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My father has congestive heart disease and is now on dialysis. How strenuous is this to his heart


My father has congestive heart disease and is now on dialysis. How strenuous is this to his heart?
The doctors say his heart is weak. He has had 2 treatments and is very tired and will not eat much. What is the prognosis if any/
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Your father's main problem is congestive heart failure. Kidney disease can be (and usually is) caused by many different things. There is a good chance that the congestive heart failure is worsening the kidney failure and the kidney failure is worsening the congestive heart failure. Dialysis should actually help his heart and overall health. It is notoriously difficult to give a prognosis with these diseases since the course varies for everybody. Nonetheless, I think it would be important to do end of life planning at this point, if not already done


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