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Suggest Cause For Heart Pain In Children
Hello, my 8 year old daughter says her heart hurts sometimes, she says it feels like pinches and it lasts for few seconds. sometimes it happenes while she is playing, sometimes she is just laying down. what could it be? btw. she is otherwise healthy and fit.
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi....by what you quote I feel that your daughter might be having a mitral valve prolapse (MVP) or a bicuspid aortic valve (AV) of the heart. Both these conditions can present with similar symptoms. But you need not panic. These conditions di more warrant any urgent treatment or surgery. Sometimes we may need to use antibiotics before some dental procedure (if at all). So I suggest you get a cardiologist consultation and also get an echo of heart done.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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