Question 1

are the symptoms of congenital heart disease bad?

Accepted Answer

It depends on defect: It depends on what kind of defect it is. Some defects have no symptoms, some have mild symptoms such as faster breathing, difficulty eating, increased sweating while feeding. And some defects are life threatening causing low oxygen levels in your body and without surgery or other type of intervention within hours of delivery may be lethal.

Question 2

if i had a?congenital heart disease will my kids have it too?

Accepted Answer

Very unlikely : In some conditions, having a parent with congenital heart disease raises the relative risk that their child may have congenital heart disease. Even with this increased risk, the chances of having a specific child affected are probably only around 1%. You should speak with your cardiologist or a geneticist to get a closer approximation of your risk.

Question 3

what is the definition or description of: congenital heart disease?

Accepted Answer

Congenital Heart: Congenital heart disease includes heart problems/abnormalities present at birth. This can include septal defects (holes), abnormality of heart valves and rhythm disturbances occurring at birth

Question 4

could my unborn baby have congenital heart disease?

Accepted Answer

Maybe: Although many congenital heart defects, including most of the serious ones , are seen on prenatal ultrasound.

Question 5

in what way are cardiomyopathy and congenital heart disease similar?

Accepted Answer

Limited similarity: Cardiomyopathy and congenital heart disease are similar in that both are heart diseases.  There are many types of cardiomyopathy and there are dozens of forms of congenital heart disease. Cardiomyopathy is heart muscle disease, due either to a molecular problem in the heart or to secondary damage from another disease.  Congenital heart disease is a problem of heart development, present at birth.

Question 6

what is the best treatment for congenital heart disease?

Accepted Answer

It Depends: There are many different types of congenital heart diseases. Therapies range from watchful waiting to medication to surgery. There is a need to see your pediatrician and perhaps a pediatric cardiologist for a definitive answer depending upon the problem.

Question 7

does stem cell research help with congenital heart disease?

Accepted Answer

Amazing Potential: We are a ways off from treating chd with stem cells, but i know of research that is ongoing to improve heart function after surgery using cardiac stem cells. I believe that we will also see stem cells used to modulate immune response in transplant patients (some chd patients go on to transplantation). These technologies that I have mentioned use stem cells that are not derived from embryos.

Question 8

why do people are antibiotics necessary for people with congenital heart disease before operations?

Accepted Answer

Depends on the kind: Of congenital heart disease and the kind of operation, but it is to try to prevent an infection in the heart inner lining, so called bacterial endocarditis.

Question 9

what is the most common symptom or sign to lead a pediatrician to suspect?congenital heart disease?

Accepted Answer

Murmur: A noise the blood makes as it flows through a narrow opening, your doc may suspect chd if newborn is having trouble breathing or oxegenating his blood.

Question 10

what is the percentage of oxygen is needed by a congenital heart disease patient? this patient is 3 month old.

Accepted Answer

O2 sat: Depends on the patients oxygen saturation, normal saturation is greater than 94%, however chd patients can compensate for lower values.

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