How to deal with heart valve murmurs?

Heart disease is a common disease problem in modern life. The various troubles caused by heart disease put great pressure on people's healthy lives. Therefore, people should pay attention to protecting their hearts in life. When heart problems occur, they must be dealt with promptly. For example, heart valve murmurs are a common symptom. So, how do you deal with heart valve murmurs? Let’s take a look at the relevant explanations below.

Heart murmur refers to the abnormal sound produced by the vibration of ventricular walls, valves or blood vessels due to turbulence of blood in the heart or blood vessels when the heart contracts or relaxes, in addition to heart sounds and extra heart sounds. It is a noise with different frequencies, intensities and long duration. Heart murmurs can be seen in healthy people, but are more common in patients with cardiovascular disease. Certain murmurs are the main basis for diagnosing heart disease. For example, a mid-diastolic and pre-systolic increasing rumbling murmur in the apex area can be diagnosed as mitral stenosis.

Normal blood flow is in a laminar state and does not make any sound. When the blood flow accelerates, abnormal blood flow channels or blood flow diameters, and changes in blood viscosity can cause the laminar flow to turn into turbulent flow, or vortices that impact the heart wall, large blood vessel walls, valves, chordae tendineae, etc., causing them to vibrate and produce noise in the corresponding parts.

Treatment principles for heart valve murmurs:

1. If you find a heart murmur, you should go to the hospital regularly for check-ups to find out the nature of the murmur. If it is physiological, there is no need to worry about it.

2. If the murmur is suspected to be pathological, it is necessary to determine whether there is organic heart disease and to provide timely treatment based on the cause.

3. People with pathological murmurs caused by congenital heart disease or rheumatic heart disease should limit physical activities to prevent heart failure and serious arrhythmias. They should also consult a doctor to determine whether there are any indications for surgical repair or valve replacement.

4. Patients with murmurs such as congenital heart disease, rheumatic heart disease or mitral valve prolapse should be given prophylactic antibiotics before tooth extraction.