Heart valve closure insufficiency is divided into light, medium and heavy degrees, light and medium degree is basically no symptoms, the serious ones are mainly manifested as edema of both lower limbs, fatigue, shortness of breath, abdominal distension, unable to lie down at night, and all kinds of cardiac arrhythmia.
Heart valves include four types of valves in the heart: mitral valve, aortic valve, tricuspid valve, pulmonary valve.
Valve closure insufficiency occurs in each valve of the heart due to various physical and chemical factors or degenerative diseases, and there are no obvious symptoms in a short period of time when the heart function is in the compensatory period.
Valve disease will worsen with time, the heart load increases for a long time, the heart will increase into the uncompensated period, there will be heart failure performance: left heart failure, right heart failure, total heart failure.
The main manifestations of heart failure will be double lower extremity edema, shortness of breath on exertion, abdominal distension, can’t lie down at night, can be accompanied by a variety of arrhythmias and so on, resulting in panic and chest tightness, symptoms are more pronounced after getting cold.
It is recommended to consult a cardiovascular specialist as soon as possible to provide professional guidance for individual conditions when heart valve insufficiency is detected.