Heart Murmer????????

Question

Ive had heart murmer since i was born but i just thought now. Ive never really known what it is. Will it effect me when im older or anything?

Answer 1

A heart murmur is just that a heart murmur, it should not affect you much in any way. It is not audible to the human hearing, it can only be heard by your GP. You should grow out of it.  

Answer 2

Father has one, he's now 83 seems in good health

Answer 3

Most of the above answers are technically wrong.

A heart murmur is just an audible sound heard by any doctor that listens to your heart.

Doctors are trained to realize if the heart murmur is indicative of a heart problem or if it is an innocent murmur.  

If the doctor is not sure or thinks it might be, then you would get what is called an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) to find out if anything is actually wrong with your heart.

People who have innocent heart murmurs are totally fine throughout life. A heart murmur is not a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome.

Even when you have a heart murmur and it does mean something, success rates for fixing heart problems are extremely high!

If you have been diagnosed with a heart murmur, rest assured the doctor who diagnosed it that they felt in their opinion that it was a harmless murmur.

BUT- having a heart murmur that is harmless does not mean you can never get certain types of heart disease such as coronary artery disease which mainly affects people over 45.

Answer 4

Ask your Doc.

Answer 5

Usually it's not a big deal and you'll live to a ripe, old age with it. Occasionally it can develop into a problem as the valve becomes more loose.

As long as you have regular checkups to insure that nothing is getting out of whack, you should be fine.

Answer 6

I think you'll be okay. My mom had one and she had to get operated to on to fix it. She's fine now.