Help Please..

[Karthykn]

Hi, My mom is having a problem in heart. Doctors are saying she is having low pumping rate. They are saying she should take medications all along her life time. They are saying she shouldn’t do any work and she has to take rest and they prescribed the tablets. As they say she won’t live longer because of this disease and there is not cure for this disease. If Any of you know about this disease please let me know. Is there any surgery available or any exercise would make her better. Please help me. I want to make her live long.
Additional details about her.
She is 52 year old.
She had undergone 3 operations. One in stomach and 2 in ears.
I read somewhere in net because of excessive medications also will cause such heart disease.
She is taking medications for past 3 years.

Let me know if u need further details.

[kenkeith]

QUOTE:My mom is having a problem in heart. Doctors are saying she is having low pumping rate. They are saying she should take medications all along her life time. They are saying she shouldn’t do any work and she has to take rest and they prescribed the tablets. As they say she won’t live longer because of this disease and there is not cure for this disease "

At your mother is relatively young and she should qualify for a heart transplant if nothing else. What is happening according to your post, your mother's cardiac output is low.  This happens when the heart muscle is weak and contractions impaired.  Or the heart muscle is stiff and thickened resulting in low cardiac output. Low cardiac output can be heart failure.

Later stages of heart failure there is not enough blood pumped to meet the demand for blood/oxygen and any increased activiety results in chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, etc.

Treatment is to help the heart provide more blood/oxygen and with medication that reduces the heart's workload by dilating blood vessels for better supply and also decrease demand for blood oxygen by limiting activities.... Six years ago, my then doctor told me I needed a heart transplant.  I had had a heart attack and in heart failure mode.  At the present time, my heart functions normally and heart size has returned to normal with medication. Thanks for sharing, and don't give up.  Rest and medication can be healing, and later an exercise routine, proper diet, etc. may turn the condition around.  Take care.

[ChatterAlly]

What was the exact name of this heart disease, if you know?  I agree with Ed though.

[ed34]

It sounds like congestive heart failure (CHF) which means her heart is not working sufficiently to supply the bodys needs. Causes can be disease to heart muscle, causing it to stiffen or weaken, or diseases which cause body tissue to increase oxygen demand to a level where the heart cannot cope. I believe it can also be a result of many years of high blood pressure. CHF can go on to affect other organs in the body because the heart cannot meet their demands for oxygen. Unfortunately this is a serious condition and there is no cure. However, in many people the symptoms can be managed by the right medication and lifestyle changes.
Medications include ACE inhibitors to lower blood pressure, relax the heart and help prevent fluid build up. Diuretics which remove excess salt and fluid from the body. Cardiac glycosides to strengthen and slow the heart beat. Beta blockers to protect the heart from the sympathetic nervous system and keep it relaxed.
I am assuming that her coronary arteries are in good order, and gentle exercise does help to keep the disease controlled. Other ways to prevent worsening of the disease are no smoking, very little alcohol, good diet(low fat-high fibre), monitor blood pressure regularly, lots of rest and sleep, having a flu vaccination each year and avoiding stress as much as possible. Being overweight is also a risk.