Children with heart murmurs are usually benign murmurs that may go away as they grow older. However, a heart murmur is also a warning sign of heart disease.

Heart murmur in children is not a disease but a sign of heart valve disease that the child may have. Knowing the following information will help you better understand the signs so that you can identify the disease early and have timely treatment.

During a cardiac exam, in addition to the normal sounds, your doctor may hear sounds similar to air blowing through the mouth of a tube, called a heart murmur. Heart murmur has a benign murmur, but there are cases that warn of some cardiovascular diseases.

In healthy adults, two normal heart sounds, often described as a lub (opening) and a dub (closing sound), occur in sequence with each heartbeat. It is the first heart sound (S1) and the second heart sound (S2), produced by the closure of the atrioventricular and semilunar valves. In addition to these normal heart sounds, many other heart sounds may also be encountered including murmurs, valve clicks, and galloping sounds S3 and S4.

Heart murmurs are not a medical condition and can be completely normal in newborns. However, in some cases, they can be an indicator of a heart valve disease that the child may have. The information in the article below will help you better understand how to identify heart murmurs in newborns and some ways to treat them.