Assertion: heart failure's body | /r/CapableOf | retain salt
Facets:
value: in an attempt
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The congestion in congestive heart failure refers to the build up of extra fluid as your body retains water and salt to increase the amount of blood in circulation.
text: The body also retains sodium and fluid in an attempt to supplement the volume of circulating blood.
text: To do this: Your body holds on to salt and water.
text: With heart failure, the weakened heart pumps less blood than usual, causing the kidneys and adrenal glands to produce chemicals that help the body to hold onto salt and water.
text: Because the body is retaining salt and water or the heart is unable to pump blood forward, water may pool in the legs and ankles, causing them to swell.
text: As a result, the kidneys may respond by causing the body to retain fluid (water) and salt.
text: This class of widely used painkillers, which includes ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), can worsen heart failure symptoms by causing the body to retain sodium and fluid.
text: This class of widely used painkillers, which includes ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), can worsen heart failure symptoms by causing the body to retain sodium and fluid.
text: To make up for not getting enough blood, the body may raise the blood pressure, hold on to salt and water and make the heart beat faster.