[tri-med] Re: Heart Murmur

>In what way do you mean worse? Do you mean louder?
>Or do you mean softer? - Many people think that 
>because they can't hear the murmur anymore that it 
>must be getting better but actually its usually the 
>opposite - a murmur that can't be heard anymore or 
>thats markedly softer can be a sign that the condition 
>is now much worse.

And to that I'd like to add our experience.  In Miss
P's case, the sound always seems to remain virtually
the same, but the conditions get worse.  So they never
trusted just listening to the murmur.  My best gauge
was always observing her under florescent lighting.
It always brought out the brighter shade of blue ring 
around her mouth to show me she was getting worse.
Test wise though, it was the Echogram pressures that
the doctors relied on to tell them when to schedule
another heart catheterization for her.  3 heart caths,
3 repairs over the years.  

  
Fawna, mom to Philina 22yrs (PT6p & Moya Moya) 
Research coordinator for  the  TRIS Project  
http://home.mindspring.com/~fawna33/



                 

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