Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy means damage to the heart muscle. The inherited heart condition that causes damage to the heart muscles and affects around 1 in 500 people in the UK. Symptoms can develop in childhood but mainly occur in teenagers and young adults. They include breathlessness, palpitations, chest pain, dizziness and fainting, particularly when you exercise. You can be diagnosed via an ultrasound scan of the heart. Although it can't be cured, new treatments are constantly being developed for cardiomyopathy. Medication and sophisticated operating techniques can ease symptoms ensuring most people live a long normal life. In some cases cardiomyopathy can be caused by overuse of alcohol or drugs.
For a full medical explanation of the causes, symptoms and treatments of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, from patient.co.uk read on.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a condition where the heart muscle becomes thickened. The severity and symptoms this causes range from mild to severe. Some people need no treatment. Others require medication, surgery or other treatments. Screening of close family members is advised as most cases are hereditary.
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