Cardiac Asthma: Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

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0:00 Introduction
0:29 Causes of Cardiac Asthma
1:18 Signs and symptoms of Cardiac Asthma
2:29 Diagnosis of Cardiac Asthma
3:14 Treatment of Cardiac Asthma

Cardiac asthma is the medical condition of intermittent wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath that is associated with underlying congestive heart failure (CHF).[1] Symptoms of cardiac asthma are related to the heart's inability to effectively and efficiently pump blood in a CHF patient.[2] This can lead to accumulation of fluid in and around the lungs (pulmonary congestion), disrupting the lung's ability to oxygenate blood.[3]

Cardiac asthma carries similar symptoms to bronchial asthma, but is differentiated by lacking inflammatory origin.[1][4] Because of the similarity in symptoms, diagnosis of cardiac versus bronchial asthma relies on full cardiac workup and pulmonary function testing.[2][5]

Treatment is centered on improving cardiac function, maintaining blood oxygen saturation levels, and stabilizing total body water volume and distribution.[1][5]

[SkellyMC]

Health anxiety crew raise your thumbs up! 👍

[TubersAndPotatoes]

Had long periods of cough and asthma symptoms, had lungs checked for Tuberculosis and Pneumonia which had negative results. Doctor suggested it was just asthma.

I suspected differently, luckily checked ECG which resulted in further diagnosis for heart diseases. Would never have thought lung disease symptoms would manifest due to heart disease.

[deelightful]

Been diagnosed with asthma ….I believe I have this it feel like there is something wrong with me heart. I have all these symptoms except swollen feet . Calling my doctor.

[deko]

I might have this as they can’t find anything wrong with my heart 😔

[marianna]

I am asthmatic and also have a heart condition that gets me out of breath. So, trying to see what my shortness of breath is can be very hard! I also have angina and the chest pain I get stresse me 😢. I take nitroglycerin. I've had 2 heart ablations, so my cardiologist always asks me for my shortness of breath. I take beta blockers and also asthma medication as well. It's so hard 😫 😢

[Saslangjamatia]

Please help me I have asthma attack scenes I was kids and now I am 21 still not decrease 😖😣

[ayogg]

I have most of the symptoms. Went to the doctor and told me to get some tests done to check if this could be cardiac asthma. I experience most of the mentioned symptoms, except swollen feet. Got some of the tests done today and will get results in about 5 days. Kinda scared 🥲