Heart failure means that the heart can't pump out enough blood to circulate fresh oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. It usually affects people much older and as the population ages, it's set to become 'a major Canadian health issue.'
He couldn't climb the stairs without getting out of breath. When he finally made it up to his bed, he couldn't lie down flat without coughing.After a series of tests, his doctor told him he had heart failure."My life essentially stopped where everyone's life kept going."
About 750,000 people are currently living with the condition in Canada, with about 100,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Reporter Nicole Ireland wears an apparatus to simulate what a heart failure patient would feel with untreated symptoms, at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. "Easy things like you take for granted. Walking up the stairs. Tying your shoes. You know, I couldn't even imagine trying to do laundry like that," she said.
There is no cure for heart failure but the right medications can help alleviate the symptoms, Poon said. With medication and an implanted defibrillator , Bains was able to work, play sports and travel again.
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