A heart murmur is when you hear a heartbeat that is not a continuous rhythm of beat, but instead you hear whooshing and swishing. This is caused by unstable blood in or near your heart. Your doctor can hear these sounds by using a stethoscope. You can get a heart murmur at birth or it can develop later in life. A heart murmur is not a disease but can affect the cardiovascular system which may lead to heart problems.
Anyone from infant to adults can have a heart murmur. Infants and children may need to have surgery due to atrial or ventricular septal defects. If you have an innocent heart murmur or an abnormal heart murmur you most likely will not have any other signs and symptoms other than the rhythm of your heart beat. If you have a heart …show more content…
Then your family doctor will recommend you to see a cardiologist or a heart specialist to determine if you do have a heart murmur and see what steps need to be done after determine a murmur or not. To see if your murmur is innocent or abnormal your doctor will consider, how loud your heart sounds, which is rated on a scale from 1-6, with 6 being the loudest. Where in your heart is it at? What pitch is it, high, medium, or low pitch? What affects the sound? When does it occur, and for how long? Does your heart murmur happen when your heart is filling with blood or throughout the heartbeat? If it happens when your heart is filling with blood it means you have a diastolic murmur. If it happens throughout the heartbeat it means you have a continuous heart and may mean you have a heart problem. If you have a continuous heart more testes will have to be done. These testes include of chest X-ray, ECG, echocardiogram, blood test, and cardiac …show more content…
If you are a pregnant woman treatment is not required. With many heart murmurs they tend to just go away on their own as a child grows. If surgery is required you can expect to have a normal heart after the heart is repaired. Depending what condition your heart murmur is you doctor might prescribe some medication to help prevent blood clots from forming in your heart and causing a heart attack or stroke. Water pills to remove excess fluid from your body and can also help treat other conditions that can make your heart murmur worse. Your doctor also can prescribe an Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to help lower your blood pressure. With some heart murmurs you might need to take Statins which helps lower your
Anyone from infant to adults can have a heart murmur. Infants and children may need to have surgery due to atrial or ventricular septal defects. If you have an innocent heart murmur or an abnormal heart murmur you most likely will not have any other signs and symptoms other than the rhythm of your heart beat. If you have a heart …show more content…
Then your family doctor will recommend you to see a cardiologist or a heart specialist to determine if you do have a heart murmur and see what steps need to be done after determine a murmur or not. To see if your murmur is innocent or abnormal your doctor will consider, how loud your heart sounds, which is rated on a scale from 1-6, with 6 being the loudest. Where in your heart is it at? What pitch is it, high, medium, or low pitch? What affects the sound? When does it occur, and for how long? Does your heart murmur happen when your heart is filling with blood or throughout the heartbeat? If it happens when your heart is filling with blood it means you have a diastolic murmur. If it happens throughout the heartbeat it means you have a continuous heart and may mean you have a heart problem. If you have a continuous heart more testes will have to be done. These testes include of chest X-ray, ECG, echocardiogram, blood test, and cardiac …show more content…
If you are a pregnant woman treatment is not required. With many heart murmurs they tend to just go away on their own as a child grows. If surgery is required you can expect to have a normal heart after the heart is repaired. Depending what condition your heart murmur is you doctor might prescribe some medication to help prevent blood clots from forming in your heart and causing a heart attack or stroke. Water pills to remove excess fluid from your body and can also help treat other conditions that can make your heart murmur worse. Your doctor also can prescribe an Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to help lower your blood pressure. With some heart murmurs you might need to take Statins which helps lower your