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Cause For The Heart To Become Enlarged?
Hi, my 21 year old son had emergency surgery today to remove his appendix. However, before they did the surgery they gave him an EKG. They said there was a blip on his EKG and he could possibly have an enlarged heart. They also asked him if anybody in our family suddenly dropped dead because of their heart. The answer to that is no. In the past he has worn heart monitors due to the fact that his heart would sometimes start racing crazy. They said he had tachycardia. He also suffers from cronic OCD and panic attacks. This is a great concern for me, what would cause his heart to become enlarged if indeed it is?
Tue, 28 Jan 2014
Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal.
Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query
The fact is that the heart is a pumping organ. it pumps blood from the heart to the body. and this is usually a smooth flow
what happens is that sometimes the path of the blood is relatively blocked. therefore when the blood is pumped it cannot go into the body freely. therefore the heart has to pump extra hard. thus causing the muscles to enlarge.
sometimes the muscles and tissues of the heart are not well or are genetically abnormal and therefore they become looser and looser. the result is that the cavity in the heart becomes large.
now i am not sure from your query which problem is meant by your doctors.
However a simple echo will help find out
I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above so i can be of help further. Best of luck.
I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.
Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.
Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further.
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Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query
The fact is that the heart is a pumping organ. it pumps blood from the heart to the body. and this is usually a smooth flow
what happens is that sometimes the path of the blood is relatively blocked. therefore when the blood is pumped it cannot go into the body freely. therefore the heart has to pump extra hard. thus causing the muscles to enlarge.
sometimes the muscles and tissues of the heart are not well or are genetically abnormal and therefore they become looser and looser. the result is that the cavity in the heart becomes large.
now i am not sure from your query which problem is meant by your doctors.
However a simple echo will help find out
I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above so i can be of help further. Best of luck.
I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.
Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.
Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further.
(If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)
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