Editing Heart failure (section)

====Lifestyle====
Behavior modification is a primary consideration in chronic heart failure management programs, with [[dietary guidelines]] regarding [[Drinking water|fluid]] and [[Sodium chloride|salt]] intake.<ref name="hf-prevention lifestyle">{{cite web |url=http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartFailure/PreventionTreatmentofHeartFailure/Lifestyle-Changes-for-Heart-Failure_UCM_306341_Article.jsp |title=Lifestyle Changes for Heart Failure |publisher=[[American Heart Association]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503123439/http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartFailure/PreventionTreatmentofHeartFailure/Lifestyle-Changes-for-Heart-Failure_UCM_306341_Article.jsp |archive-date=3 May 2015 }}</ref> Fluid restriction is important to reduce fluid retention in the body and to correct the hyponatremic status of the body.<ref name="US cardiology 2008"/> The evidence of the benefit of reducing salt, however, is poor as of 2018.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Mahtani KR, Heneghan C, Onakpoya I, Tierney S, Aronson JK, Roberts N, Hobbs FD, Nunan D | title = Reduced Salt Intake for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review | journal = JAMA Internal Medicine | volume = 178 | issue = 12 | pages = 1693–1700 | date = November 2018 | pmid = 30398532 | doi = 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4673 | s2cid = 53241717 | pmc = 6422065 }}</ref> Thirst is a common and burdensome symptom for patients to cope with. Chewing gum is an effective intervention to relieve thirst in patients experiencing heart failure, although patient acceptability remains an issue.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Allida |first1=Sabine M. |last2=Shehab |first2=Sajad |last3=Inglis |first3=Sally C. |last4=Davidson |first4=Patricia M. |last5=Hayward |first5=Christopher S. |last6=Newton |first6=Phillip J. |date=April 2021 |title=A RandomisEd ControLled TrIal of ChEwing Gum to RelieVE Thirst in Chronic Heart Failure (RELIEVE-CHF) |url=https://www.heartlungcirc.org/article/S1443-9506(20)30480-7/fulltext |journal=Heart, Lung and Circulation |language=English |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=516–524 |doi=10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.004 |pmid=33032897 |hdl=10453/146390 |issn=1443-9506 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115093428/https://www.heartlungcirc.org/article/S1443-9506(20)30480-7/fulltext |archive-date=15 November 2023 |access-date=15 November 2023 |url-status=live |hdl-access=free }}</ref>