Working out with a heart murmur?

WhisperAnne
WhisperAnne Posts: 453 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I have had a heart murmur since I was born and it has never gone away. Whenever I work out I can feel my heart skip beats and stutter a lot..does anyone else who has this condition experience the same thing?

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  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Sorry, no personal experience with this.......have you spoken to your doctor?
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    I would definitely make this something you talk to your doctor about. To serious to just go by Internet advice on this one
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    You need to get advice from your doc - hopefully you see a cardiologist.

    I supposedly had a hole in my heart since birth. When I was i my 20's and after an echo for insurance purposes, my then cardiologist told me my pediatric cardiologist was a quack, and there was clearly never a problem, so who knows. Maybe I did take stupid amounts of penicillin before and after every dentist visit for no good reason.

    Anywho, point being I got all the standard instructions anyway, and palpitations and arrhythmia are reasons to get checked out, pronto.
  • jp619
    jp619 Posts: 20
    Definitely consult your Doc. I have A-fib and don't know if it is similar but I was told not to lift so heavy that I held by breath to finish lifts.
  • NumbrsNerd
    NumbrsNerd Posts: 202 Member
    I have a murmur too and palpitations too and still workout. My palpitations and skipped beats get better the more I work out. Definitely tell your doc this is happening - maybe they can run a stress test for you to see what exactly is going on.
  • janeite1990
    janeite1990 Posts: 671 Member
    Sounds like you need one of those treadmill stress test things to tell why it happens. Good luck and stay safe and healthy!
  • shirim22
    shirim22 Posts: 9 Member
    I have a heart murmur with a bicuspid aortic valve. You need to have this checked by a cardiologist. I have to see one yearly for an echo. Originally he told me he did not want me getting my heart rate over 150. After a year of being depressed because this meant just walking for me, I asked him for a stress echocardiogram. Where they run you on a treadmill and then look at your heart. He released my restrictions after my results but made me promise i would do it yearly.

    Long story short, see your doc/cardiologist for exact exercise restrictions. I will never be allowed to lift very heavy weights.....
  • GiGiBeans
    GiGiBeans Posts: 1,062 Member
    See your doctor. I have a congenital heart murmur and no, I don't have those issues.
  • seamoth
    seamoth Posts: 69 Member
    I have had an irregular heart beat for a few years now. I have had an echo monitor but the results were inconclusive so next week I have been booked in for an MRI. Scan. I follow the Leslie Sansone Walk at Home aerobic workouts, usually doing the 4 Fast Miles one, and have not noticed any worsening of the condition during or after workouts.

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