I had gone to the doctor approx. 5 years before, because while i was still in high school, while walking to class both of my calf muscles seized up and i was having a difficult time walking. by the time i had made it to class my left arm and my chest also had sharp stabbing pain. when i went to the doctors she did a blood test and a chest ex-ray and told me i was fine.last year had gone to the doctors after feeling like i was having a difficult time breezing. it would feel like someone was sitting on my chest,and was have a lot of palpitations .. I was diagnosed with a heart murmur, described as \"one of my valves not closing properly\" , I was also told that my cholesterol was fine,But I was recently told by a customer of mine that there are degrees of heart murmurs. so my question is it is true and should my doctor have told me that? and i also wanted to know if my earlier episode could have been caused by my murmur and if it could be a sign of something more serious.
Hello and thanks for writing. I can understand your concern and would try to help you in the best possible way. I believe your physician would have shared if anything serious was going on with you. Yes there are various degrees of heart murmurs and some are more or less silent and others may be serious. It also depends upon which valve is affected and to what degree. Usually these things are quantified by an echocardiography and further treatment is planned. You may consult your doctor and go in for it if you haven't already. If you have undergone that and no significant abnormality has been detected then you may relax.