Actually the doctor heard the murmer on the stethescope, but on the
echo it was not diagnosed, but the echo I had 6 years ago it was
diagnosed. I asked the doc how can that be and he told me the
criteria for diagnosing mvp has changed. They don't diagnose it for
mild regurgitation anymore. Strange eh.

Annya





--- In mvpandmvpssupport@yahoogroups.com, "Lisa"
<msmerlinsmagic@y...> wrote:
> 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