During my annual checkup this year my doctor detected one in my heart. Last year she said my heart was fine. But my doctor said it could just be an innocent murmur and not to worry so much about it. But I'm just curious to know if teens can have them.
2006-09-07 04:46:34 · 7 answers · asked by Bob 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Heart murmurs are actually common in children and teens. Most are 'innocent murmurs', meaning there is no structural problem with the heart. If there is concern, and echocardiogram--an ultrasound test of the heart, can show whether the murmur is caused by something abnormal in the heart.
2006-09-09 21:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, one of my family members has had one since birth. It is not dangerous to have one, and you just have to let doctor's know that you do if you are going to have surgery. A murmur can come from the incomplete closing of the valves in the heart. Sometimes people are born without one of their valves, and will live a long life. So don;t worry, and read up on the condition. THe more you know about it, the better you will feel.
2006-09-07 08:19:13 · answer #2 · answered by jalwerdt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any age is susceptible to a murmur. Usually it is something found at birth or in seniors as their heart valves start to wear out. Yours might have had a slight murmur this whole time but wasn't detectable or found till now. Many people have them and live normal lives with them too. Don't worry a bit.
2006-09-07 05:50:10 · answer #3 · answered by medicbera 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I had the same experience for my football physical. the murmr is (in my case) caused by elogated valves that permit some back-flow of blood into a chamber from which the blood has just been pumped. I was told that it was not a cause for concern.
2006-09-07 05:50:58 · answer #4 · answered by work_thenplay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i became into born with mitral valve prolapse. she is rather youthful to be clinically determined with this. i became into clinically determined on the age of sixteen. i became into informed that by the time i became into in my fourties that i might elect a valve replace. nicely, i in simple terms became fifty 3 and that i'm doing superb. she would be waiting to in basic terms would desire to be monitored by her surgeon as quickly as a 300 and sixty 5 days till she would desire to have problems with it it is uncertain with the aid of her age. the vitral valve is discovered on the left edge of the middle. the prolapse is the place the middle valve while the middle beats does not close proper permitting blood to bypass lower back up into the better chamber of the middle inflicting a murmur. the two certainly one of my grandchildren have this murmur yet have been informed that it does not unavoidably mean that it is going to likely be something undesirable as they grow previous. they're 5 and seven surprising now. for some reason it style of feels to hit women folk extra beneficial than men. while your daughter is going to the dentist ,even for a cleansing, she would be waiting to would desire to take only one anti-biotic pill for protection. so please permit her dentist comprehend approximately this conditioin once you're making her appointment. additionally if she would desire to elver would desire to have any particularly style of surgical operation the surgeon who might positioned her under for it must be counseled so as that he/she is familiar with how plenty sound asleep meds and what style of sound asleep meds are secure for her.
2016-12-12 04:14:48 · answer #5 · answered by marianna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and don't worry so much,read,learn about them.good luck..
2006-09-09 16:25:33 · answer #6 · answered by tysgrandma99 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, but it is usually genetic
2006-09-07 04:52:58 · answer #7 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋