BBW Hearts...

Hi

I realize this might be a stupid question and one that maybe only a few of us will relate to, but oh well.

I'm larger myself, and I'm intrigued by the hearts of overweight people. Personally I have a loud murmur that gets louder with exercise, and when I've had the opportunity to listen to another overweight ladies heart, there was also a murmur on exertion.

Do overweight people more often have heart murmurs? I don't mean ones that are caused by something structural, but more that their heart has to work even harder and becomes noisy?

Hope this makes sense!

Hi,

I am quite overweight as well-obese actually-and also greatly intrigued by the hearts of those of us who are overweight. Thinking about how they have to work harder even when not under stress,etc.

I do have a mitral heart murmur that is present even when I am resting, but does get much louder as my heart beats harder and faster.

I’d love to talk hearts anytime!

Interesting!

I think I'm definitely in the morbidly obese camp too.

Is your murmur caused by a structural defect?

I’m not sure if it’s caused by a structural defect-I think it is. It was first discovered when I was in my teens. My current doctor had me do an echo about 5 years ago, but said it was minor, and since then says he can’t really even hear it anymore.

I noticed that people with overweight often have high blood pressure.

I think that the heart of fat people works with increased load

Obese people do have more heart murmurs, high blood pressure and other cardiac problems than fit people.

Most murmurs are benign but some are serious.

There are a lot of medical conditions connected with being overweight. Cardio vascular problems with fat heart, blood pressure, bad circulation, colesterol then joints pain and swelling, pancreas problems, diabetes, fat liver etc. Whole body is affected.

I highly suggest to anyone who is obese to do something about it. Even if you are not obese I still suggest you to start some activity and stay away from stuffing yourself with junk food and soda.

How many old obese people do you see around? Your life will be shortened by a lot and in general you probably won't feel well physically and psychically.

Once you are doing some activity you will feel so good and be full of energy. Heck I am not eating the healthiest or go to the gym all the time but it is just about finding a balance where you feel good.

Hi,

thanks for your contribution. You are very right: Overweight is the main reason for many deseases, especially cardio-vascular. What you descibe, is totally true. But nobody wants to hear it.

(...and there is one nation in the world, which will exterminate herself with fries, hamburgers, sugar and Coke...)

But with some discipline, it's - in most cases - possible to lose weight and to adjust blood pressure without drugs. I know of what I'm speaking, because I did it myself.

And one pleasant side effect for me were the regular exams - with the Stethoscope ;-)

Fat people KNOW they are overweight and of the potential risks. We get told all the time by our doctors, we do not need to see it on a board that is set up for FUN.

Yes, one can be fat and live to an old age. My bio mother is fat and 75, I have a friend who is fat and 76.

If losing weight was simple, there'd be no fat people.

BBW girls hearts sound amazing, i love to listen to big girl hearts, the most sexy thing is watch a BBW have an EKG

Fat people KNOW they are overweight and of the potential risks. We get told all the time by our doctors, we do not need to see it on a board that is set up for FUN.

Yes, one can be fat and live to an old age. My bio mother is fat and 75, I have a friend who is fat and 76.

If losing weight was simple, there'd be no fat people.

You are a wonderful person. Keep your incredible posts coming. No one is judging here 😀

I have never noticed a direct corelation bewteen being overweight and heart murmurs. It would be logical to assume that being overweight could lead to heart issues. However, what if the heart problem came first and lead to something like exercise intollerance, leading to weight gain? So did the weight cause the cardiac problem, or did the cardiac problem cause the weight gain?