How to judge the symptoms of congenital heart disease in newborns?

Nowadays, congenital heart disease in newborns has become more and more common, and the incidence rate is getting higher and higher. We must understand its main symptoms and try to detect and treat them early. Cyanosis, heart murmurs, poor physical strength, heart failure, etc. are all symptoms of congenital heart disease in newborns. Everyone must be vigilant.

1. Blue

It usually persists after birth, but may gradually appear three to four months after birth, and is most obvious on the lips, nail beds, and tip of the nose.

2. Heart murmur

Murmurs can be heard in most congenital heart diseases. These murmurs are loud and rough, and in severe cases may be accompanied by chest tremors. Some normal children have physiological murmurs.

3. Poor physical strength

Due to poor heart function, insufficient blood supply and hypoxia, critically ill children have difficulty feeding in infancy. Older children are unwilling to move and like to squat. They are easily fatigued after activities and have paroxysmal dyspnea. Those with severe hypoxia often faint suddenly while breastfeeding, crying or defecating and are prone to heart failure.

4. Susceptible to respiratory infections

Most congenital heart diseases are prone to respiratory infections due to increased pulmonary blood flow, which further leads to heart failure. The two are often causally related and become a major cause of death in children.

5. Heart failure

Usually most of the time, this is because the children have more serious heart defects, and the clinical manifestations are due to congestion in the pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation and reduced cardiac output. The children are pale, short of breath, have difficulty breathing and tachycardia, their blood pressure is often low, and their liver is enlarged, but peripheral edema is less common.

6. Developmental Disabilities

Children with congenital heart disease often have abnormal development, such as emaciation, malnutrition, and developmental delay.

When parents find that their babies have some of the above symptoms, they should go to the hospital in time. Once it is confirmed that it is congenital heart disease, the doctor needs to make the best surgical plan. Currently, most congenital heart diseases can be completely cured.