fluids in the abdomen is known as ascites. Heart failure can also lead to bloating complications of the liver, known as hepatomegaly. Any of these symptoms should receive medical attention as soon as possible.
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