Most patients diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse have no symptoms. Some patients may have non-specific symptoms like slight pain in the chest, palpitations, breathing problems, slight fatigue, and disturbances in the heart rhythm. Symptoms become more present as the level of mitral regurgitation is higher. Mitral regurgitation is an expected complication of a prolapse of the mitral valve. Your symptoms could be due to your heart condition. But the examinations you’ve done (blood tests, urine tests and chest X-rays) are not enough to estimate the level of mitral regurgitation, if present. Blood and urine tests don't indicate this and a chest X-ray is valuable only in cases of high levels of mitral regurgitation. The most useful diagnostic procedure in your case is a heart ultrasound (echocardiography). A holter ECG is also useful for detecting any heart arrhythmias if present.
People with heart valvular anomalies are vulnerable to infective endocarditis, so you can treat any local infection if present (bad tooth, sinuses, tonsils etc.) and usually use antibiotic prophylaxis.
You can request expert help from a cardiologist for proper diagnostic and treatment.
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