Question 1

what's a heart murmur?

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Noise: It's a subjective finding of noise in a heart by stethoscope. Some murmurs are physiologically normal and others require further evaluation by echocardiogram.

Question 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

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.

Question 7

what are the symptoms of a heart murmur that make mvp?

Accepted Answer

Variable: Mvp can lead to mitral regurgitation  and this causes a murmur. Symptoms are variable, depending on the severity. Mvp most commonly is asymptomatic but sometimes causes palpitations. If you are having any symptoms, you should have an echocardiogram to evaluate the valve and severity.

Question 8

how could a heart murmur in a 22 year old go undetected?

Accepted Answer

Murmur: If the murmur was just heard recently, it may not have been present for very long. That fact that you have a murmur now does not mean you had a murmur last year. Do you have heart disease, or an innocent murmur?

Question 9

whats the difference between a heart murmur and arrythmia?

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Very different.: A murmur is an audible sound, usually comming from a valve (s).  Arrythmia is an irregular heart rhythm.

Question 10

what is a grade 2/6 systolic heart murmur? is it treatable?

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Refers to the volume: a grade 1 murmur you can barely hear
a grade 2 murmur is obvious
a grade 3 murmur is louder
a grade 4 murmur you can hear and feel it rumble on the chest
a grade 5 murmur you can hear with just the rim of the stethoscope touching the chest
a grade 6 murmur you can hear with the stethoscope off the chest

the specfic treatment depends upon what is causing the murmur -

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