Congenital Heart Disease In Children

Congenital Heart Disease In Children

I Have two children. My second child was 5 years old. His face often turn blue and has a slower growth compared to his older brothers at the same age. Her body was weak and emaciated. He does not like playing with each other kid. He has another symptom which his breath is wheezing and face seemed to turn blue when he run even though just 50 feet and not too fast. If he crying, so his face appears bluish. I've checked into the internist doctor and result said that he suffered from heart disease. I've started questioning whether it's Congenital heart disease in children.

The doctor advised me to bring him into a cardiologist for doing heart needed surgery. I become afraid because he is just a young child however should have heart surgery. I want to ask :

What exactly is my child's illness?

What causes them?

How much does it cost for surgery?

Are there any consequences if he doesn't take surgery?

Answer:

There are many kinds of heart diseases that affect children. One of the most important is Congenital heart disease in children. This heart disease is caused by rheuma, bacterial infection, etc.  

Types of congenital heart disease.

Congenital heart defects: tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, persistent ductus arteriosus, atrial septal defect, stenosis of the aorta or atresi and others.

The heart is an important organ that the main function is to the channel part of the body to deliver oxygen and nutrients. Because of the cardiac abnormalities, there are some leaks so that the blood-containing acid is mixed with dirty blood that contains a lot of CO2. This causes blood that circulates throughout the body lacks oxygen and nutrients, while it's excess CO2.

Congenital heart disease in children is always weak, tired, irritability, listlessness, shortness of breath and face or body looks bluish. In addition, it causes the reduction of the heart's strength  so that blood is pumped around the body is not much, and results in acid and foods that are transported throughout the body is insufficient.

The treatment of congenital heart disease in children depends on the type of abnormality and the severity of these cardiac abnormalities.Tetralogy of Fallot and persistent ductus arteriosus (PDA) can be cured with surgery. But the total transposition of the great blood vessels difficult to cure because there is no effective way, including with surgery. Ventricular septal defect and atrial light and mild pulmonary artery stenosis do not need an operation, but when severe requiring treatment by surgery.

Now let us discuss your questions:

1. The examining doctor says that your child is suffering from heart disease. Most likely, it is a congenital heart disease. But I can't specify the type or name of congenital heart disease .
2. Congenital heart disease in children happens before the birth of your child while still in the womb. The changes to the heart began to occur at the time the fetus (weeks 2 and 8) at the start of the process of heart formation. Causes of congenital heart disease in children include: rubella (German measles) which contains a pathway to a mother during 1-2 months, heredity, mother's age more than 40 years, vitamin A deficiency in pregnant while containing baby, anoxia (oxygen deficiency) as pregnant women, and other factors.
3. As described above, several other severe heart disease and should be cured by surgery. Besides, there are even congenital heart disease in children that can not be treated even by way of operating. If the doctor recommends your child for surgery then treatment with surgery is the best for healing for the sake of your child's future.
4. The cost of heart surgery is relatively expensive. Please visit your surgeon, especially a cardiac surgeon in a big city. A small percentage of severe congenital heart disease in children may persist or decrease the symptoms, but most will be more severe with increasing age. Without further treatment your child will remain as it is now for several years or even be more crowded, more weak and more bluish.