Annya,
It sounds like your doctor just gave you the verdict that you do
have MVP. If the prolapse looks mild on the echo and the heart is not
being damaged by it and that is great news. You may never need the
drastic proceedures to correct anything if you take good care. I think
a big problem with you not being informed about alot of the
uncomfortable nervouse system imbalance symptoms that usually goes
with MVP is because this area has been under slow study for years
without alot of conclusions. I have had MVP for 26 years and at this
point my heart is healthy in structure and my valve still is not
showing dangerous backflow -meaning surgery to replace the valve is
not necessary. With MVP you will have palpitations or as I chose
skipped beats. If your doctor is trying to decide what area of the
heart is irritated into the skipped beats wearing an event or episodic
monitor is the best bet. A 24 hour halter usually is a waste of effort
due to the fact that most of the time the events are sneaky and
unrelible to record in 24 hours. An event monitor you can have at home
for a month and wear it when you feel symptoms to record them. There
is a connection between MVP and an autonervous system imbalance which
is now called dysautonmia. The nervous system is developed into to
parts the sympathetic and parasympathetic. The parasympathetic is the
brakes to our nerves and sympathetic is the gas petal. The link
between MVP and the nervouse system is mostly parsympathetic which is
now defined as Dysautonmia. (we have bad brakes). There are many
irritants with this caffine, stress, certain meds have interactions,
and female hormones can irritate so it is best to read up on what to
do to assist you body to handle things we can not control. I was not
that luck I now have a full time arrhythmia and maintained on
antiarrhythmic drugs for a full time electronic disturbance in my
heart. There are many natural substances that can help reduce the
symptoms (magnessium omega 3 fish oil, balance potassium and calcium,
CoQ10, good multi vitimins with a b complex, 400 to 600 units of
vitimine E a day helps in many areas and new findings on acetyl
-l-caritine show it may help repair nerve imbalances. You can also buy
a heart rate watch that will show your pulse and help you into a mild
exersize routine that can help you nervous system and heart. Drinking
lots of water daily is giving you heart the hydration it needs and
helping to incerse blood volumn so the valve has less room to flap.
Sleeping on your right side may help reduce the irritation of presure
in the vunerable area. I hope this was helpfull I wish you luck