My Life With Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome and Dysautonomia...
Mitral Valve Prolapse is probably one of the most common cardiovascular problems in the United States today.  It is definitely one of the most *poorly understood* conditions affecting the population as well.  It is VERY important for the MVP patient to understand that this is the result of the body's failure to perform its normal regulating processes.
One of the most important parts in treating the patient with MVPS is *education*.~~Phillip C. Watkins, M.D., Cardiologist, Medical Director-Mitral Valve Prolapse Center.

I myself cannot stress how vitally important it is to educate yourself as to every aspect of this condition, known as MVPS.  That's why I've included these links to some of the best MVPS sites that I've found so far.  If you, or a friend or loved one have been diagnosed with MVP or MVPS, then you know that you will need to learn all that you can about this condition, as with any condition of your body.

I began exhibiting symptoms three months before my nineteenth birthday.  I noticed medicine hypersensitivities and shortly thereafter began having drops in my blood sugar.  Panic attacks followed soon after, along with the palpitations, tachycardia, heat intolerence, and IBS.  I was a big old mess and had not a clue as to what was going on inside of my body, I just knew that something had gone *haywire*, for lack of a better word.  I was very frightened.  After three months of these terrible symptoms, and trip after trip to different doctors and Emergency Rooms, I finally got the diagnosis of MVPS.  But back then, there wasn't too much material out on the subject of MVP, and doctors did not take it serious at all.  So what I've learned, I've had to do the research on my own.  There's been a lot of trial and error too, in which I believe if I'd had the proper education in the beginning, I could have avoided much of. 

So, here I am.  Fifteen years later and fifteen years wiser.  MVPS is basically a combination of different symptoms that accompanies this structural variation of the heart valve, or the mitral valve.  Everyone is different and will not present with the exact same symptoms.  A person may feel good on Monday, wiped out on Tuesday, and great on Wednesday.  Of course a more common theme for the MVP patient would be to feel fair on Monday, lousy on Tuesday, and just so-so on Wednesday.  It is not a life threatening condition, but may be *lifestyle threatening* if the symptoms are so uncomfortable and frightening that a person cannot cope with them.

Thanks for stopping by.....
                                     
My Favorite Links:
Holistic approach to MVP
The Society for Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome
My Personal Page (Please Visit)
My Photos
Profound Fatigue, Tachycardia, Heat Intolerence, Medicine Hypersensitivities, Panic Disorder, IBS, Hypoglycemia, Etc...
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Megan Miles
Email: ronty93@yahoo.com
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