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Q: Heart Murmur
asked by: Glitteringeyes on September 6th, 2006
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:cry:i used to get minor heart pains a few years ago, but up until last year, they became more frequent and the pain has gotten worse. I went to the doctor last summer and he told me for the first time that I had a heart murmur. Since then I have been to 2 different doctors. One sent me to have an echo then the second doctor had me wear a heart monitor for a week. Both test showed up "normal" for my condition. Both doctors work at the same clinic back in ontario and I now live in alberta, canada. For some reason I am not totally convinced because there are times that they get soo bad I cry. They dont last for more than 30seconds, I dont smoke anymore, I dont exercise because it only brings more stress to my heart and the doctors say that the cause is stress. My mom's cousin has a heart murmur and had heart surgery. I would like some opinons to see how I should handle the situation now. I cannot predict when I will have a heart pain and sometimes I get short of breath, heart palpitations.
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delancey
replied on September 14th, 2006
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I think that most obvious heart defects would have shown up on the echo test. Are you sure it was an echocardiogram and not an electrocardiogram (ekg) where leads are attached to your chest?
I know there are a lot of people here (including myself) who are in the same kind of situation as you. I still can't get a diagnosis of what's causing all the problems I have myself, try not to worry, things will get better for you in the end.
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Glitteringeyes
replied on September 14th, 2006
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Thank-you for replying! I now have a little book that I made a chart out of so that I can record everytime I get a heart pain. I did get sent for an echo, and I never knew how frustrating it can be that a doctor doesnt know the cause of all this heart pain. I hope something shows up, if I do decide to get more test.
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