An out of wack thyriod can cause some of those symptoms. I do not know what approach they would take, but I imagine that there might be a possibility of having to take thyroid medicine the rest of your life.
Shelly, inflammation of the thyroid can definitely cause all the symptoms you just mentioned. There is hyperthyroid *which speeds up your heart rate, makes you lose weight, irritable, fatigued, dry skin, etc..* and then there is hypothyroid *which is pretty much the opposite in that you gain weight, and your metabolism isn't working efficiently and your thyroid hormones are not producing enough.*
I got my results of echo and everything is normal thank god!! He thinks it's inflamation of the thyriod because he felt something abnormal there and blood work showed something so I have appointment Tues to find out what's going on. Just want to know can inflamation of the thyriod cause rapid heart rate? Can the inflamation of thyriod cause symptoms like rapid heart rate,fatigue, being cold,and not able to gain weight? If it is this what kind of treatment plan would be needed or will it be a watch and see approach?
Shelly,
Thanks for the post.
Can a leak change within a year time like this and will it change again for better or worse?
A leak can actually change from day to day to some extent. Changes in heart rate, or blood pressure can affect valvular disease greatly.
Should I be concern about my symptoms?
Generally, tricuspid regurgitation is pretty benign. Your symptoms I wouldn't specifically correlate with that condition and would look for other causes such as arrhythmias. For the regurgitation, I would follow it over time and look for the development of conditions such as pulmonary hypertension or RV dysfunction.
Should I ask for cardiac cath for futher investigation?
A catheterization would not lend any particular information to the regurgitation and it is usually best followed by echo.
good luck
1. Yes a leak can change quickly. I do not know the etieology behind the leaky tricuspid valve, so I don't know if it could be surgically corrected to make it better. The bigger concern would be if you are symptomatic or not. Most people can function with a tricuspid valve like yours for many years without any serious consequences. As to whether it will change again, nobody can predict the future. It might get worse, but I'm not sure if they would really do surgery or not. I could guarantee that it won't get better with surgery unless pulmonary hypertension is playing a role which I really can't say from the information that you've provided.
2. You should continue to have the cardiologist investigate the symptoms. It does sound like if your heart rate was really 210 or 230, then that could produce some of the symptoms that you were having. I imagine that the doctor would be investigating that route. I'm weak on arrhythmias, but it could perhaps be SVT.
3.I do not know enough from the info to say whether the cath would be beneficial or not. Best guess is maybe if they are going to do an EP study on you.
Good night and good luck.