Mylab & Masterin Quit Reading List Question 8 of 15 "My feet swell if I eat salt," says an individual who has chronic co

[answerhappygod]

Mylab Masterin Quit Reading List Question 8 Of 15 My Feet Swell If I Eat Salt Says An Individual Who Has Chronic Co 1 (39.59 KiB) Viewed 47 times

Mylab & Masterin Quit Reading List Question 8 of 15 "My feet swell if I eat salt," says an individual who has chronic compensated heart failure, "so I stopped eating it like my health care provider said, but I don't understand how salt causes swelling."What is a health care provider's best response? Salt makes your blood vessels relax, and the blood does not flow as fast, so some of it leaks into your tissues and makes swelling. Salt binds to the proteins in your blood and changes the osmotic pressure so more fluid can leak out and stay in the tissues, causing swelling. Salt holds water in your blood and makes more pressure against your blood vessels, so fluid leaks out into your tissues and makes them swell. Salt is not the problem; gravity makes more pressure down by your feet than up at the top of your body, so more fluid leaks into your tissues at your feet and they swell. Not sure Confident