What to do about mitral valve prolapse

If mitral valve prolapse is symptomatic, it can be treated with general measures, medications, and surgery. If there are no symptoms, no treatment is needed. 1. General measures: patients need to maintain a healthy lifestyle, avoid drinking coffee and strong tea, as well as ephedrine drugs. Meanwhile, patients need to pay more attention to rest and avoid overwork to prevent aggravation of the condition. 2. Drug treatment: For patients with clinical symptoms of mitral valve prolapse, drugs should be given to treat the symptoms. For example, those with arrhythmia should follow the doctor’s prescription of calcium channel blockers such as quinidine and procainamide, or beta-blockers such as propranolol and metoprolol. 3. Surgery: If patients with mitral valve prolapse are combined with severe mitral valve insufficiency, mitral valve replacement or mitral valve repair should be considered. Besides, patients with asymptomatic mitral valve prolapse usually do not need treatment, but they need to go to the hospital for review on time and closely monitor the changes of their condition. In conclusion, patients with mitral valve prolapse need to strengthen their daily life management and cooperate with doctors for active treatment if necessary.