Cardiomyopathy Alcoholic

Question: What are the nursing interventions for alcoholic cardiomyopathy? all nursing interventions pertaining to alcoholic cardiomyopathy only

Answer: I remember those awful nsg care plans from school. Main trick is that other than social interventions for the ETOH abuse, you tx the cardiomyopathy just like you would any other heart disease. Education, pharm interventions, Na reduction, etc etc. You can buy care plan books with basic interventions in them at any bookstore.

Question: alcoholic cardiomyopathy? im 25 fem and have not had a drink in a year ever since i had cardiomyopathy and i had multi organ shut down.In that year i ust gave birth to a beautiful baby girl and sice the birth have had hypertention.I keep on goin to my docs as my heart is 100 at rest and about my blood pressure but they r still putting it down too my stress and server anxiety.5 days ago i went under a heart stress test and they said that there was some abnmalities but nothing to worry about and they r followin me up in a months time.They also said that when my heart failed a year ago it went down to 20%and in 4 days was pretty much back to normal.But the last couple of weeks ive been feeling dizzy and not sure if its the tablets for my hypertention.So i dnt know if i should b concerned or if its me ust stressing out to much.PLS HELP

Answer: Is the 20% your ejection fraction? What other diagnostic tests have you had done? Echocardiogram,nuclear scan? Do you check your blood pressure yourself? Do you know what your BP was? If your blood pressure drops too low your heart rate will increase, if you could find out the results of the questions that I asked that would be helpful, Donna

Question: I have Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy. Is it ok to use the Treadmill? I just forced myself to become sober after 3+ years of very hard drinking after my father's death. I have all the symptoms of cardiomyapothy: irregular heartbeat, minor swelling, fatigue, frequent chest pains, you name it. I can't sleep at night because my heart pounds. Basically this was the wake up call for me to stop drinking and smoking. The area around my knuckles started to deteriorate. I just started using my treadmill and I wonder if that's a good idea because of my heart condition. I tried to get health insurance but I have been turned down repeatedly. I am a 28 year old male. I goto bed everynight with a cell phone in my hand because I'm afraid I will have a heart attack. Can you give me any advice?

Answer: yea, that's what I was thinking, then I saw the other answers. Were you diagnosed with cardiomyopathy? I was expecting you to be some older than 28, and I've never seen this kind of heart enlargement from only 3 years of drinking. I worked in a CICU for a number of years. Also, if you are recovering from severe alcoholism, it could very well take your body a year to stabalize, and you would have almost the exact symptoms you are describing from the withdrawal. I've seen people with tremors and cardiac related symptoms last for over 6 months before they resolved after they had stopped drinking alcohol. But don't self-diagnose, please :-)

Question: Can you develop alcoholic cardiomyopathy within drinking for about a year? I recently stopped drinking cold turkey, but did have a problem for this past year. My dad died and I was going through a very difficult time and took comfort in alcohol. I drank about every night or every other night. Sometimes heavily. Sometimes just a glass of wine. Thank God I have seen how bad it has become. I have recently been having chest pains accompanied with panic attacks. I went to the doctor and he diagnosed me with panic issues. I guess due to the fact I've been reading up more about heart issues, I'm concerned this could be a symptom of the drinking. Is it possible to develop such a condition in a year? By the way I am 22.

Answer: Dont worry I drank every day 20 beers for 6 years and my heart is fine and I do get chest pains but the heart docter said im fine and did 5 tests and I think my chest pains are from smoking weed which I also quit. 1 year of drinking is nothing I know some alcoholics who drank for 20 years almost everyday and are still fine, plus alcohol doesn't affect the heart but the liver most , cheers.