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I mentioned to the dentist about having Scarlet Fever as a child and an innocent murmur as a baby. Now they won't give me a cleaning without pre-medication until I provide documentation saying that I don't have a heart murmur, or that it is innocent.
I'm pretty sure I don't have a murmur, but they made it sound like something I should be worried about.
The question is, should I just try and get some documentation from when I was a baby that shows it was just an innocent murmur... or should I get my heart looked at?
General practitioners have listened to my heart with a stethoscope in the past, and I believe I had an EKG a few years ago. I don't recall ever hearing the word murmur mentioned. So, if I were to schedule a visit, then I imagine I'd have to see a cardiologist, since the GPs don't seem to find anything.
I had an innocent murmur as a very young child. No doctors noticed it as I grew up. When I reached about 40 or 50 the doctors began noticing it again. Eventually I needed to have the valve replaced. I do not think an EKG would detect a murmur. Probably and ultara sound (echocardiogram) would detect it. A doctor with a stethoscope should also be able to detect a murmur especially if they are looking for one.
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Herb Boulder, CO
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I mentioned to the dentist about having Scarlet Fever as a child and
an innocent
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murmur as a baby. Now they won't give me a cleaning without
pre-medication
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until I provide documentation saying that I don't have a heart murmur,
or that
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it is innocent.
I'm pretty sure I don't have a murmur, but they made it sound like
something
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I should be worried about.
The question is, should I just try and get some documentation from
when I was
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a baby that shows it was just an innocent murmur... or should I get my
heart
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looked at?
General practitioners have listened to my heart with a stethoscope in
the past,
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and I believe I had an EKG a few years ago. I don't recall ever
hearing the
Quoted message said:
word murmur mentioned. So, if I were to schedule a visit, then I
imagine I'd
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have to see a cardiologist, since the GPs don't seem to find anything.
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I mentioned to the dentist about having Scarlet Fever as a child and an innocent murmur as a baby. Now they won't give me a cleaning without pre-medication until I provide documentation saying that I don't have a heart murmur, or that it is innocent.
I'm pretty sure I don't have a murmur, but they made it sound like something I should be worried about.
The question is, should I just try and get some documentation from when I was a baby that shows it was just an innocent murmur... or should I get my heart looked at?
General practitioners have listened to my heart with a stethoscope in the past, and I believe I had an EKG a few years ago. I don't recall ever hearing the word murmur mentioned. So, if I were to schedule a visit, then I imagine I'd have to see a cardiologist, since the GPs don't seem to find anything.
Thanks,
Allen Gere
Scarlet fever is not associated with valvular heart disease. Perhaps there has been some confusion with Rheumatic fever which can damage heart valves making them more susceptible to infection even from a simple teeth cleaning. If your GP is confident that there is no murmur and your EKG is normal, the dentist should be able to accept a note from your GP that you can have the teeth cleaning without antibiotics.
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I mentioned to the dentist about having Scarlet Fever as a child and an innocent murmur as a baby. Now they won't give me a cleaning without pre-medication until I provide documentation saying that I don't have a heart murmur, or that it is innocent.
I'm pretty sure I don't have a murmur, but they made it sound like something I should be worried about.
The question is, should I just try and get some documentation from when I was a baby that shows it was just an innocent murmur... or should I get my heart looked at?
General practitioners have listened to my heart with a stethoscope in the past, and I believe I had an EKG a few years ago. I don't recall ever hearing the word murmur mentioned. So, if I were to schedule a visit, then I imagine I'd have to see a cardiologist, since the GPs don't seem to find anything.
Thanks,
Allen Gere
Are you sure it was Scarlet Fever. In 2000 I was told I must have had Rheumatic Fever as a child as they were hearing murmurs. Sounds like the dentist is being a bit over-cautious but unless you want to find a different one you may have to have a cardiologist confirm that your heart is fine and that you do not need prophylactic antibiotics before dental treatment. I will always have to have antibiotics before treatment, even cleaning. The heart can become infected (endocarditis) if the teeth of a susceptial person are not taken care of properly. This is why your dentist is being so cautious. Recently I met a young man in a heart hospital I attend and the reason he was there was a result of a routine visit to his dentist. He had ben an in- patient for a couple of months. Diana
