Aortic valve stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve located between the left heart chamber and the aorta. It often goes unnoticed for a long time until it becomes apparent through shortness of breath, chest pains, or loss of consciousness after effort.
Aortic valve stenosis describes an obstruction of the heart ventricular flow which is caused by a narrowing of the outflow tract of the heart. Because of this narrowing, the valve is unable to open itself completely and this makes it hard for the blood to flow from the heart into the aorta and to other parts of the body. This obstruction forces the heart to work more in order to propel blood to the body. This additional work limits eventually the quantity of blood the heart can pump. This again makes the heart muscle weak. If the narrowing is mild, symptoms might not be present. In severe cases, symptoms can be present and a surgery will usually be recommended to stretch or remove the affected valve and replace it. Without treatment, the narrowing of the aortic valve can cause severe complications for the heart.
Aortic valve stenosis is the most common valvular defect and occurs predominantly with increased age. Minor cases of aortic valve stenosis does not usually cause any discomfort. It isn’t until the valvular opening is so small that the heart can no longer pump enough blood efficiently through the valve, that complaints starts to appear, like shortness of breath, chest pain, or sudden loss of consciousness.
People with aortic valve stenosis should get regular medical check ups. When no complaints are immediately obvious, then generally no treatment is necessary. The occurrence of the above mentioned symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pains or sudden loss of consciousness indicate a serious case of aortic valve stenosis. In such cases one should take it easy and consider a surgery for the installation of an artificial aortic valve so that the heart doesn’t become damaged over time from being overworked.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
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Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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