I have been diagnosed with LVH, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. I have been prescribed Norvasc to lower my blood pressure, which is fairly high at an average of 155/95. My understanding of LVH is that the heart muscle has 'thickened' or become bulkly, at least in part because of the high blood pressure, which has forced my heart to do more work and caused the muscle to toughen. Is that what others understand LVH to be?
And, if so, I am confused. We are always told that exercise is recommended for good heart health; and the way I see it, exercise would also cause the heart to work harder, and would that contribute to LVH? Would appreciate thoughts. Thanks.
I have been diagnosed with LVH, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. I have been prescribed Norvasc to lower my blood pressure, which is fairly high at an average of 155/95. My understanding of LVH is that the heart muscle has 'thickened' or become bulkly, at least in part because of the high blood pressure, which has forced my heart to do more work and caused the muscle to toughen. Is that what others understand LVH to be?
And, if so, I am confused. We are always told that exercise is recommended for good heart health; and the way I see it, exercise would also cause the heart to work harder, and would that contribute to LVH? Would appreciate thoughts. Thanks.
I'm not a doctor, but I believe the thickening in the heart is, unlike most other developed musculature, profoundly unhealthy.
You want to be able to deliver the most amount of oxygenated blood with the least cardiac effort. If your heart is thickening then this is no longer happening.
Overall exercise would incrase the efficiency of circulation and oxygenation in the body, reducing demand and stress on the heart.
I have been diagnosed with LVH, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. I have been prescribed Norvasc to lower my blood pressure, which is fairly high at an average of 155/95.
High not fairly high.
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My understanding of LVH is that the heart muscle has 'thickened' or become bulkly, at least in part because of the high blood pressure, which has forced my heart to do more work and caused the muscle to toughen. Is that what others understand LVH to be?
And, if so, I am confused. We are always told that exercise is recommended for good heart health; and the way I see it, exercise would also cause the heart to work harder, and would that contribute to LVH? Would appreciate thoughts. Thanks.
