Case Study Mr. Bill Wins is a 72-year-old man who has been diagnosed with CHF (Congestive Heart Failure). He is a middle-class man with a fairly broad educational background

Case Study

Mr. Bill Wins is a 72-year-old man who has been diagnosed with CHF (Congestive Heart Failure). He is a middle-class man with a fairly broad educational background. He is a college graduate and has managed his own business for 30 years. He asks you to explain his condition to him and his wife.

Questions

How would you explain CHF to them? He wants to know why he is short of breath at times and why he has edema in his ankles in the evenings. Why did his physician order a low sodium diet? Refences the sources