COPD and Congestive Heart Failure - Erin White, ANP - Neighborhood Health Watch
COPD and Congestive Heart Failure - Erin White, ANP - Neighborhood Health Watch
Listen as Erin White, Adult Nurse Practitioner with Henrico Cardiology Associates discusses the signs, symptoms and treatment options associated with COPD and Congestive Heart Failure. To learn more about Henrico Doctors’ Hospital heart care services visit: https://henricodoctors.com/service/he…
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1.185 -> - Neighborhood Health
Watch is sponsored by
3.097 -> the doctors of HCA Virginia health system.
7.148 -> - The topic today in
Neighborhood Health Watch is
9.536 -> COPD and congestive heart failure.
12.389 -> The late, former first lady, Barbara Bush
14.813 -> had both of these diseases
and decided to focus on
17.673 -> comfort care instead of
seeking additional medical
20.342 -> treatment.
21.716 -> She died yesterday.
23.672 -> Both diseases can cause
shortness of breath
26.116 -> When a person is doing
something physical like
28.425 -> exercising, climbing
stairs, or walking for
30.569 -> a long distance.
31.879 -> Breathing problems happen
for different reasons with
34.433 -> these conditions.
35.948 -> Erin White, an adult
nurse practitioner with
38.544 -> Henrico Doctors' Hospital
is here to get us informed.
41.762 -> Thanks for joining us for First at Four,
43.519 -> we appreciate it.
44.83 -> [Erin]- Thank you for having me.
46.158 -> - Barbara Bush smoked for
many years, but she quit in
49.388 -> 1968.
50.674 -> Is smoking one of the primary causes for
53.188 -> both of these diseases?
54.581 -> [Erin]- Yes.
55.553 -> Smoking is one of the
risk factors for chronic
57.835 -> obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD,
59.869 -> as well as congestive heart failure.
62.633 -> - And what's the
difference between the two?
64.408 -> [Erin]- congestive heart
failure is when the heart muscle
67.67 -> becomes weak and is not as
efficient at pumping blood
69.348 -> forward to the body and
the organs of the body.
73.393 -> Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease is when there
76.274 -> is air trapping and when you exhale,
78.656 -> you're not able to exhale
the breath you took in.
80.982 -> - Talk about how these two
diseases attack a person's
85.373 -> body, what's going on inside.
87.758 -> [Erin]- So, with COPD,
89.793 -> you can have decreased oxygen
to the body that can put
92.026 -> more strain on the heart
and with decreased oxygen to
95.738 -> the heart, you can make
the heart muscle weak.
98.716 -> And with CHF, congestive heart failure,
101.655 -> you can have fluid pushed
backed into the lungs
104.035 -> and as fluid builds up in the lungs,
105.378 -> it can become harder to breathe.
107.498 -> Pressure from the lungs
with COPD can put pressure
110.224 -> on the heart as well.
111.496 -> - How can a person lower their risk?
113.485 -> [Erin]- Not smoking,
maintaining healthy weight,
116.844 -> exercising, getting screened
or treating high blood
119.581 -> pressure, taking their
medications as prescribed,
121.414 -> and following up with
their doctors routinely.
123.465 -> - And how long can a person live with
125.89 -> congestive heart failure?
127.414 -> [Erin]- Um, congestive
heart failure can shorten
129.816 -> someone's life, usually.
134.274 -> - How does the treatment work
in terms of what do you do?
137.234 -> [Erin]- Usually, it is
diuretics to help try to reduce
140.43 -> fluid build up, also try to
help control blood pressure
142.043 -> to decrease the strain or
the workload on the heart.
146.633 -> And that can help with longevity.
148.683 -> There are also pacemakers
or devices that can try to
151.449 -> help increase the stimulation
or the contraction
155.214 -> of the heart.
156.047 -> - How easy is it to make a diagnosis?
158.175 -> [Erin]- You can do an echocardiogram,
160.31 -> you can also do a left heart cath,
162.646 -> which the physicians
that I work with can do
164.528 -> to try to understand if someone
has a weakened heart muscle,
167.126 -> and then pulmonology or we
can do lung function tests,
170.176 -> X-RAYS, things like that to
work up for COPD as well.
172.959 -> - All right, Erin White,
174.098 -> thank you so much.
175.006 -> We are informed.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-0feMQYTno