segunda-feira, 29 de setembro de 2014

World Heart Day 2014: How to care for a baby with congenital heart disease

Congenital heart illness - children29th Sep is World Heart day


Heart illness is mostly suspicion to be a problem that customarily adults face, though that is not wholly true. Often, it is infants or newborns that might also humour from heart associated ailments. Although these ailments are not due to a famous risk factors of heart illness (like an diseased lifestyle, eating junk food or obesity) a condition, famous as inborn heart disease, is customarily caused due to malformations in a child’s heart during a formation. In this post Dr Vanita Arora, Associate Director and conduct Cardiac Electrophysiology lab and Arrhythmia Services, Sr.Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Interventional cardiology tells we about a condition and how a child with inborn heart illness can live.


What are a several forms of inborn heart disease?


Broadly, they can be characterised as cynotic heart illness (blue baby) and acynotic heart disease.


What kind of caring should relatives take of such kids?


Early diagnosis of these patients is really critical for them to live a good life. The antenatal check-up of a profound mothers plays an critical purpose in avoiding such problems to start as they are some-more expected associated to infections in a mom during pregnancy, causing defects in a heart. Once diagnosed in a early stages of pregnancy  proper measures can be taken to improved a condition. 


Can a child play sports and live a normal life with such a disease?


Some of a inborn heart illness diagnosed and treated in time gives children a near normal life style. However, if diagnosis is behind afterwards even normal activities of a child can be compromised. 


Do all a forms have a same augury or are there some that a child can live with?


Prognosis of formidable inborn heart illness and a ones with genetic abnormalities is not good. However, some children with inborn heart illness treated in time with intervention or medicine do positively wonderful.


Is there any diet or other lifestyle restrictions that a child will have to follow?


The patients with formidable heart illness have a limited activity settlement and need to be on normal, tiny revisit diet.


Is there a possibility of a child unexpected pang from a heart disaster or conflict if he/she does any certain activities?


Some formidable inborn heart illness patients might have remarkable heart disaster if they do aggressive activities. A heart conflict can start in immature people with a inborn problem (LCAPA) and can cause sudden cardiac death.


Are there any specific tips that we would like to give a relatives of such children?


Parents need to know that their child is a child with special needs hence they have to be taken caring of more. They should be in unchanging hit with their paediatric cardiologist for serve caring and improved life for their child. 


You might also like to read: 


  • 7 symptoms of inborn heart disease

  • Congenital heart illness – your queries answered

  • My son had a heart problem when he was born. Will he rise normally?

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World Heart Day 2014: How to care for a baby with congenital heart disease

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