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Things to Consider after your child goes through a treatment for a congenital heart defect

- December 20, 2022

Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) refer to conditions that arise because of an abnormality in the structure of the heart and therefore the way it functions. These are of different types and vary in the degree of severity. The treatment for congenital heart defects depends on the type of heart problem and how severe it is. Sometimes, the heart defect maybe minor and may not need any interventions. In the case of critical heart defects, the child will need to undergo a hole in heart treatment as soon as possible for the child to be able to survive and get better. In some types of defects, the intervention can be a heart hole treatment without surgery . As medical care and treatment has improved, children with CHDs are living longer and healthier lives. However, following a hole in heart treatment , ongoing care is important to ensure that children grow well and stay healthy. Some of the key things to consider after your child has been through a treatment for a Congenital Heart ...

The importance of new-born screening in Congenital Heart Defects

- October 27, 2022

Congenital Heart Defect (CHDs) are structural abnormalities of the heart present at the time of birth of a child. CHDs are the most common cause of death due to congenital anomalies in the developed world. Although CHD include a wide spectrum of conditions, they can broadly be classified into critical CHD and non-critical CHD. Critical CHDs are those defects where failure to identify the condition within the first month after birth could potentially result in death or a significant disability. The critical CHDs include Pulmonary atresia, Severe Pulmonary stenosis or atresia, Hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Aortic stenosis, Transposition of Great arteries, Obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage and Severe coarctation. Timely diagnosis is critical to the effective treatment forcongenital heart defects . However, the clinical recognition of CHD in the newborn period is often challenging. This is because the symptom...

Does Covid-19 affect children with heart disease?

- March 04, 2022

In December 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) was initially discovered in China as a new emerging disease. Subsequently, it has spread rapidly among other countries including Iran, and eventually, it was declared by the World Health Organization as a “pandemic” on 11th March 2020. The Health Ministry said that the common symptoms among children might include fever, cough, breathlessness or shortness of breath, fatigue, sore throat, myalgia (muscle pains, aches, pain in ligaments), rhinorrhea (excess drainage, ranging from a clear fluid to thick mucus from the nose), diarrhoea, loss of smell, loss of taste. Meanwhile, few children might also show symptoms of gastrointestinal issues. But having said that, it is also reported that the prevalence of symptoms is lower in children compared to adults. Coronary artery diseases, heart failure, and cardiac arrhythmia have been associated with increased mortality among adults with COVID-19. There is still a lack of knowledge and studies r...

जानें जन्मजात ह्र्दय रोग के कारण

- February 07, 2022

जन्मजात ह्र्दय रोग ( कंजेनिटल हार्ट डिजीज ): देशभर में लगातार हृदय से जुड़ी बीमारियां तेज़ी से बढ़ रही हैं , एक रिसर्च के अनुसार भारत में हर साल लगभग 17 लाख लोगों की मौत केवल दिल से संबंधित रोगों के कारण ही होती है , इसके अलावा हर 10 बच्चे जन्मजात हृदय रोग से भी पीड़ित होते हैं , जन्मजात हृदय रोग के कारण : जन्मजात हृदय रोग एक ऐसी बीमारी है जो नवजात शिशुओं में जन्म के दौरान से ही शरीर में मौजूद होती है। ये बीमारी आगे ...

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