It does not get worse, and tends to be mis(over)diagnosed. Describe your symptoms to a GP and a lot of times they'll just throw up their hands and say Mitral Valve Prolapse. Get an echo.

Not really a big deal and very common (assuming no serious murmur/regurgitation is heard on exam - good idea to get a better look as was suggested, i.e. echocardiogram). Does increase your "risk" of bacterial endocarditis or heart valve vegetation, so antibiotic prophylaxis is generally recommended for any surgical procedure and even dental cleaning/exams.

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My wife has this. She will occasionally get a rapid heart beat of sort of irrgular beat if she get really tired but mainly no issues other than the antibiotic thing when she get the teeth cleaned.

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Like I said, it doesn't have much of an effect on me as it's such a mild case. I have heard of the medication, but don't use it because "I don't have any problems" as the doctor says. Everything has been well so far, here's hoping it continues. Thanks for the replies.

There's lots of information online about it, but if it's mild, there's really not much to worry about (and I think it's really only a problem at all if there's significant regurgitation with it). I was diagnosed with it a few years ago after having an echocardiogram, and I did a fair bit of research on it at the time. There was one really informative article I found that was specifically about MVP in endurance athletes, and the bottom line is that they didn't find any cause for concern.

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Here's a URL for some of that online information: http://www.webmd.com/...ve-Prolapse-Overview

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