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Have Aortic Insufficiency, Chest Pain, Weight Gain And Enlarged Heart. Need Surgery. Advice?
i have aortic insuffiency , i feel disoriented and have a really bad bounding pulse alomng with chest pain thats mild but on and off. I have gained 47 pounds in the last year and am getting very worried that I have heart failure I am only 22 years of age but feel tired , my hearts enlarged and i have really fast wieght gain? can you please help with someguidence. my cardio doc says i need surgery next month but says theres no sign of damage to my heart but i am still worried
Dear Sir/Ma'm
Thanks for writing to us.
if you have aortic insufficiency and it is severe and you have troubled breathing/ swelling feet/ severe heart enlargement/ decrease pumping of heart on ECHO (cardiac ultrasound), you should under go the surgery for valve replacement (of course under supervision and guidance of your cardiologist).
Weight gain can happen due to excessive fluid accumulation in heart failure but that is not a possibility because your doctor told you that there is no sign of damage to heart. you may be eating more because of anxiety or simply you are not doing enough exercise or there can be many more reasons to put weight.
do not get worried unnecessarily as your doctor has assured you and get your surgery done as advised.
good luck
sincerely
sukhvinder singh
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Have Aortic Insufficiency, Chest Pain, Weight Gain And Enlarged Heart. Need Surgery. Advice?
Dear Sir/Ma m Thanks for writing to us. if you have aortic insufficiency and it is severe and you have troubled breathing/ swelling feet/ severe heart enlargement/ decrease pumping of heart on ECHO (cardiac ultrasound), you should under go the surgery for valve replacement (of course under supervision and guidance of your cardiologist). Weight gain can happen due to excessive fluid accumulation in heart failure but that is not a possibility because your doctor told you that there is no sign of damage to heart. you may be eating more because of anxiety or simply you are not doing enough exercise or there can be many more reasons to put weight. do not get worried unnecessarily as your doctor has assured you and get your surgery done as advised. good luck sincerely sukhvinder singh