Speak to a cardiologist, not this board.Can anyone continue regular high-intensity-exercise [like indoor cycle-training] when diagnosed with this issue?
What would a specialist know that the posters on here wouldn't?Speak to a cardiologist, not this board.
I`ll raise the question where I like.Speak to a cardiologist, not this board.
I was looking through the British Heart Foundation site and various other credible medical sources. I know from my Nursing experience some of the possible symptoms and causes, but it becomes a slightly different issue when its closer to home.What would a specialist know that the posters on here wouldn't?
Yes.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.
It was a suggestion not an instruction mate. Chill.I`ll raise the question where I like.
There are bound to be people on here with different heart conditions and experiences.
That's an example of why our advice won't be super helpful. The correct answer is 'It depends ...'.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.
I`m talking generally, not about specifics. People cope with heart issues and it would be useful to share.That's an example of why our advice won't be super helpful. The correct answer is 'It depends ...'.
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 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.
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: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
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 sameThe 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:
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
I just want to share experiences. I went for an echo-sound yesterday and it kind of brought a few questions to mind.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