Heart murmurs are constantly diagnosed in people, but what do heart murmurs do? Does it harm the host? It all depends on the type. From there, we dig deeper.
According to http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1999-08/933633819.Me.r.html, Heart murmur is the sound that is made because the blood passing through the heart’s valves and chambers make a sound. Sometimes, the valve doesn’t open entirely, and the blood goes back to the chamber it just left. When that happens, it makes a swishing noise, making it easy to find. Generally, heart murmurs are not exactly dangerous, unless it is abnormal. Abnormal heart murmur is caused, in children, by congenital heart disease. Adults may get it as well by heart valve problems. People do not naturally …show more content…
In a large number of children, most of them would have a heart murmur. Nearly twenty five thousand babies are born with heart murmur. In America, around four million babies are born. That means that less than a quarter of children are born with heart murmur. However, the chance of them being born with something dangerous is even lower than that. Even more rare than that is the chance of them dying. Maybe one in a million children die because of it. That’s nearly four a …show more content…
So, it’s rare that children needs surgery. After heart surgery, you may seem pale and puffy, but that is normal. Medication will be necessary for recovering. If your family visits, make sure they calm down, so their nerves aren’t on edge. Also, make sure they eat and get the normal amount of rest.
Naturally, one can do without medication for heart murmur. http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-murmur-causes-treatments and http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@hcm/documents/downloadable/ucm_300445.pdf Tells us that most heal over time, so there’s not much worry about that. Some are not to worry about. But on the occasion that you do need to worry about it, surgery and medication are needed. Sometimes, medication can get the job done. However, that won’t cut it for all of them. People don’t regularly die or get hurt from these procedures.
I’ve personally had heart murmur, and it wasn’t much of a bother. The most I had to do for it is to go to a doctor every four years. When there, all they would do is check my heart and see how it’s growing. I was born with a hole in my heart, but it has been shrinking and shrinking. Soon, it may go
According to http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1999-08/933633819.Me.r.html, Heart murmur is the sound that is made because the blood passing through the heart’s valves and chambers make a sound. Sometimes, the valve doesn’t open entirely, and the blood goes back to the chamber it just left. When that happens, it makes a swishing noise, making it easy to find. Generally, heart murmurs are not exactly dangerous, unless it is abnormal. Abnormal heart murmur is caused, in children, by congenital heart disease. Adults may get it as well by heart valve problems. People do not naturally …show more content…
In a large number of children, most of them would have a heart murmur. Nearly twenty five thousand babies are born with heart murmur. In America, around four million babies are born. That means that less than a quarter of children are born with heart murmur. However, the chance of them being born with something dangerous is even lower than that. Even more rare than that is the chance of them dying. Maybe one in a million children die because of it. That’s nearly four a …show more content…
So, it’s rare that children needs surgery. After heart surgery, you may seem pale and puffy, but that is normal. Medication will be necessary for recovering. If your family visits, make sure they calm down, so their nerves aren’t on edge. Also, make sure they eat and get the normal amount of rest.
Naturally, one can do without medication for heart murmur. http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-murmur-causes-treatments and http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@hcm/documents/downloadable/ucm_300445.pdf Tells us that most heal over time, so there’s not much worry about that. Some are not to worry about. But on the occasion that you do need to worry about it, surgery and medication are needed. Sometimes, medication can get the job done. However, that won’t cut it for all of them. People don’t regularly die or get hurt from these procedures.
I’ve personally had heart murmur, and it wasn’t much of a bother. The most I had to do for it is to go to a doctor every four years. When there, all they would do is check my heart and see how it’s growing. I was born with a hole in my heart, but it has been shrinking and shrinking. Soon, it may go