Congenital heart diesease

Heart diseases are one of the major causes of death around the globe. There are a lot of factors responsible for the occurrence of heart problems. Physical and mental factors such as, financial, social and psychological stress, lack of rest, extreme workload, wrong food habits and lack of exercise can all lead to cardiac issues.

Keep in mind, Cardiac diseases do not comprise of a homogenous entity. They can be of several natures such as, congenital heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, Hypertensive heart disease, coronary artery heart diseases and some miscellaneous groups, for instance the disease of heart muscle degenerating due to aging.

In this article I am going to discuss congenital heart diseases, Before beginning, it is very important to know what exactly a congenital heart disease is. Heart problems present by birth or problems which occur due to the derangement in the development embryo in foetal life are termed as congenial heart diseases.

According to a very shocking statistic, eight new born out every thousand suffer from this disease. Although the majority of them are cured but unfortunately there are many who get disabled or die. Sadly, 95% of the times the reason due to which this problem occurs cannot be diagnosed beforehand due to which the prevention becomes impossible.

According to medical science the causes of congenial heart diseases can be many, For instance, it can be due to genes or some disease that occurred during pregnancy (e.g., rubella). Also, any medicine taken without the doctor’s recommendation during pregnancy can result in heart problems within infants. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy or mal nutrition can cause this problem as well. Moreover, infants of older mothers are also prone to birth defects.

There are also many symptoms that help in the detection of heart problem in a baby, Symptoms like, shortness of breath due to retention of fluids in the lungs or difficulty in breathing are two of the most important symptoms. Also, another indication is the baby’s lips and skin turning blue which happens due to the mixing of the blue blood from the veins with the red blood from the lungs.

Although some defects are mild and heal by themselves with time, nevertheless they need careful monitoring. But unfortunately, there are certain defects which need medical treatment and surgery. Such children require a lot of physical as well as mental support. These treatments are extremely expensive and mentally draining.

Remember, children with heart problems need a lot of care and medical attention. But Continuous struggle can also be very draining for parents. Hence, it is advisable to join a support group.