Congenital Heart Defects

Congenital heart defect is a problem in the structure of the heart, there since birth. Congenital heart defects are the most common types of birth defects. Defects walls of the heart and heart valves, arteries and veins may include next to the heart. Can those defects that impede the normal flow of blood through the heart. The blood flow can slow down or go in the wrong direction, or be directed to the wrong place or to block completely.

 Physicians benefit from the physical examination and cardiac tests for the diagnosis of congenital heart defects. Often they can be severe defects discovered during pregnancy or after childbirth. The signs and symptoms include severe defects in newborns include: • rapid breathing. • Zrac - a discoloration of the skin, lips and fingernails blue. • exhaustion. • poor blood circulation. Do not cause a lot of cases of congenital heart defects, but little signs and symptoms, or may not produce symptoms and signs at all.

It is often not diagnosed until childhood or later. Many children with heart defects does not need moral treatment, others may need to be addressed. Treatment includes in case of need for her medications and procedures of catheters, surgery and heart transplantation. Treatment depends on the type of defect and its severity, and on the child's size and age and general health.

an introduction

Congenital heart defect is a problem in the structure of the heart, there since birth. It is more common types of birth defects. Diagnosed with severe defects during pregnancy or after childbirth shortly. Do not diagnose a lot of defects and congenital heart only until childhood or beyond. Treatment drugs and medical and surgical procedures may include. This program is educational congenital cardiac defects explains, it covers the symptoms and causes of congenital heart defects. It also deals with the diagnosis and treatment of these types of defects.

 the heart

The main function of the heart in pumping blood to the lungs and the rest of the body. Heart consists of the two types of major, it called the two Alehizan the right heart and the left heart. Each space has two rooms: a small chamber called the atrium name, and called on the big name ventricular chamber. The ventricles are the main Alamadkhtan for the heart.

 The barrier is a wall separating my room right sides of the heart and the left for each other. Blood comes from the body to the heart through and ridin great. And it enters the blood to the right atrium, and then pumped to the right ventricle through a valve called tricuspid valve. After which pumps blood to the lungs through the pulmonary valve, with full blood in the lungs with oxygen, then the blood returns to the left side of the heart, toward the left atrium. Then the blood is pumped to the left ventricle through the mitral valve. And the left ventricle pumps blood to the rest of the body through the aortic valve.

 Types of congenital heart defects
Congenital heart defects change the normal flow of blood through the heart; it may affect:

     Arteries and veins that carry blood to the heart or body.
     The inner walls of the heart.
     Valves inside the heart.

 There are many types of congenital cardiac defects. And have some simple without symptoms, while the other will be in the form of vehicle defects with life-threatening symptoms. Some congenital heart defects are simple:

     Holes between the various rooms of the heart.
     Patent ductus arteriosus.

Valves narrowed.
Generate some infants who are infected with holes in the barrier. The septum is the wall that separates my room right side of the heart chamber from the left side; of mixed blood between both sides of the heart through those holes. Holes may be in a small, medium or large heart, and allow the big holes to seep through the blood of more causing more severe symptoms, even if the big holes may lead to heart failure. In patent ductus arteriosus, abnormal blood flow between the aorta and the pulmonary artery is happening.

 Linked to the aorta and pulmonary artery before birth through a blood vessel called the ductus arteriosus. Within minutes, until a few days after birth, the ductus arteriosus and conquer. However, the ductus arteriosus remains open in some infants. This allows the opening of the blood in the aorta Balametzaj with the blood in the pulmonary artery, and this may cause stress the heart. Congenital heart defects heart valves may also include. And control valves that normally Bjerian blood through the heart, preventing blood from flowing rebound. Heart valves may be involved in three main types of problems:

 Regurgitation.
     Stenosis.
     darn.
It can be congenital cardiac defects cause more severe symptoms of the vehicle, and these symptoms may be in those kinds of defects, life-threatening. One of the types of congenital heart defects in the composite quad Vallo. A cardiac defect compound most commonly used, and the blood which will be able to access the lungs to get oxygen. This means that the oxygen-poor blood flow to the body.

 the reasons

Some parts of the heart is not formed when the incidence of congenital cardiac defects properly before birth. And alter the natural flow of blood through the heart; it decelerate blood flow, or it may go in the wrong direction, or to the wrong place, or it may clog completely. Causes congenital heart defects are often unknown. There is a need for more research to find out the cause of congenital heart defects occur.

Genetics may exert a role in some cardiac defects. This means that the probability of having a congenital heart defect in the event of injury to a child by parents is greater. Have children with genetic disorders congenital heart defects often. Examples of genetic disorders remind Down syndrome, as have half of children with Down syndrome congenital heart defects. Smoking has also connects during pregnancy with several congenital heart defects, including holes in the barrier between my heart.

 Symptoms

Some congenital heart defects may not be any symptoms cause. Symptoms may include, if any, on:

     Exhaustion.
     Duran bloody bad.
     Rapid breathing.

Zrac of other possible symptoms, Zrac is discoloration of the skin, lips and fingernails blue color. It happens because the oxygen level in the blood leaving the heart, and goes to the rest of the body, is under normal. It may also cause heart defects Bnfajat attack. Attacks and Puffs are abnormal sounds you hear in the course of heart blow. Puffs attack is not entirely a sign of a heart defect. Uninfected cardiac murmurs may have children. Infants may get tired living with congenital heart defects easily when breastfed.

 That may not increase their weight or grow as it should. Children may get tired older and those with heart defects, congenital easily or may develop shortness of breath during physical activity. Serious flaws to heart failure may lead. And symptoms of heart failure include the following:

     Blood and fluid accumulation in the lungs.
     Shortness of breath or breathing problems.
     Swelling of the ankles, feet, legs, abdomen and neck veins.

  Diagnosis

Congenital heart defects are often diagnosed during pregnancy or after childbirth shortly using ultrasound. It may not diagnose the severity of defects at least until childhood or in older age. Parents will ask a health care provider for the child's medical history and symptoms. There will also be examined physically. During the physical examination will be a health care provider to:

  

Listening to the baby's heart and lungs.
     Find cardiac defect markers, such as shortness of breath or skin discoloration blue color.

Tests can be done to help diagnose congenital heart defects, and may include these tests:

     Echocardiography, or ultrasound layout.
     ECG.
     Radiograph of the chest.
     Measuring the pulse oximeter.
     Cardiac catheterization.

 the cure

Some children with heart defects does not need moral treatment. Treatment may include in case it was necessary to:

     pharmaceutical.
     Catheterization procedures.
     Surgery.

You may use drugs in order to:

     Prevention of problems.
     Relieve symptoms.
 

     Treatment of complications. 

Medicines often given to children until they can be repair of cardiac defect. And there is a need for drugs sometimes beyond repair defect. Certain defects may need to take medication for a long period of time. It includes catheterization procedures on needle prick the skin in place of the introduction of the catheter in a vein Owalhraian. The catheter is a flexible and long tube. Catheter depends on the type of defect which is being repaired; if the defect is a hole in the barrier, out of the catheter-like device parachute. And installing the device so plugging the hole.

  The tissue grows naturally, within six months, in the device and clicked. For the treatment of stenosis, balloon flour located on the end of the catheter inflates rapidly until the LED narrowed push for openness and extensibility. Then the balloon is vented, and pulls the catheter and balloon. There may be a need for open heart surgery if it is not possible to repair the defect using a catheter procedure. Surgery can sometimes only one, repair the defect completely.

There may be a need in the other cases to multiple surgeries over months or years. It can be a disadvantage in a rare cardiac conditions degree of complexity can not fix it, could in such cases be required to heart transplantation. It replaces the child's heart in those cases with a sound heart of the deceased child.

Conclusion

Congenital heart defect is a problem in the structure of the heart there since birth. Congenital heart defects are the types of birth defects most common. The cause of congenital heart defects is unknown. There are many types of congenital cardiac defects. And some of them will be in the form of simple defects without symptoms, while the other will be in the form of vehicle defects with life-threatening symptoms. Some congenital heart defects are simple:

 Holes in the heart.
     Patent ductus arteriosus.
     Valves narrowed.

Quad Vallo is an example of a defect congenital heart compound. Some congenital heart defects may not be any symptoms cause. Symptoms may include, if any, the following:

  Exhaustion.
     Bad blood circulation.
     Rapid breathing.

There are severe defects during pregnancy or after childbirth shortly. Nor diagnosed a lot of defects and congenital heart only until childhood or beyond. Treatment drugs and medical and surgical procedures may include.