MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE MAIN-PAGE
PAGE INTRO: Mitral Valve Prolapse is a heart mumur found commonly in the general public and can cause heart palpitations, orthostatic hypotension (dizziness upon standing) and anxiety/panic symptoms. Medical Research studies have found it to be even more common in thyroid patients, especially those with the autoimmune type thyroid diseases. Many people with MVP do not experience symptoms while those who do are termed as having "MVP-Syndrome". The condition can also cause an imbalance in the "involuntary nervous system" (dysautonomia) and has been mistakenly identified as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in some patients who have it. -Jim Lowrance-
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H. W. female – FL Mitral Valve Prolapse after Thyroid Problems
Back in my childhood I had a heart murmur but the doctor who found it said it didn’t sound serious and that I would likely outgrow it. I always had palpitations and funny, fluttery heart beats in my chest but when I became hyperthyroid at age 41 from Grave’s Disease the heart flutters starting getting severe and frightening because they were happening about every third or fourth beat of my heart. My doctor ordered blood panels and found I had Grave’s Disease and mild hyperthyroidism. I’ve been fortunate because mine was successfully controlled through anti-thyroid medication and so far I’m not needing my thyroid removed or killed off with radiation. I was also sent for a heart ultrasound and they found Mitral Valve Prolapse which was the cause of my heart murmur symptoms. My hyperthyroid symptoms are much better but the heart skips are there about a third of the time and can become worse if I drink alcohol or too much caffeinated foods and beverages. I also get very dizzy and feel faint when I rise from sitting down and I get really short of breath and very tired when I exercise beyond short walks. I’m on a betablocker blood pressure control drug which helps with a lot of this. My doctor says I may never have to have my thyroid removed but that most people do end up having it done because the hyperthyroidism tends to return and becomes hard to control with drugs alone. I hope in my case this doesn’t happen but will keep getting scheduled check ups so that any sign of more hyperthyroidism is hopefully stopped before reaching a point of my needing another procedure done.
Jim Lowrance ARTICLE HERE>> Are Doctors Listening to their Patients?
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M.H. Male - OR Heart Fluttering with MVP
I have the Mitral Valve Prolapse heart murmur you have been writing about Jim! My doctor found it after I went to see him suffering with my heart fluttering and skipping. I had experienced irregular heart beats for many years but the day it became severe for me was a day I returned home from a bicycle ride. I was riding on a trial with my daughter strapped in a booster seat on the back and I became unusually out of breath. When I stopped to rest I noticed my heart was beating at an incredible speed which scared the daylights out of me. It’s not unusual for me to get my heart rate to about 160 or 170 when I’m going max speed but on this day I was peddling only about mid speed and my heart was beating at least 200 BPM. Once I rested for a while it slowed to about 80 BPM but started skipping and fluttering about every third beat, so my fear continued and I made an appointment to see my GP doctor. I was lucky that there was a cancellation by someone whose appointment I was able to be worked into.
Jim Lowrance - Autoimmune Thyroid Disease and Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome
Interestingly a heart murmur was detected in me as a teen in the 1970s and they diagnosed it at a cardiologist's office as Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome (a potentially serious type of heart murmur) but 20 years later at age 38 I had a new Cardiologist rule out my ever having WPWS. I only had an EKG done by the new Doc and Mitral Valve Prolapse is usually only detected by echocardiogram (similar to ultrasound), which I didn't request. I knew nothing about MVP at the time but after search online, I realized it was what I had all those years and still have to this day. It in fact worsened to some degree with thyroid disease. I at times think my CFS (chronic Fatigue Syndrome) diagnosis also has MVPS (MVP-Syndrome-symptoms present) as the cause. Keep in mind if you have dental work done, your Dentist needs to place you on antibiotics for a week or so before having any dental work done. This is because with MVP you are at higher risk for infection and inflammation developing in and around your heart (carditis).
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