heart murmur

Heart murmur is basically an extrasound is heard/generated when the heart pumps. Benign in medicine means not serious/not concerning. Probably about 60% of young children have some murmur during the first decade of life because of the rapid changes in the heart as they grow. So, if doc said benign heart murmur, that is something NOT to worry. If u are still concerned, consult doc. Good luck

Typically a systolic flow murmur in a younger patient that has no clinical significance. In order to classify as benign an echocardiogram is performed

90% pregnant women have a soft systolic murmurs without any consequences. Now, if the murmur is diastolic type, the recommendation is to investigate with 2D echocardiogram to r/o disease.

If I examine an infant soon after birth I willhear a heart murmur in most.It will usuallly disappear within a day or two.If you don't have a heart murmur now that represents a heart issue, there is no reason to limit your life of physical activities.Many kids can have an inocent murmur as older kids that also has no importance.Clarify the issue with your doc.

work up sounds normal by your description. No further evaluation is needed. No cause for concern.

it is certainly possible to have a murmur that changes with position; an innocent pediatric murmur often will change with position. you may want to have a second opinion.

Several cardiac auscultation maneuvers make quiet murmurs louder or bring out intermittent ones. One is kneeling on hands & knees (pts think you are kidding or nuts...until you find the murmur.) I forget which valve sound that enhances, but someone here will tag on that I am sure. Prone is same basic position, just harder to get stethescope under. (RN=2-4yrs, Cardiology=4+3+2or3yrs). See Cardiol.

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

A heart murmur is a finding on physical examination, not a disease. If you have severe heart disease that puts you at risk for death, you may have a murmur related to the heart problem, but you die from the heart problem, not from the murmur.

A murmur is a noise caused by turbulent flow in a vessel or the heart. Anemia often causes an increased heart rate which can cause a murmur. Abnormal valves or connections between chambers can also cause murmur

Most heart murmurs are benign. Functional murmurs are those that relate to turbulent flow through normal valves. Anyone of us can have a murmur. Some murmurs are related to mild or moderate leaking across valves and do not need any immediate attention. However, other murmurs are more serious and related to serious narorwing or leaking of valves. Some relate to holes in heart such as VSD's

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.

A heart murmur is any extra sound that the blood makes flowing in the heart, including both abnormal sounds caused by heart problems (pathological murmurs) as well as a number of perfectly normal sounds (innocent murmurs). About 40% of children have innocent murmurs, and about 1% of children have heart problems (most of which are minor).