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What Causes Heart To Make Squelching Sound?
My heart makes a kinda squelching sound at the end of it's beat. It used to make a more pronounced thud sound, but now makes kind of higher piched and
squelching sound. I am older, 62 now and not as active as I used to be. Is this something I should be concerned about? thank you
squelching sound. I am older, 62 now and not as active as I used to be. Is this something I should be concerned about? thank you
Thu, 27 Apr 2017
Probably its a normal sound as there is no history of cardiac diseases,,put I prefer to do an ECHO imaging on you heart to be sure of the normal function of the valves of the heart
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