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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

You are taking quite a few prescription medications to help with the symptoms of cardiomyopathy, and you are feeling okay, but the improvements in your heart aren’t happening very quickly or maybe not at all. You are feeling better, but you still have heart failure and you might be wondering if you will need to take all these medications from now on. Are they going to fix your cardiomyopathy or is this just a temporary fix?

There is a little-known connection between cardiomyopathy and gluten. It is called celiac disease. While not the cause in the majority of cardiomyopathy cases, gluten and celiac disease is a significant cause of cardiomyopathy.

There are three types of cardiomyopathy: dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive.

Cardiomyopathy can be caused by infection. It can also be caused by autoimmune disorders. In the second case it is called myocarditis.

Cardiomyopathy symptoms include shortness of breath, swollen angles, palpitations (fluttering) in the chest, and chest pain.

The Ayurvedic treatment of cardiomyopathy is aimed at reducing the symptoms and treating the cause of the condition. Medicines like Laxmi-Vilas-Ras, Shrung-Bhasma, Makar-Dhwaj, Arjun (Terminalia arjuna), Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa), Amalaki (Emblica officinalis) and Haritaki (Terminalia chebula) are used to improve heart function and reduce symptoms like breathlessness, swelling of the ankles and bloating. Triphala-Guggulu, Medohar-Guggulu, Triphala (Three fruits), Trikatu (Three pungent herbs), Lashuna (Allium sativum), Psyllium (Plantago ovata), Shallaki (Boswellia serrata), Guggulu (Commiphora mukul) and Kutki (Picrorrhiza kurroa) are used to treat coronary artery disease.

Like other diseases, cardiomyopathy can be classified as primary or secondary. Primary cases are not attributable to a specific cause like high blood pressure, heart valve disease, various artery diseases, or congenital heart defects. Secondary cases do have a cause that can be identified. It is frequently associated with diseases involving other organs in addition to the heart.

Cardiomyopathy comes in three different types: dilated, hypertrophic, and restrictive. Dilated is the most common form. As such, the rest of the article will focus mainly on dilated cardiomyopathy.

The treatment course for this disease is a complete abstinence from alcohol. A restricted diet and medications will also be prescribed. The most difficult part of the treatment may be the abstinence from alcohol. If a patient has abused alcohol to the point of causing heart disease they have probably suffered with the disease of alcoholism for most of their life. It is absolutely imperative that the patient seeks treatment for alcoholism as part of their overall treatment plan.

Coronary artery infection is one of the most common types of heart conditions and thus also the biggest killer. Fat and other substances that travel in your bloodstream will combine and form plaque which sticks to the sides of your vessels. This narrows the blood flow path. If bits of plaque break down and start flowing with the blood, it will sometimes cause a blockage in the blood flow. This will cause a heart attack.

Heart health supplements and some important lifestyle changes offer promise for people in the prevention of heart disease and heart attack, and for the support of the heart and cardiovascular system if you have heart disease or have had a heart attack.

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