# @njeri.md on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNn0IGGRArk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63300604-njerimd-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-21T15:32:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr. Njeri Kuria, MD | Cardiology (@njeri.md) — https://gondola.cc/njeri.md

## Caption

Ever wondered how blood circulates through the heart and to the rest of your body? 

Your heart valves are like little doors. 🚪🫀
They open → blood flows → they close.
But…the human body doesn’t always work the way it’s supposed to...
❌ If valves don’t open all the way → stenosis.
❌ If valves are too floppy to close → regurgitation (blood leaks backward).

The most common valvular heart disorders:
🫀🚪 Aortic stenosis — from age-related calcification or being born with a bicuspid valve.
🫀🚪 Mitral regurgitation — often from mitral valve prolapse, common in young women.

These issues can happen in any valve — aortic, mitral, tricuspid, or pulmonary.
Small structures. Huge impact. 💥 

Wondering what signs and symptoms are most common with valve disorders?

Read more from @healthline at the link in bio 🔗 #HealthlinePartner #hearthealthexplained #healthlineexplained  #HeartHealth #ValvularHeartDisease #HealthlinexDr.Kuria

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valvularheartdisease, hearthealth, healthlinexdr, healthlineexplained, hearthealthexplained, healthlinepartner

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