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by Katieisamazing12 on February 11th, 2012

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I'm a 16 year old girl and I have Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome. My heart skips a beat all the time and feels like it beats really fast.

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  • by KDP on February 11th, 2012

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    Okay, dear. Do you have a question though? I know that condition is usually harmless and that it doesn't shorten your life.

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  • by cloudman on February 11th, 2012

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    I'm not sure what your question is. My wife has that exact condition and she is just fine. She learned about it when she was 15 and she is now 56. We have two children and the heart condition created no complications with the births. She hikes with me in the mountains, sails with me, plays good tennis and is always moving it seems. Just follow your doctor's orders and look forward to living a normal life.

    I am no doctor. Be sure to follow your doctor's advice.

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  • by DonDoityourselfer on February 11th, 2012

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    I don't know exactly which problem that is, but you should be under the care of a cardiologist. Talk to him and understand what he will tell you. The good news is that handling heart problems is highly advanced, and it might be a simple surgical procedure to fix the problem. They can go into the heart from the vein in your groin, make the ablations (cut nerves in the right place on the heart) to stop the irregular beats. You can be in and out of the hospital in about 3 or 4 days, doesn't hurt, and is actually pretty easy considering it is your heart. And, if it can be corrected by surgery, you might not have to take any medication. Anyway, get with one of the great hospitals, one that is associated with a medical school where they do the more advanced work. The DeBakey heart department at Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas may be the best.

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  • by Tom Slick on February 12th, 2012

    Tom Slick

    MVP is pretty common, and also pretty harmless, so try not to worry about it ... and I'd like to point out that your heart doesn't really "skip a beat" ... what happens is you have a normal beat, then the next one comes early, there is a pause while the heart resets itself, and then the next one comes in at it's normal time ... it's that pause in there that feels like a skip ... think of it this way:

    beat .......... beat .......... beat
    beat .... beat ................ beat

    either way, you still have 3 beats over the same time period

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  • by -O-uknow on February 11th, 2012

    -O-uknow

    Don't run a marathon.

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  • by knowwereman222 on February 11th, 2012

    knowwereman222

    I have the same thing I have had it for close to forty years. It is a pain in the ass to have so don't let it rule your life

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  • by pouncey on February 11th, 2012

    pouncey

    Ok? You want to see a doctor about that?

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  • by Caitherine on February 11th, 2012

    Caitherine

    I have it too. It was caused by having Strep Throat and running a very high fever. I survived it and you probably will too.

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