Post by an RN: he has congestive heart failure

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43. It can go undiagnosed for decades

Most doctors are too lazy to find it, until it's very advanced, and the patient reports symptoms. They don't even bother doing the simple blood test that could alert them to the danger years in advance.

I insist on having testing every 5 years, since CHF runs rampant in my family. If one doctor won't test me, I go to another.