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Suggest Treatment For Heart Murmurs With MVP

Hi, Im 21 now but around the age of 15 my heart started to race badley my doctor heard a sound like a heart murmur that she had not heard before she sent me to a cardiologist they did a ultra sound he said it was like a mitral valve prolapse and if i felt very tired or sudden pain to go to the er that the hole might have gotten bigger. i have had heart racing threw the years but not bad, but the last 4 weeks I have had like heart flutters 3 and 4 times a week even waking me up in the night also had some pain on the left side under my arm. I went to the doctor and they are doing blood work T3 T4 and so on what will this tell them



Mon, 21 Sep 2015
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Hello and thank you for using HCM. I carefully read your question and i understand your concern. You should not worry.
A mitral valve prolaps is quite normal in females. It is an anatomic variation of the mitral valve leaflet.It is advisable that if you feel any symptom you should chek your self with an echo-cardiography, because in some cases with passing of time these abnormal leaflets might lead to mitral regurgitation. This means that your valve might leak a little beat.
It is quite known in cardiology that femails with prolapse experience heart palpitations but that are not serious. But it is always advisable to chek for possible causes.
Someone might experience heart palpitations for different reasons. Sometimes some problems like anemia, hyperthyroidism cause tachycardia and this kind of palpitations.
This is why your doctors are doing your thyroid hormones to exclude a possible problem.
I would advise all sow a holter monitoring to see what happen with your rhythm. It might be nothing.
So, don't worry and just do this simple chek up.
Hope I was helpful. Best regards

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Suggest Treatment For Heart Murmurs With MVP

Hello and thank you for using HCM. I carefully read your question and i understand your concern. You should not worry. A mitral valve prolaps is quite normal in females. It is an anatomic variation of the mitral valve leaflet.It is advisable that if you feel any symptom you should chek your self with an echo-cardiography, because in some cases with passing of time these abnormal leaflets might lead to mitral regurgitation. This means that your valve might leak a little beat. It is quite known in cardiology that femails with prolapse experience heart palpitations but that are not serious. But it is always advisable to chek for possible causes. Someone might experience heart palpitations for different reasons. Sometimes some problems like anemia, hyperthyroidism cause tachycardia and this kind of palpitations. This is why your doctors are doing your thyroid hormones to exclude a possible problem. I would advise all sow a holter monitoring to see what happen with your rhythm. It might be nothing. So, don t worry and just do this simple chek up. Hope I was helpful. Best regards