How does alcohol affect someone who has been diagnosed with aortic valve stenosis?

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My brother has been diagnosed with aortic valve stenosis and also is a smoker and does drink alcohol on the weekends. He knows smoking should be elimated but what about the effects of alcohol? Does this also contribute to his stenosis?
Hi dear....I think we all know, even the youngest person on this site knows, there are no GOOD things that come from smoking or alcohol. They are both addicting drugs that people do to appease themselves. Think about it.

Alcohol plus smoking are stimulants. A stimulant acts on the body by constricting the blood vessels. Caffeine too. Constricting means to make smaller. He has a valve that is smaller than it should be. No one knows what causes this but hereditary plays an important part.

Anyway, since it is naturally smaller, then one goes and drinks or smokes, the entire aortic artery itself gets smaller, along with the other arteries of the body.

Take a hose. Turn the water on a good strong ways. Then bend the hose on a spot making it difficult for the same amount of water to flow what was earlier. The water coming out the end is not as strong, yet the origin or the water is as strong at the spigot. All this water is being pushed against the bent area but is not getting through fast enough.

The spigot would be the heart. It is still pumping at the same strength it was before the drinking or cigarette, but it is pumping against a brick wall so to speak. The blood is not flowing through the constricted valve, and now not so good through the constricted artery, so it is backing up somewhat as well as the heart tries to pump harder to get it through.

It is a perfect recipe for congestive heart failure in the not too distant future. The heart muscle will enlarge as the muscle is being worked too hard, and that is NOT a good thing for a heart. It will be the ventricle that enlarges. The left ventricle pumps the blood through the lungs and since the enlarged ventricle is larger, it it not as effective, so the blood moves through the heart a little slower than normal and the lungs will pick up excess fluid from the blood and deposit it in the lungs making it very difficult to breathe. Left untreated it can kill you. However, the good news is: Surgery can cure the valve. He can have open heart surgery, and a replacement valve placed. My step dad had this and he was like a new man after. Naturally, he quit smoking after smoking for more than 60 years. He was 72 when he had the surgery.

Anyway, I think you can tell him all this, but he may not listen. That is just the way it is. Give him the knowledge. He will do with it what he will. Say a little prayer.

God bless you and him.

Checkout www.healthline.com. It and www.webmd.com are wonderful sites to find out all about medicines and disease processes.

I am an RN  (+ info)

Are you living with aortic stenosis? Have you had your valve replaced? If your a guy is it interfering with

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your love life? are herbal remedies worth getting??? I don't want to mess with viagra.
A family member of mine has had it since birth. He has had a baloon valuloplasty of his valve, but so far thats it. He has moderaste stenosis. Herbal remedies DO NOT help!! Aortic stenosis will not affect our love life unless its really sever and your dr has told you to abstain.  (+ info)

My son has been treated for Aortic Stenosis he also has a mitral valve in parachute. Is the operation serious?

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My son has been treated for Aortic Stenosis when he was a baby, he also has a mitral valve in parachute. Is the operation dangerous? Is the survival rate high? What are his expectations of living a "normal" life? Is is his life expectancy normal (will he reach a common old age?)
I am sorry to read your son's condition, I have searched out this link and you will get an insight view:

http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2178.htm  (+ info)

My father has aortic stenosis. his heart valve is suppose to be the size of a quarter, however it has closed?

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to the size of a pen head. open heart surgery is a must, he is having it in a week, but the doctors give him a 50/50 chance. anyone have any experiences with this to share? i am sick with worry, he is in his 80s and im afraid of loosing him.
If his surgeon gave him those odds, then he must not be in the beat of health to begin with. I've seen some sick people have open heart surgery and survive.

Since he's in his 80's, there WILL come a time when you will lose him. It's never easy to lose a parent. Spend time with him before the surgery. Also, make sure that he has a living will and, if possible, a health care power of attorney.

Best of luck to you and your dad.  (+ info)

Has anyone ever had "Aortic Stenosis Valve Disorder" or known anyone who has suffered from the condition and

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eventually needed mitrial valve replacement or "Valvuloplasty"? It is also sometimes called ""Acquired" Valve Disease, Aortic Valve Disease or Mirtral Valve Disease. Any information would be very helpful. I was not born with this condition if that helps at all.
I need my Mitrial Valve replaced
The aortic valves and mitral valves are 2 separate valves. The aortic is the valve that leads to the pipe supplying the body and the mitral valve supplies blood from left atrium to left ventricle. Both can become thickened, making it difficult for blood to get through. You normally will have annual or bi-annual assessment of the valve using an echo and only if it is severe or causing symptoms would surgery be considered. A valvuloplasty involves inflating a balloon to split the mitral valve - this is usually performed in patients who have previously had rheumatic fever as a child and whose valve is fused at the edges symmetrically. In exterme cases a valve replacement can be performed where a mechanical or tissue valve replaces the diseased valve.  (+ info)

I have aortic valve stenosis and am wondering if lifting 10lb dumbbells is bad for my heart and valve?

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only your doctor can answer that for you.  (+ info)

if you have aortic valve stenosis can you ride the roller coasters?

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my son has this and the doctors have never said he can or cant never really thought about it before cause when he was younger he didnt like them now he is 12 and wants to go on them would this be ok
my daughter was born with aortic valve stenosis and has just had the Ross procedure done.
She loves fast rides and she specifically asked her cardiologist about this: he said she could go on fast rides as her heart is ok at the moment and he thinks rides should only be avoided with conditions that effect the electrical functioning of the heart.

Please don't take my answer as conformation though. The safest thing to do would be to ask your sons cardiologist.

best wishes  (+ info)

Have stenosis in Aortic valve. Can this be the cause of extreme breathlessness, will valve replacement help?

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can an aortic valve stenosis cause me to have difficult breathing? can a replacement improve it?

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Yes aortic stenosis can cause difficulty breathing ,especially with excercise. and yes a valve replacment will make it a TON better.  (+ info)

How would sounds be affected by A-V valve prolapse? aortic valve stenosis? Pulmonary valve stenosis? A-V valve

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AV valve prolapse will produce a non-ejection click. Aortic stenosis will produce softening of aortic component of second heart sound, an ejection click and a mid systolic murmur. Pulmonary valve stenosis will soften the pulmonary component of second heart sound, an ejection click and a mid systolic murumur.  (+ info)

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