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3 Responses to “Is it possible to develop a heart murmur over time, and if so, what can cause that to happen?”

1. Niclas, on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:54 am Said:

   There are many causes. According to what kind of heart murmur to you there are different causes. If you are not born with a septal defect in your heart, it 's probably the problem of the valve that caused the murmur. Pu? be mitral stenosis / tricuspid / aortic / pulmonary / regurgitation. Can be differentiated by the nature of the murmur. For example, if it 'systolic or diastolic murmur of s. The murmur of Pansystolic heard all'apex that radiates to the axilla suggest a Mitral Regurgitation. A complete history, physical examination and a search including echocardiogram would help too. The common etiology of these defects include changes válvula degeneranti, the endocarditis, the rheumatic heart disease, the ischemic heart disease, etc..

2. Margarita T, on June 6th, 2009 at 4:34 am Said:

   The valves of the heart get hard with atherosclerosis. Murmurs of causes. Infection of heart valves, or rupture of the strings that keep the (very rare).

3. Belliger, on June 8th, 2009 at 10:24 pm Said:

   Hello, Addresses start with if some background stuff, - — The murmurs of the heart are clearly important if they are some form of heart disease or some altered function of the heart. Are you doing the important distinction between 'congenital' heart disease (which it was born with) and 'acquired' heart disease (which is developed during life). The murmurs of the heart of the one or the other origin, are 'extra' noise that you hear with a stethoscope to the front of the box, like you say. They have a 'prolonged' quality to them - - even if they can then be described as' long 'or' short 'murmurs usually, - - and also a' rushing 'or' wooshing 'quality to them. I 'd Gradica remind him that the 4' heart valve noises' heard normally, the 'famous; lub - dubbing,' - - is the sound of these valves snap closed. The opening of the valves is normally very calm, not producing audible sound and the flow of blood through them is also Inaudible. ENDORSEMENTS then - - the idea of the 4 heart valves that allow unidirectional flow-only soul. When closed pop, that would isolate the flow of blood and prevent the soul that was just pumped, casting back to where you came from. If for any reason the valves are 'incapable of believing,' which allows a degree of soul back coli after the valve closes, or 'regurgitate' because the doctors have. This is an abnormal, soul-turbulent flow and generates the sound described as' murmur '. So for each valve is the murmur of: (1) mitral valve regurgitation, (2) tricuspid valve regurgitation, (3) aortic valve regurgitation, and (4) pulmonary valve regurgitation. The opposite of this also produces a murmur of the valve. If valve-leaves are attached together for whatever reason, - - o 'stenotic' Gradica as doctors say, - - the passage of blood through them, when you open, it is no longer silent, but a prolonged turbulent sound called a murmur. Then the murmurs of (1) mitral valve stenosis, (2) tricuspid valve stenosis, (3) stenosis of the aortic valve, (4) pulmonary valve stenosis. In general these stenotic and regurgitant, valve murmurs are the main types of heart murmurs and are widely purchased a faulty heart valve in question. By far and away the most common cause of damage of the valve of the heart, when I was a medical student in late 1960 's, - - was' rheumatic heart disease,' caused by contracting rheumatic fever. This is virtually unknown today. It 's so that valves can be transformed into in' up 'stuck, with deposits of cholesterol and this is what the previous answerer was reported as atherosclerosis of valves. This could lead to stenotic, or sometimes regurgitant, murmurs. Another cause is modern 'bacterial endocarditis his acute-,' - - I 'm afraid no common name, - - ( 'SABE'), - - which is essentially an inflammation of the lining of the heart, caused by an infection of the germ, which is to be carried around in spirit and decides to 'development shop 'in the heart. This inflammation can damage the valves. Also more modern - - using intravenous drugs can cause heart murmurs (not something I'm implying) because many outraged drugs reduce the break bread and try to dissolve, prior to the resulting solution. The salts can then be 'from solution' in the body and the rubber on the valves of the heart. I think you should ask this murmur to be clarified. There is something as' innocent 'murmur of the heart, where a murmur is not a structural problem, but the soul-turbulent noise is caused by such things as real soul-high-flow rates, (competitive athletes, for example ). If it is an 'innocent' (also known as' functional ') the murmur, there is the problem. However, it was that I would have liked to eliminate SABE significant and arteriosclerosis. That 's because there are treatments - - antibiotics for SABE and' Statin 'bread to reduce atherosclerosis. I should draw your attention to another phenomenon, that are 'observer error'. A very soft, (or 'level one' - - 5 degrees, which are classifies 5) murmur stronger, may be indicated by a doctor but not be detected at all by another. Generally stronger than the murmur, the more turbulent flow problem somewhere inside the heart and thus the more serious problem - - it 'grade one' i murmurs also tend to be those guilty or not functional. I suggest you return to your doctor and ask, 'But you can hear? 'If you can, I suggest to ask to refer to a' cardiologist '. Also, maybe ask to measure your heart-fat levels (blood tests). I hope this is of some help and clarify the subject a bit. Best wishes, Belligerence (gp pensioner of the United Kingdom)