Question 1

how many types of heart murmurs are there?

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Murmur: Heart murmur is noise caused by turbulent blood flow in and around the heart. In timing there are systolic, diastolic and continuous murmurs. By cause there are too many to enumerate here.

Question 2

how many heart murmurs could a person have?

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Depends: There is no specific number that one may or maynot have.

Question 3

can jra cause a heart murmur?

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JRA: The inflammation from jra can cause inflammation of valves and result in a murmur.

Question 4

does a rbbb cause a heart murmur?

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Murmur: A heart murmur. A murmur is just noise. Sometimes serious problems cause a murmur many times a murmur is caused by normal flow. Patients often mistranslate what the dr. Tells them. A right bundle branch block doen't cause murmur. Some causes of murmur can cause rbbb.

Question 5

are heart murmurs common in teens?

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Yes: Many people are born with it. Many times it is benign and nothing need to be done. See a cardilogist.

Question 6

can meningitis cause a heart murmur ?

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Meningitis is an: inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord. This can be caused by viruses or bacteria. Heart murmur is a sound made by the flow of blood through the heart and through the valves. There is nothing about meningitis that will CAUSE a heart murmur. Sometimes the bacteria responsible for the Meningitis can infect the heart and cause damage which will result in a murmur but this is rare.

Question 7

does thyrotoxicosis causes heart murmurs?

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High flow: Yes, this is common.  Thyrotoxicosis increases cardiac output and the increased flow of blood can often create a "flow murmur".   Although your doctor may want to do an echo to check it out, a flow murmur from hyperthyroidism is benign and usually goes away with treatment of the thyroid.

Question 8

could heart murmurs come back after 9 years.?

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New one: You can develop a new murmur after 9 years. Moreover, some murmurs are intermittent and come and go depending on your physiology at the moment of examination.

Question 9

can u hear a heart murmur without a thesteascope?

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Sometimes: Heart murmurs are a result of turbulent blood flow through the heart. If the volume and velocity of the blood are high enough, and the chest wall is thin enough, sometimes (but rarely), a murmur can be heard without a stethoscope.

Question 10

is it normal for a toddler to have a heart murmur?

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Yes, its common: Yes, its very common for young kids to have slight heart murmurs.  Most often they are called stills murmurs or innocent murmurs and are heard simply becausea child is small and thin and the wooshing sound of the blood in the heart is easily heard.  There could be something wrong and it should be evaulated by your doctor, but most heart murmurs in kids are benign.

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