Mitral Valve Prolapse: Scary Symptoms, Simple Solutions

Heart palpitations, chest pain, anxiety/panic attacks, extreme fatigue, migraines--Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome (MVPS), while not life-threatening, brings with it a host of warning signs that certainly feel like death can't be far away.

MVPS encompasses a stunning range of seemingly unrelated symptoms:
· Aches and pains
· Awareness of heartbeat
· Chest tightness
· Depression
· Difficulty concentrating
· Difficulty staying asleep
· Dizziness, shakes and/or jitters
· Easily startled
· Fatigue
· Fluttering in chest
· Intestinal problems
· Low exercise tolerance
· Migraine
· Panic or anxiety attacks
· Poor general health
· Rapid or forceful heartbeat
· Shortness of breath
· TMJ (temporomandibular joint problems)
· And more!

While this scary set of symptoms might feel like a death sentence, the diagnosis often brings a strong sense of relief because it is completely treatable through lifestyle changes and natural remedies.

The syndrome is a combination of Mitral Valve Prolapse (a minor abnormality of a heart valve that can cause a small amount of blood to occasionally move backward through the heart) with another condition called dysautonomia (an imbalance of the autonomic nervous system). Dysautonomia can cause visual disorders and digestive upsets. Those who have MVPS display a higher rate of: fibrocystic breast disorder, tinnitus, TMJ and other joint problems, fibromyalgia, PMS, SAD (seasonal affective disorder), altitude and seasickness.