Congenital Heart Disease : Symptoms, causes and treatment

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Congenital Heart Disease
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Congenital Heart Disease

• Heart is the most important part of our body
  without which no one can live. But it is also
  true that the heart diseases are increasing
  rapidly day by day because of our life style.
  Congenital Heart Disease is a type of disease
  related to birth. Mostly, congenital heart
  diseases are found in newly born children. It
  includes the hole between the chambers of the
  heart because the blood does not flow in a proper
  way or blood flow is blocked. Some doctors say
  that it is the condition occurs when body doesnt
  get enough oxygen. There are many symptoms of
  Congenital Heart Disease like shortness of
  breath, respiratory infections, heart murmur, and
  poor growth but sometimes these symptoms may not
  be felt while you are having Congenital Heart
  Disease. These diseases are related to heart
  severity or heart defects.

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Causes of Congenital Heart Disease

• There are many causes of Congenital Heart
  Disease some of which are as follows
• Environmental factors There are environmental
  factors which cause Congenital Heart Diseases in
  people as it contains chemicals or drugs. For
  example if mother has an infection of rubella,
  measles during pregnancy or some chemicals or
  drugs like alcohol, lithium or the mother is ill
  from diabetes, mellitus. During pregnancy you
  have to take care of yourself from various
  diseases and you have to take proper nutrition
  and diet.
• Maternal diseases Maternal diseases increase the
  chances of having Congenital Heart Disease. For
  example, when mother has Congenital Heart Disease
  or a child whose siblings are suffering from this
  disease, the chances of Congenital Heart Disease
  increase since they are related to each other by
  way of hormones.
• Chromosome abnormalities Chromosome
  abnormalities happen when parents DNA is added
  and parents have this type of disease or child
  having abnormality due to Congenital Heart
  Disease like Downs syndrome. The studies
  revealed that 50 percent of child who have Downs
  syndrome are having Congenital Heart Disease too.

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Defects of Congenital Heart Disease

• There are many defects of Congenital Heart
  Disease
• Atrial septal defect It is a common type of
  heart disease that enables the blood to flow from
  left to the right part of the heart. Septum is a
  separation between the left and right atria. If
  the septum is not present then left atria can go
  with oxygenated blood to the right atria in which
  deoxygenated blood is present and this can affect
  your heart as well as brain because no proper
  oxygen is provided to heart.
• Aortic stenosis It is a disease of heart valve
  in which opening of aortic valve is much
  narrowed. Aorta is the largest artery in the
  blood which carries the blood from all the parts
  of the body. Aorta and left ventricle is present
  in between the aortic valves. These symptoms are
  shortness of breath, exertion etc.

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Treatments

• Many congenital heart defects can be diagnosed
  with the help of ultrasound when the women are
  pregnant for 18-24 weeks. This diagnose helps
  these women to have a proper care of her child so
  that proper precautions should be taken care of.
  There are many treatments of congenital heart
  disease. Some of them are as follows
• Medication You have to follow doctors
  instructions strictly because congenital heart
  defects are different from person to person.
  Proper medicines should be taken after taking
  doctors advice.
• Surgery If the defect is serious then the
  surgery should be done. With the surgery you can
  decrease the effect of congenital heart disease.
  But before going under surgical treatment you
  should see whether surgical is the last option or
  with the help of medication you will be fine.
• Regular exercise Regular exercise would reduce
  the risk of having congenital heart disease. It
  improves your heart conditions like you will feel
  healthy and fit.
• Congenital heart disease is serious but can be
  cured so take every step by which you can get
  over it but be sure that you have taken doctors
  advice.

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