A patient with congestive heart failure has swollen ankles and feet. Why does this occur? Often this is accompanied by inflammation. What could be the reason for inflammation?
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If a patient is suffering from Congestive Heart Failure or commonly known as CHF,one or both of their lower chambers of heart drop their capability to pump the blood productively .Because of this the blood may back up in their ankles and feet ,leading to swelling and eventually result in inflammation or edema.
The Congestive Heart Failure give rise to the inflammation of skeletal muscles.The CHF-elevated serum cytokine measures( mainly TNF-α ) are related with enhanced local inflammation in skeletal muscle.
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