... My father got problems breathing due to water in his lungs. They did a scan of his lungs and heart and discovered that his lungs are filled with water but also his heart is almost twice the size due to water. Thus the problems for the heart to beat properly and he has very low blood pressure right now. ... (8 replies)

... Hello everyone, my name is George and i'm 24 years old, and i smoke since the age of 14, 15 months ago, i started feeling short of breath, it fealt like i can not fill my lungs, it was very frightening and scary, went to a doctor and he asked for a chest x-ray and it came back ok, later on this started to increase and i started getting left side chest pains (pain does not come... (5 replies)

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... and sometimes peripheral edema. The condition happens when the heart fails to adequately pump blood into the system and blood received backs up into the lungs and fluids leak out into the tissues and the imbalance increases pressures and pink coloration of sputum showing microorganisms of blood. ... (18 replies)

... octors ignored his complaints of chest pain. My middle brother had his first heart attack at 43, and at 45 he became permanently disabled because of his heart. In two years he had 3 heart attacks, and had several heart procedures. My oldest brother became disabled because of his heart at 49. ... (0 replies)

... Thats what my water pill bottle says. Then theres the 12.5 included in the Benicar pill. ... (12 replies)

... Make sure your cardiologist is the best in Ohio. ... (12 replies)

... Welcome to the club! Having in time access to a bathroom is a common problem for those of us who take lasix. ... (21 replies)

... Thank you so much for all the information in your posts. ... (21 replies)

... Lasix IS the medication that is given to "get the water out of the body" In heart failure, what happens is, all of the blood that is supposed to be pumped by the heart is backed up in to the lungs and the person has trouble breathing. ... (3 replies)