Heart Valve Disease

r00fie1

r00fie1

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Can anyone continue regular high-intensity-exercise [like indoor cycle-training] when diagnosed with this issue?
 
My wife has a slight hole in valve on the right side. She does strength and functional training (like CrossFit) and doctor currently said it’s fine


But each individual case depends on the individual and what the dynamics of the heart are. Your consultant should review it with you once you had an mri
 
Roofie, I think the advice to speak to a cardiologist is sound.

There are different types of heart valve disease. There are 4 different valves, any of them could be the affected one, they can have difficulty open (stenosis) or closing (regurgitation), and the severity of stenosis or regurgitation can vary to a large degree. In short, "heart valve disease" is too broad to know; If in doubt, don't do it until you've seen a specialist.
 
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Frozen Horse said:
Roofie, I think the advice to speak to a cardiologist is sound.

There are different types of heart valve disease. There are 4 different valves, any of them could be the affected one, they can have difficulty open (stenosis) or closing (regurgitation), and the severity of stenosis or regurgitation can vary to a large degree. In short, "heart valve disease" is too broad to know; If in doubt, don't do it until you've seen a specialist.
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Yes.
I`m aware of that, but just interested to see if anyone else has found no problems with exercise considering any heart condition.
I worked once with an ex RN chap, who had a heart attack, but returned to work and found it too much.
On the other hand, I know a guy who was a veteran runner into his 80`s, 20 years after a heart by-pass operation.
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I think, but don’t know (because I have no medical knowledge) that if you are routinely exercising you can continue doing what your body is comfortable doing. As you get older you will inevitably have to taper off eventually.
Use it or lose it.
Obviously listen to what your body is telling you and forget PBs.
 
I had no idea that I had a blood pressure problem, but everything seemed to be stressful and I was getting easily agitated, I even fell out with people - and I’m not the kind to do that.
It was my blood pressure.
Now I need tablets but am myself, if slightly forgetful- which is new. I put that down to not feeling so driven all of the time.
 
r00fie1 said:
Yes.
I`m aware of that, but just interested to see if anyone else has found no problems with exercise considering any heart condition.
I worked once with an ex RN chap, who had a heart attack, but returned to work and found it too much.
On the other hand, I know a guy who was a veteran runner into his 80`s, 20 years after a heart by-pass operation.
(y)
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That's an example of why our advice won't be super helpful. The correct answer is 'It depends ...'.
 
JackG said:
That's an example of why our advice won't be super helpful. The correct answer is 'It depends ...'.
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I`m talking generally, not about specifics. People cope with heart issues and it would be useful to share.
We dont have the same problem discussing mental health [which happens regularly on here] - which can be as fatal as heart problems.
 
Hap said:
I had no idea that I had a blood pressure problem, but everything seemed to be stressful and I was getting easily agitated, I even fell out with people - and I’m not the kind to do that.
It was my blood pressure.
Now I need tablets but am myself, if slightly forgetful- which is new. I put that down to not feeling so driven all of the time.
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I`d never taken any meds regards BP, Cholesterol, Lipid levels, then ended up taking five different prescriptions morning and night, such that I now need blister packs and carry an emergency meds card if anything happens! Crazy. There's a few other tabs for different things. Its a shock when you suddenly find a large part of your day revolves around medication, etc, etc.
 
I don’t know why people are having a pop about you asking on here, definitely run it by a professional but not everything they tell you is gospel. For decades the NHS told anyone who developed type 2 diabetes that it was progressive and would eventually end up with the patient needing insulin injections, but to slow progression they should eat a balanced diet with lots of healthy carbs. This advice was the complete opposite to what Germany and other countries said, they told people the disease was reversible and could be put in remission through weight loss and eating a low carb diet. Fast forward to now and what do you know, the NHS says the same thing. Don’t even get me started on the NHS when it comes to treating low testosterone, they haven’t got a clue on how it works

Sorry for the rant but I understand why you’d seek alternative opinions, of course you should always listen to a qualified professional but in my experience, you have to be your own doctor a lot of the time and do research
 
Uncle_Albert said:
I don’t know why people are having a pop about you asking on here, definitely run it by a professional but not everything they tell you is gospel. For decades the NHS told anyone who developed type 2 diabetes that it was progressive and would eventually end up with the patient needing insulin injections, but to slow progression they should eat a balanced diet with lots of healthy carbs. This advice was the complete opposite to what Germany and other countries said, they told people the disease was reversible and could be put in remission through weight loss and eating a low carb diet. Fast forward to now and what do you know, the NHS says the same thing. Don’t even get me started on the NHS when it comes to treating low testosterone, they haven’t got a clue on how it works

Sorry for the rant but I understand why you’d seek alternative opinions, of course you should always listen to a qualified professional but in my experience, you have to be your own doctor a lot of the time and do research
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The strange thing is - coincidentally - on another thread posters are discussing the use of statins and other medications for issues which can affect the heart and related conditions:
fmttmboro.com

Statins-im on them whats others experience

Been on Bisoprolol, Apixaban and Amitripyline for more than a year now. The latter of those make me sleep like a top. Don’t worry about demise. The older you get the more complaints hit you. Who wants to be doddering about if you eventually reach 100 ?
fmttmboro.com fmttmboro.com
 
r00fie1 said:
The strange thing is - coincidentally - on another thread posters are discussing the use of statins and other medications for issues which can affect the heart and related conditions:
fmttmboro.com

Statins-im on them whats others experience

Been on Bisoprolol, Apixaban and Amitripyline for more than a year now. The latter of those make me sleep like a top. Don’t worry about demise. The older you get the more complaints hit you. Who wants to be doddering about if you eventually reach 100 ?
fmttmboro.com fmttmboro.com
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I understand people recommending you to talk to a doctor but there’s nothing wrong with asking for people’s personal experiences, same with the other thread. I do wonder if you speak to a doctor if they’ll maybe run a stress test or something to check the safety of the exercise for you, I’d imagine your limits for exercise would depend on the severity of your condition. Definitely speak to your cardiologist before doing anything but yeh there’s no problem asking for advice, it can be good to hear first hand accounts from others who’ve been through the same
 
Uncle_Albert said:
I understand people recommending you to talk to a doctor but there’s nothing wrong with asking for people’s personal experiences, same with the other thread. I do wonder if you speak to a doctor if they’ll maybe run a stress test or something to check the safety of the exercise for you, I’d imagine your limits for exercise would depend on the severity of your condition. Definitely speak to your cardiologist before doing anything but yeh there’s no problem asking for advice, it can be good to hear first hand accounts from others who’ve been through the same
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I just want to share experiences. I went for an echo-sound yesterday and it kind of brought a few questions to mind.
 
Yes of course Roofie will take professional advise, but what he needs right now is a group assurance of other like minded board members who perhaps can give their account of their personal experiences.
Good luck Roofers, chin up, don't give up.

#UTB
 
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