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Just a question i wanted to ask
May i ask what causes enlarged hearts, and if your grand mother(on mothers side), father and brother have enlarged hearts what is my percentage of possible getting one. my dad also has CHF and i know heart diseases run on my dad's side of the family bad !
Also when i was born , i was born 3 months early and had PDA, heart murmurs and some problems with the lungs granted i know due to being born that early ,but will it ever effect me now or when i get older ? and because heart problems run in my family and pretty close to home ide say is my chances greater than normal ??
Also when i was born , i was born 3 months early and had PDA, heart murmurs and some problems with the lungs granted i know due to being born that early ,but will it ever effect me now or when i get older ? and because heart problems run in my family and pretty close to home ide say is my chances greater than normal ??
My friend Mike is completely deaf and he has congestive heart failure. They said the cause may be rubella of the heart at his birth. He is 64 years old and was recently fired from his janitorial job because he was out of breath and when he asked his employer if he could sit down and rest, the employer fired him. He gets out of breath due to CHF but he is not overweight, He seems to be living and managing his heart failure with medication and not over exercising.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hello,
Heart dilatation is called cardiomyopathy. Most of the time, the cause of the cardiomyopathy is unknown but some predisposing factors for it are long term high blood pressure, hereditary causes, heart tissue damage from a previous heart attack, chronic rapid heart rate, metabolic diseases like thyroid and diabetes, deficiencies of essential vitamins or minerals, such as thiamin (vitamin B-1), selenium, calcium and magnesium, alcoholism for years, abuse of cocaine or antidepressant medications, such as tricyclic antidepressants and some infections like streptococcal sore throat.
Recent research has revealed that the possibilities of diabetes and heart disease are more in infants who are born premature like before 37 weeks of gestation.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.
Heart dilatation is called cardiomyopathy. Most of the time, the cause of the cardiomyopathy is unknown but some predisposing factors for it are long term high blood pressure, hereditary causes, heart tissue damage from a previous heart attack, chronic rapid heart rate, metabolic diseases like thyroid and diabetes, deficiencies of essential vitamins or minerals, such as thiamin (vitamin B-1), selenium, calcium and magnesium, alcoholism for years, abuse of cocaine or antidepressant medications, such as tricyclic antidepressants and some infections like streptococcal sore throat.
Recent research has revealed that the possibilities of diabetes and heart disease are more in infants who are born premature like before 37 weeks of gestation.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.
P.S. my dad was diag. with it i think around the age of 47 , and my brother was diag with an enlarged heart at age 34 he is now 35 , i am 34 yrs old
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