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Heart Problems?
- Thread starter anonymous
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Hi Caitlin
My daughter had a irregular heartbeat and used to go very blue on her upper lip, especially when she was upset. They did a hear sonar and found that one heart valve was'nt closing properly and that her heart was working at 29% capacity. She was put on heart meds and within 4 month's she stopped getting lung infections and within 2 years she stopped the meds.
Now she is fine and only takes enzymes.
Joanne mom of Monique 20wcf
My daughter had a irregular heartbeat and used to go very blue on her upper lip, especially when she was upset. They did a hear sonar and found that one heart valve was'nt closing properly and that her heart was working at 29% capacity. She was put on heart meds and within 4 month's she stopped getting lung infections and within 2 years she stopped the meds.
Now she is fine and only takes enzymes.
Joanne mom of Monique 20wcf
Hi Caitlin,
I have a mitral valve prolapse ( heart murmur). I also notice every now and then my heart ships a beat, its an odd feeling. It's kind of odd that i never had the heart murmur till about 2 years after i got diabetes ( 25 years ago). But i guess everything has a starting point. The doctor isnt worried about it, since thank God it isnt a problem for me. The way it was discovered is because i could feel my heart skipping a beat here and then and went to the doctor and she sent me for an ekg ( i've had many of these since then) and it showed nothing wrong. Then when she listened to my heart she didnt hear anything abnormal and asked me to do about 10 jumping jacks. I was like.............what?????????
She told me if there was a problem she should hear it afterwards, and sure enough she heard the murmur right after the jumping jacks. She said it was not a bad one and as long as things are under control it's nothing to worry about. That was when i was about 19 or so. Sometimes my Doctor can hear it and sometimes he cant these days, which i guess is good, because it has stayed "quiet" so to speak.
I have a mitral valve prolapse ( heart murmur). I also notice every now and then my heart ships a beat, its an odd feeling. It's kind of odd that i never had the heart murmur till about 2 years after i got diabetes ( 25 years ago). But i guess everything has a starting point. The doctor isnt worried about it, since thank God it isnt a problem for me. The way it was discovered is because i could feel my heart skipping a beat here and then and went to the doctor and she sent me for an ekg ( i've had many of these since then) and it showed nothing wrong. Then when she listened to my heart she didnt hear anything abnormal and asked me to do about 10 jumping jacks. I was like.............what?????????
She told me if there was a problem she should hear it afterwards, and sure enough she heard the murmur right after the jumping jacks. She said it was not a bad one and as long as things are under control it's nothing to worry about. That was when i was about 19 or so. Sometimes my Doctor can hear it and sometimes he cant these days, which i guess is good, because it has stayed "quiet" so to speak.
thelizardqueen
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I have an irregular heatbeat. I didn't find out till last year when I was admitted into hospital for a kidney infection.
thats interesting diane. one time i was at emergency just wanting to get my sats checked and although they were reasonable the nurse was freaked out by my fast heart rate [which is normal for me]. she kept insisting i go through to a bed so to shut her up i just went there. the nurse at the bed area checked my pulse and she said i had a beat missing. she freaked out, did an ecg but it showed nothing!? perhaps if i did jumping jacks it may have come back lol!
I have what docs call SVT or supraventricular tachycardia, have had it since my early twenties. For the longest time prior to my diagnosis, the docs thought it was all stress, I was young had kids and was going to school so that was the reason. Well, he took me seriously when I passed out right in front of him with a heart rate of 180!LOL! Ablation was considered, but the docs found a good combination of drugs that supressed my rhythms, I am on Verapamil...been on alot of beta blockers in the past as well as other meds such as Cardizem, but verapamil worked the best for me. Those with arrythmias, did they act up more when your breathing was worse? Mine did, I was stable for almost 10 years with arrythmias until my respiratory status changed and then it was hell all over again, but I think it was because my oxygen levels were getting too low and putting too much strain on my heart. I even became bradycardic, heart rate of 40 during exercise, but I also had an oxygen saturation of 68% when the tech checked me at rehab...scared the hell right out of them as well as for me too. But I will say, since the ventilator, I have had no palpitations and the verapamil has been controlling my arrythmias just fine. Hugs to all, Jenn <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
If you are referring to ablation, it is a procedure that involves high frequency radio signals. The doc threads a catheter up into the heart and basically tries to replicate the rhythm that is giving the patient a problem. Once the area or areas have been located, the doc then "ablates" the area with the high freq. radio signals to prevent the rhythm from acting up again. Since the docs were able to control my rhythm, that step wasn't required in my case. It is basically like a fancy cardiac catheteriztion. Hope it helps Jenn <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
i never had a heart problem untill a year ago..Christmas of 2004 actually..my port a cath got infected..and the infection went into my heart,and it caused me to develop a heart mumur because of that..they say its a very slight mumur...you would never know it's there unless u were told
*kerri..20 years old with CF,Diabetes,Arthrits,Asthma,Adhd & a lovely heart mumur
*kerri..20 years old with CF,Diabetes,Arthrits,Asthma,Adhd & a lovely heart mumur
Nahhh, no such thing as dumbness! A hole in the heart can certainly cause a murmur, there are many types of murmurs, some are innocent and don't need any treatment, but then there are some that do need surgical intervention, like when a valve becomes so damaged, the blood doesn't flow the right direction and the heart isn't functioning correctly and needs to be replaced. When you listen to someone's chest with a sthethascope, you can actually tell where the murmur is and if you've got really good ears, what type as well. If there is a hole in the heart, like in an atrial septal defect, that murmur will be heard and believe me, it has a very distinct sound. Also what is interesting is that murmurs have different sounds, depending on what valve and what type of damage is done. I have heard murmurs so loud that I didn't even need a stethascope! I honestly could hear one patient's murmur at his bedside without a stethascope. He had very severe valve damage and needed a replacement. Heart arrythmia can certainly result from a damaged valve, mitral valve prolapse is famous for inducing the type of arrythmia I suffer from, supraventricular tachycardia....I also have a mild murmur, only a few docs have been able to pick it up, including my cardiologist. Hope I have helped..Jenn <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Your welcome...must be that 'ol ICU nurse in me...I guess once a nurse, always a nurse LOL! I haven't been a nurse for 3 years now, but I stil read alot, probably more now than I ever did when I was a nurse, probably because now I have the time to LOL! Hugs, Jenn <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">