Innocent Murmurs are when healthy children with innocent murmurs do not need treatment because they have a normal heart. If your child has an innocent murmur, alert your pediatrician during regular checkups. Pregnant women with innocent murmurs due to increased blood volume also do not need treatment. If you have an innocent murmur due to an illness or condition such as anemia, hyperthyroidism, or fever, the murmur will go away once the illness or condition is treated. Abnormal Murmurs are the treatment for heart problems that cause abnormal murmurs varies depending on the specific heart problem.The treatment of congenital heart disease is based on the type and severity of the heart defect or defects causing the murmur. Treatment may include medications or surgery. Children with congenital heart disease are treated by doctors who specialize in treating children's heart problems (pediatric cardiologists). See Congenital Heart Disease for more information. The treatment of heart problems caused by infection or disease depends on the type and severity of the damage to the heart and may include medications or surgery.
The summary of heart murmur is an extra or unusual sound heard during your heartbeat. Murmurs range from very faint to very loud and sometimes sound like a whooshing or swishing noise. Most heart murmurs are harmless (innocent). Sometimes a heart murmur indicates a heart problem, especially if other signs or symptoms of a heart problem are present. Innocent, harmless murmurs are common in healthy children. A child or adult with an innocent murmur has a normal heart. Doctors listen carefully to the heart with a stethoscope to help decide if a murmur is innocent or abnormal.Doctors listen to the loudness, location, and timing of the murmur in order to classify and describe the sound. Most abnormal murmurs in children are due to congenital heart disease--heart defects present at birth.In adults, abnormal murmurs are most often due to heart valve problems caused by infection, disease, or aging.
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