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Fish Oil Supplements and Leaky Heart Valve
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jun 10, 2024 | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
I don’t have the leaky valve condition, but have taken fish oil daily for my dry eye per instruction of my ophthalmologist for years, however, last year my primary told me there was no proven heart benefit from fish oil regimen. I was shocked. Still, my recent carotid artery ultrasound revealed no plaque in my arteries,so…..I intend to continue per direction of my ophthalmologist. I have read it works as a blood thinner too.
Was the doctor your husband spoke with his cardiologist? I’d ask for clarification, so he can know what to do.
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Thanks; the doctor must have been a resident or "on call" doctor associated with the pulmonary rehab facility. He just sort of popped up out of nowhere to review hubby's case. Hubbs doesn't really have a cardiologist (yet). Has never needed one, but did schedule an echocardiogram with his primary care doc last week, based on what the mystery "traveling" doc recommended to check on his "leaky heart valve" which nobody's ever been concerned about before. There's a one-month wait. They did not discuss the fish oil thing. I just found this out tonight when we were discussing getting plenty of omega-3 in diet to help lower LDL, and asked him if he'd been taking his fish oil, so it was quite a surprise.