Thus, in particular, about 30% of children who were born with any developmental disorders, medical workers diagnosed congenital heart disease, or CHD. It is this disease that holds the leading position among the causes of death of newborn infants under the age of one year.
In this article, we will try to understand why children are born with heart disease, and how to diagnose this serious and dangerous disease.
The causes of congenital heart disease in children
Intrauterine heart disease is most often diagnosed in premature infants, although this does not mean that a baby born on time can not have such a disease. The most common among the reasons that provoke the development of the UPU, indicate the following:
- various diseases of viral nature that the future mother suffered, being in an "interesting" position. It is especially dangerous for a pregnant woman to "pick up" a virus in the first trimester, because this greatly increases the likelihood of developing a CHD in an unborn baby;
- taking certain medicines during pregnancy;
- abuse of alcohol and drugs;
- impact on the body of the future mother of harmful substances of various types;
- hereditary predisposition.
Although this serious disease almost always occurs in utero, it should be understood that heart defects in children can be both congenital and acquired. Most often this is due to a crumb of rheumatic endocarditis and other cardiac diseases.
How to recognize heart disease?
Symptoms of heart disease in children almost always occur in the first day after the appearance of crumbs to light, but the disease can have a hidden character. As a rule, the following symptoms are observed in a sick child:
- cyanosis of the skin and mucous membranes;
increased heart rate; - increased sweating;
- general weakness, lethargy and malaise;
- decrease or total absence of appetite.
If you have these symptoms, you need to show your baby as soon as possible. When confirming the diagnosis of "heart disease" it is very important to take the necessary measures in a timely manner, since delay in this situation can lead to death.