The Magnesium Miracle by Carolyn Dean M.D. N.D

Author:Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2017-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE

I mention mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in the list of atrial fibrillation triggers above, but certainly not everyone with MVP develops AFib. Magnesium deficiency has been implicated in MVP, a disorder in which the mitral valve fails to completely close off one of the heart chambers during heart contraction. It is also called floppy valve syndrome. Blood rushing through the open valve can be heard as a heart murmur with a stethoscope. When cardiac ultrasound became more commonplace, the diagnosis of MVP escalated, especially in young women who went to their doctor because they felt strange sensations in their heart.

There is no allopathic treatment for the condition, and in mild and even moderate cases it rarely causes any symptoms. However, patients are given this diagnosis, which often makes them feel they have a heart condition. Also, they are warned that they should take antibiotics when having dental work done, to prevent the possibility of bacteria from the gums being picked up in the bloodstream and lodging on the prolapsed valve, causing infection. This is a very rare occurrence and some doctors disapprove of this overuse of antibiotics, but it remains a potential liability threat to dentists who don’t warn and protect their patients. This overuse of antibiotics has contributed to the overgrowth of yeast in the population.

Dr. Melvyn Werbach, author of Nutritional Influences on Disease, believes that MVP is overdiagnosed and also maintains it is a magnesium deficiency disease that is well treated by magnesium. The valves of the heart are pulled tight by muscles, which, like any other muscle in the body, depend on magnesium for proper functioning. The mitral valve prolapses because excess calcium relative to magnesium causes it to go into spasm and not close properly, allowing backward flow of blood, which is heard as a murmur.

Dr. Mildred Seelig reported that low magnesium levels have been found in as many as 85 percent of MVP patients.77 Sixty percent of 141 individuals with strongly symptomatic MVP had low magnesium levels, compared to only 5 percent of the control group. Magnesium supplementation given for five weeks reduced the symptoms of chest pain, palpitation, anxiety, low energy, faintness, and difficulty breathing by about 50 percent in this group.78 Many clients and customers have told me that their cardiologist could no longer detect an MVP murmur after they began taking supplemental magnesium.

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