How is heart valve prolapse treated, can I treat it at home?

Hey Bee,

Like your doctor already told you, most people with mitral valve prolapse, particularly people without symptoms, don't require treatment.

If you have mitral valve regurgitation but don't have symptoms, your doctor may suggest you return regularly for follow-up examinations to monitor your condition, depending on the severity of your condition. However, if you have symptoms and if a significant amount of blood is leaking through the mitral valve, your doctor may recommend medications or surgery, depending on the severity of your condition. Medications are usually the first option and if they happen to fail, then you are supposed to have a surgery.

Hi Bee,

I don't think that there is a way of treating this at home. I know that doctors are usually recommending one of few different types of medications, like beta blockers, diuretics, heart rhythm medications, aspirin, prescription anticoagulants and such, but I never heard of this being treated at home, there is nothing you can do about it.

If these medications fail, you are going to have to undergo surgery, although surgery for heart valve prolapse is very rare, so you probably won't have to do that. Actually, I'm almost positive that you are not going to need any sort of treatment at all.

Hi Guest and Adria,

Thank you for your replies.

I actually didn't have any symptoms regarding this matter, that is good, right? If you are right about what you are saying, then I am probably not going to need any treatment for my case which are some good news. Maybe that is why my doctor told me to come see him again in a few days, he wants to see how is my heart behaving.

I really hope that you are right. I'm really scared of surgeries and I hope that I won't have to undergo one or I would be scared to death.

I don’t believe that it is a good idea to treat this alone, at the home without seeking a medical care, but it is true that most people don’t need to treat it because it is not that dangerous. But you should not believe that your case is not very dangerous, and you should contact your doctor. Even people who do have symptoms may not need treatment. The presence of symptoms doesn’t always mean that the backflow of blood through the valve is significant. It is different for the people who have MVP and troublesome mitral valve backflow. This needs to be treated and it may be treated with medicines, surgery, or both.

Hello there. I understand that people get scared when doctors tell them that they do have heart valve prolapse, but this is nothing that dangerous. Most of the people with mitral valve prolapse are people with no symptoms, and usually this does not require a treatment. If you develop any of the possible symptoms, your doctor can prescribe certain medications just to control heart rhythm, valve prolapse, etc. Some medications that doctor can prescribe to you are beta blockers and diuretics. But beta blockers are most common and doctors prescribe it to prevent irregular heartbeats by making your heart beat slowly.

Like others already told you, don’t be afraid. There is usually no need for the treatment, but you can “take care” of it while you are at home. I always vote for home remedies. Doctors generally won't recommend restrictions on your lifestyle or any limitations on your personal exercise or dietary program so you should really consider this. However, if you really want to change tour lifestyle plan and program, you should ask your doctor if he or she recommends any changes to your lifestyle. If you have severe mitral valve regurgitation, your doctor may recommend you to avoid exercises that could worsen your condition, such as weightlifting.